I'm staying in South Africa 🇿🇦 and I'm very very sad that this won't be coming this side anymore... But based on all I've seen, best believe I'm gonna do all I can to get my hands on one... This is gem
I've just watched your Mustang E video and have to say the 0 to 60 on the Focus ST appears to be a much better driving experience - the exhaust sound is just great!
Very nice. From what I've seen the Dreamscience tunes generally seem to do a little better than the Mountune ones. A bit smoother as you were saying. What would be interesting is to put a Dreamscience map on, test/time it then delete it. Put an equivalent Mountune map on and repeat tests. Keep all things constant except the tune.
This makes me want upgrade my st edition now.. goes to show what they’re capable of when you spend that little bit more. It’s so tempting. But it took me ages convince the missus to get the st edition. Suppose she may not notice if have it done 😂😂
@@CarFocused two very valid points. Only thing is she has to occasionally drive it. I wince every time she takes it out. Would be even more nervous if was running 365bhp lol.. may go to 330bhp map. Or even considering changing it in approx 12months for i30N.. decisions decisions .
Shaking my head as this makes my ST3 seem very pedestrian 😏 This car is different gravy,! looks superb, would love to have one of these, definately made my mind up to get the Mk4 when its time to change my Mk3 👍
In all honesty I prefer the Focus. I do love the Fiesta but I find the three pot a little lethargic. They also seem to rev hang a fair bit which is a bit annoying. Great cars though and I’m being picky but I’d take the Focus.
Great review Gary..I really like these part from the front end which will put me off buying one I’m afraid. Awesome car but don’t look aggressive enough for me.
Any modifications to the car will void warranty to parts that the said modification affects - so if you install a map, and your suspension fails - Ford should still honour the warranty. If you install a map and the engine blows up, it’s another story. But, the Dreamscience software can be safely removed and it doesn’t leave a trace of being installed.
DS do a great map but I'd put money on it that it's got a de cat on, I know the map includes an over run but it's just to many pops, not that I'm complaining 😉
Standard overrun is about 0.69 seconds I think and DS do 0.95, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 and I’ve only got 0.95 on my mk4 but others have longer and don’t have to de cat it. Sports cat downpipe or de cat downpipe for the stage two.
@@Chappers.Gaming it is the same engine but was detuned. They have now tuned it up so I be careful. They have made some changes but it still basically same engine when I worked at ford saw many failures
@@gavinbetts4404 why did they detune it? That's a shame, the RS is still a unique car regardless of the engine because it's all wheel drive. The ST isn't... Also wow what problems dose the ST / RS engine have, head gasket I know they changed
After all the issues with the mk3 you’d like to think Ford made enough revisions to make this one safe. Plus with 280bhp from factory it’s a considerable drop in power from the mk3. In terms of tuning I don’t have the knowledge or experience to say if it’s safe or not, I guess time will tell!
@@CarFocused I remember watching you video from the day you got your RS to then slowly fall out of love for it kinda. I can't say fully but you wasn't Happy
