Here are the pictures of my new Focus ST3 in Impact Blue

Iam really Excited

I can collect it next monday

Jamie

Very nice DERV :P

Bet you can't wait. Although I found the wait from build to delivery harder as it was all an unknown. You have an actual pick up date to look forward to now :D

Hi Alex :-)

I have been waiting soooooooooooo loooooong since July lol

believe it or not. it took a week to get from Factory gate release - Dealership.

:-)

Dervvvv it is hehhehe :-)

Bluefin it will bee

:-)

Jamie

185 or 250?

Derv version is 185ps / 182 bhp / 400nm

Very nice! Wheel design is excellent, hadn't noticed it before :)

I know I have the 185 myself :) just missed the bit where he said derv Haa!

I'm interested in the Diesel ST but how has is the power throughout the rev range? my 1.6 (115ps) pulls until 4k then drops

nice

185 or 250?

185 until i bluefin it

I'm interested in the Diesel ST but how has is the power throughout the rev range? my 1.6 (115ps) pulls until 4k then drops

around 3800 rpm the power starts to drop off. :-)

Jamie

Very nice DERV :P

Bet you can't wait. Although I found the wait from build to delivery harder as it was all an unknown. You have an actual pick up date to look forward to now :D

Monday at the earliest i was told :-) :-)

Jamie

derv +performance+ mpg

+ 39 bhp / + 90nm when it's Bluefinned :)

+ 39 bhp / + 90nm when it's Bluefinned :)

Only +32 bhp and +76Nm according to power curve?

I just noted the figures quoted - not the power curve :)

Must be a typo on their site, lol.

Is the synposer or however it is spelt adjustable ?

Also should i drive it carefully for 1000 miles

Jamie

Is the synposer or however it is spelt adjustable ?

Also should i drive it carefully for 1000 miles

Jamie

No I haven't found it to be adjustable :(

I drove mine slightly lighter than usual for about 850 miles

For at least the first 100 miles the brakes aren't great while they bed in. You also need to take it easy on the clutch in that time.

Mine has taken about 300 miles for the gear changes to get smooth.

I didn't give mine any beans for the first 250 miles. Always short shifting and not going beyond 12 o'clock on the rpm gauge.

I have given mine a couple of bursts up to 5.5-6k (so 4-4.5k on diesel) now but only by holding 2nd on NSL roads. Well spaced out, so generally still not driving it hard.

Thanks for the tips Alex :-)

I wish it were monday tomorrow lol :-)

As an aside, the Mk3.5 ST has a virtual symposer (engine sound is played through the speakers) rather than the physical one fitted to the Mk3 ST that piped the sound to a resonator box attached to the firewall.

The position where the symposer was piped from on the Mk3 is blanked off in the Mk3.5.

TBH, most people in the know didn't like the symposer on the Mk3 anyway and fitted metal blanking plates/removed the symposer hose and resonator.

So could i install the mk3 symposer heheheheheh :-)

Possibly but I think the mounting points for the resonator have been deleted from the firewall.

There won't be anywhere to connect it on the diesel intake.