I'm a evo x owner for last 8 years great car, sold it 6 months ago as sst gearbox really got on my nerves, picked up my focus rs mk3 last week. what a car it is . loving it
Mamunur Rashid my friends dad has an RS3 with over 600 crank horsepower with just a dyno tune, and downpipe, and he has an RS with a little over 400 crank horsepower. However the feal of the RS taking turns and corners is amazing (he did aftermarket coilovers)
Spider mite 805 a civic type r would have been great if they hadn’t made it fwd, if you’re planning on leaving it stock, or nearly stock, that’s probably the best car you can get, but the fwd really holds it back.
I'm sure the RS mk3 doesn't pipe sound through the speakers anyway (e.g. sound symposer), I think the ST's had that, but the sound never came through the speakers, it was piped directly into the cabin. I think BMW's pipe the sound through the car's stereo system.
Lovely looking car, I personally would have gone for the 400 Mountune package, it really does transform the car. Reliability is generally not a problem. I love the colour blue, it makes the car look very cool. Great video.
I have the mountune forged package which is currently running the 400x map. Going upto the 520 next year once this build has a few miles on it. Love mine now compared to the awful Sabre 450r forged package it did have on it.
I am on my 3rd car in under 12 months, I tend to move on every few months, however this is a keeper for me, love the drive, love the handling and deffo a looker in the Nitrous blue...
My Evo IX when I owned it, was running 520bhp, if I went very slowly, not above 60 mph in top gear, I could get 18mpg, however when I floored it, 3 mpg was the most I would get, but what a car that was.
Bro how have you just got 12k subs! Channels well quality , better than alot of bigger channels, hope all the best for you bro we supporting the hustle👊💯
The fpm375 kit doesn’t come with a suppression chamber, if it’s 380bhp it’s not warranted. Also the scorpion system isn’t ford approved where as the mountune v3 cat back is. Great review though I have a magnetic grey mk3 rs and love it, they are a drivers car 👌🏻
Nice vid man!! If that rs has a mechanical lsd that will be why it's a bit lively under acceleration in a straight line, as he said its power going from one wheel to the other for grip. That's what I miss in my golf r compared to my old astra vxr that was 330hp, was great fun trying to hang to it in a straight line haha
Rs3 tune really well, basically engine is coasting as it comes out the factory. Guys are making 6-700 bhp on stock engine while stage 1 maps are cracking focus blocks
Editing getting better jame, nice vid mate and very informative 👍🏽 To the owner lovely car mate love the growl it makes with the pops and bangs and them seats look so fucking sick, I want them for my golf R but the 2.5k price tag makes me sweat a bit 😅 nice car mate
Who r the clowns that dislike 🤷🏽♂️ I don’t get it, if you don’t like move on and don’t watch. Why go through the effort to lift your finger and press thumbs down 🤦🏽♂️
We did a stunt day organised by Ford in these and it was brutally brilliant! Unfortunately, every single one had the engine warning light on. Hopefully they fix this issue.
Minus the certain build dates with the headgasket issue the engines are great. Ford also replaced any of the cars with the wrong headgasket.... You need to stop reading all the bullshit and actually learn something about the car
Ben Oliver it’s hard to learn anything when ford denied there was problems to begin with, then they say the problem was just the round type of gasket used where as others pin the blame on the open deck block design
I will never sell my e86 M, all these contemporary turbocharged car are muted, the only make exhaust noise, what about the engine sounds of the 90s. Alright I will keep smiling in the slower lane but I am driving my car, it not driving me and I will keep my money in my pocket. Nice review Jamie!
My only problem with Focus builds is that everything is a damn bolt on. There's like 3 routes to go (or that everyone goes) with performance parts and once you've seen one build you've seen most of them. I daily a 2017 Focus SE that I'm building, and I have these same tail lights so far (gotta pay if off before I touch the drivetrain) but after looking into the performance parts I was underwhelmed. I'm thinking about going JDM for my next project, or retro Euro.
@@dmvfocusrs7591 I should have clarified. I mean I see the same preset visual builds on most RS, if they choose to even do anything. The ones I've seen at my meets were all CJ Pony Part warriors with daddy's money to blow on carbon for their factory stock hot hatch.
Actually over in the UK and European countries they have more options for the interiors. Try getting the manual bucket seats and that steering wheel over here in the states, you just won’t be able to find the part numbers at any of the parts houses.
Plenty of misinformation in this vid. He has a sound suppression chamber and no idea what it does. He will be disapointed if its put on the dyno. Lucky to 300hp at wheels.
i got 40 on my drive back in it when i bought mine, its easily doable if you are good at driving efficiently. ive had 41mpg out of my lwb 3.5 tonne crafter lol
BOOSTEDDUDE yea man not exactly sure what was happening with the audio same set up but for some reason it suffered with crackle, next review has been recorded and I believe the problem has gone now 🤞🏽
Dawn Flavius shell V power or Tesco momentum.. they are both the highest RON fuels - 99 RON, BP and other fuels are ok but stick to using the premium fuel other stations premiums range from like 97-98 RON
Dawn Flavius I use V power mate just because that’s what I was using when my car was mapped. I tried momentum Tesco and it didn’t agree with my car but my mate runs it fine on he’s stage 2 MRC. All in all better fuel is good for your car 👍🏽
Ive run tesco 99 on my golf r for a year now, mainly because the garage is at the end of my road lol but my previous car was mapped on it and made really good power for the spec so it's definitely a good fuel no matter what people say, and it's a fuck load cheaper than v power in my area
Adam Jordan he’s running the FPM375 he’s just got a Scorpion exhaust fitted which quotes around 8bhp gain.. so he’s rounded is power figure to 380bhp.. but hey don’t shoot the messenger 🤷🏽♂️
@@steeldevil98 they are blue collar cars, Audi,BMW,Mercedes are status symbols, driven by Snobs or by people who think they snobs and live on tin tuna just to show of neighbours...Fords are way cooler
@@steeldevil98that is the problem, Audi,BMWs etc lack personality, they to grown up. Ford more youthful, much cooler, I like boy racer cars, Thing is Audi and BMW drivers now act like how Ford drivers been acting for like past several decades. BMWs and Audi I think of corporate car parks. I went to BMW car show years ago and all they spoke about was their jobs...never again
I know people dream of driving super cars, but I'd love to drive one of these
you’d Love it such fun cars
@@ellisriding6558 everyone who I've talked to who owns one says so. Way out of my price range though
fatalis57 if you really want it you can achieve it one day mate but there are plenty others just as fun
@@ellisriding6558 yeah, currently just paying off this car, and I'm gonna have a look what's in my price range. Maybe one day eh
I just bought one,hellafun,can't wait to test it on wintersnow! :D
I'm a evo x owner for last 8 years great car, sold it 6 months ago as sst gearbox really got on my nerves, picked up my focus rs mk3 last week. what a car it is . loving it
I took a shot of alcohol each time i heard the word “bro”...now i am so drunk that the civic type R looks like it has no jagged edges...smooth Bro!
Alex M 🤘🏽
🤣🤣 it's an focus rs
@@great4ever845 Yes, I own an RS and I know it's an RS. You misunderstood my joke.
@@alexm4515 lol hmm rs do ya regret buying it they seem underpowered espeacilly have everybody in it
@@great4ever845 Honestly, I am really having trouble following your statements. No disrespect, is English not your primary language?
Sound suppression chamber does nothing to the fake engine noise. It only stops the turbo whistle you get from having a free flowing filter
Love the car but you're right, it doesn't need a fake exhaust noise.
Honestly I would take this over the RS3, A45 AMG, Golf R and m140i. This is a monster driver's car. Like a modern day legendary Evo
Mamunur Rashid my friends dad has an RS3 with over 600 crank horsepower with just a dyno tune, and downpipe, and he has an RS with a little over 400 crank horsepower. However the feal of the RS taking turns and corners is amazing (he did aftermarket coilovers)
What about the Civic type R?
Spider mite 805 a civic type r would have been great if they hadn’t made it fwd, if you’re planning on leaving it stock, or nearly stock, that’s probably the best car you can get, but the fwd really holds it back.
Yeah the civic type r is definitely certified. I know it's front drive but the car handles like a dream.
Thank you!
The sound suppression chamber doesn’t stop sound from being piped in the speakers.
I'm sure the RS mk3 doesn't pipe sound through the speakers anyway (e.g. sound symposer), I think the ST's had that, but the sound never came through the speakers, it was piped directly into the cabin. I think BMW's pipe the sound through the car's stereo system.
@@Flipflop432 The RS does have sound piped into the speakers, there is a connector in the hatch that you can disconnect to disable.
Lovely looking car, I personally would have gone for the 400 Mountune package, it really does transform the car. Reliability is generally not a problem. I love the colour blue, it makes the car look very cool. Great video.
I have the mountune forged package which is currently running the 400x map. Going upto the 520 next year once this build has a few miles on it. Love mine now compared to the awful Sabre 450r forged package it did have on it.
I am on my 3rd car in under 12 months, I tend to move on every few months, however this is a keeper for me, love the drive, love the handling and deffo a looker in the Nitrous blue...
You still got it out of curiosity?
@@FoztarrUK Yes pal I still have it.
@@markking7540 not had to have a new engine yet?
@@steeldevil98 No pql just turned 85k...
Them in white are different gravy
I felt weird going from my dsg mk6 to my b6 a4 5 speed as well. You start off rusty but definitely never forget haha
Great video, lover of all fords. But MK2 Focus RS 5pot all day!
FWD. Pass. Its not that good cars cant be FWD, its just that RWD and AWD is preferable
The owner is such a chilled out fella bless ya both
I’m glad you’ve reviewed it mate .... top video 👍👍
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My Evo IX when I owned it, was running 520bhp, if I went very slowly, not above 60 mph in top gear, I could get 18mpg, however when I floored it, 3 mpg was the most I would get, but what a car that was.
matthew follows cool story bro
This is my dream car it has been for like a year already not even a Lamborghini can beat it for me like fr fr
A Ford Focus RS
Bro how have you just got 12k subs! Channels well quality , better than alot of bigger channels, hope all the best for you bro we supporting the hustle👊💯
Love bro 👊🏽
And now look lol
The fpm375 kit doesn’t come with a suppression chamber, if it’s 380bhp it’s not warranted. Also the scorpion system isn’t ford approved where as the mountune v3 cat back is.
Great review though I have a magnetic grey mk3 rs and love it, they are a drivers car 👌🏻
are you located in EU? The US mountune does not work with ford but EU does
Great video. Bit faster than my first ever car a Ford Cortina 1.6 Crusader. 😉.
Nice vid man!! If that rs has a mechanical lsd that will be why it's a bit lively under acceleration in a straight line, as he said its power going from one wheel to the other for grip. That's what I miss in my golf r compared to my old astra vxr that was 330hp, was great fun trying to hang to it in a straight line haha
I’d have the current Focus RS over any of its rivals.The RS3 is a great car but for the money the focus wins everytime.
Rs3 tune really well, basically engine is coasting as it comes out the factory. Guys are making 6-700 bhp on stock engine while stage 1 maps are cracking focus blocks
Aaron R not everyone wants big big power though. Especially if someone’s not used to it, I’d go for an RS. That’s just my opinion
I have the mt400 kit on mine. Have it in white. Epic car, you can have more fun in these, than you can in a supercar
The 1st time I never see you get overly gassed still probably fast but nuttin like that skyline 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Awesome video! I love my ST but deffo want an RS one day!
What are ya waiting for dive in and buy one. I love my RS
The best colour for an mk3 RS
Nice custom bits. Very informative review. Wokingham Ford (Think Ford) are great. Fitted my Mountune 375 and LSD to my RS.
if you buy the 375 from mountune they provide a m-tune handset that voids warranty only ford can load the map to hold warranty.
Is it better than your Golf R? Been considering both. What's your thoughts on performance and handling between them?👍
i know , ford got so many problems with pressures, ecologics, oil, and so many other, but, i always loved ford. Its just me?
That car is way better than thr golf r golf are dull they arr not fun to drive not exiting
You're a natural mate keep up the good work✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾✊🏾✊🏾💥💥💥
themanwhocan1000 👊🏽👊🏽
Sick content as usual and nice owner 👌🏻🙏🏻
Have never heard anyone ask as many questions they already know the answer too 😂😂
Smashed it..Beast
Damn it I’m trying to talk myself out of buying one and this video may have sold me lol
Peter Cooper haha brilliant 👍🏽 lovely car
Get ready to pay for a new engine lol
Editing getting better jame, nice vid mate and very informative 👍🏽
To the owner lovely car mate love the growl it makes with the pops and bangs and them seats look so fucking sick, I want them for my golf R but the 2.5k price tag makes me sweat a bit 😅 nice car mate
My g! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
mines running the m400x mountune made it a new car now lot of fun
Who r the clowns that dislike 🤷🏽♂️ I don’t get it, if you don’t like move on and don’t watch.
Why go through the effort to lift your finger and press thumbs down 🤦🏽♂️
Dennis .:R loads of haters out there.
@@kimriley2491 why you commenting the same shit on different channels fatty
@@kimriley2491 Shut it fatty
@@kimriley2491 Also why are you liking your own comments hahaha 1 like but only posted a minute ago damn thats pathetic
Chrissy Jr. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We did a stunt day organised by Ford in these and it was brutally brilliant! Unfortunately, every single one had the engine warning light on. Hopefully they fix this issue.
They wont because the engines are notoriously fragile. Don't know why ford can't design a reliable engine anymore.
What epic daily that would be 🙆♂️👌👌👌👌
I'm suprised there is a warrantee on any up grades on an a engine that has earned fame for unreliability! However at least you have the peace of mind.
Minus the certain build dates with the headgasket issue the engines are great. Ford also replaced any of the cars with the wrong headgasket.... You need to stop reading all the bullshit and actually learn something about the car
Ben Oliver it’s hard to learn anything when ford denied there was problems to begin with, then they say the problem was just the round type of gasket used where as others pin the blame on the open deck block design
@@md-run- Plus a few have suffered from cracked blocks. Great car though!!
I will never sell my e86 M, all these contemporary turbocharged car are muted, the only make exhaust noise, what about the engine sounds of the 90s. Alright I will keep smiling in the slower lane but I am driving my car, it not driving me and I will keep my money in my pocket. Nice review Jamie!
No one cares do what makes you happy 😂
Sick vid once again bro
great vid LUV the focus rs!
Isn't the focus rs made in Germany to?
coziFPV Was yup
Thats right. We conquer the fckn car world haha
43 !! Never. My best is 33 and that’s doing 50 on a motorway for miles and miles 🤩
I have seen 37mpg on the motorway out of mine!
Luke Beaston wow how then lolol
@@michaelhesford5191 i think it’s because it was the M4 in the early hours so not much happening. Regular town driving its 18-27mpg average.
Luke Beaston I can’t get that mate hats off to you 😄👍
“You can get decent MGP” I’ve had my RS for 3 months now and I’ve not seen the MPG go above 18 you don’t buy an RS and deive it nice haha
Fantastic, real review! 👍🏽How much was the exhaust ?.
Kishan Lakhani £975 inc fitting :)
Iqram C wow, that’s not bad at all! Cheers mate
Is it a cat back or turbo back exhaust?
Bro I wanna be your friend I love the car ,i have a mimi cooper but this makes me wanna change ,this car is so sweet 💥💥💥💥
Im stuck between pre facelift a45 or mk3 focus rs? Any help? currently have a mk7.5 GTi Manuel
Drive them both there both good in different ways.. I’d personally go A45 tho think it’s just a little more exciting.. but the RS is a great car too
@@officially_gassed very diplomatic Jamie lol
Sick af!
Another amazing video, please do some performance 4x4's like RS Q3, SQ5, BMW X5 M50d or maybe the new Seat Ateca Cupra which has just come out.
ClarkePerformance I’ll try my best.. but no promises! Tricky to get my hands on some cars..
great video bro
Great vid boss car Carnt wait till I can get mine 👌👍👍
It's not £30K in that spec.. more like £36K. If the car was built after Feb '17 the seats are already lower.
pops are epic tho on the one day its dry out OG you review a not so rowdy car awesome vid tho
"CERTIFIED!"
Class car, class owner🙌🔥
where are those roads pal? Looks like Sussex but cant be sure... Solid review. Subbed.
LemmyBoy the roads are in Hertfordshire area. B440 👍🏽
Where did you get your alcentara wheel trim done? Looking to get it done in mine.
David Nichol royal steering wheels
@@officially_gassed thanks!
I too have a royal wrapped steering wheel. Alcantara with blue ribbon at top. It feels lovely. Do it!
*Fast forwards to end of video to see if MK3 Focus RS can last that long without eating its internals 😂* Seriously though, great video 🙌🙌
I love the car
How is it I missed this one, thought I was on point lol.
Great video mate, lovely car!
tdi tuning box for that rs that will do the job
Yeah Bruv
How much is this in american horsepowers?
Nice review but no mention of the drift mode 🙈
My only problem with Focus builds is that everything is a damn bolt on. There's like 3 routes to go (or that everyone goes) with performance parts and once you've seen one build you've seen most of them. I daily a 2017 Focus SE that I'm building, and I have these same tail lights so far (gotta pay if off before I touch the drivetrain) but after looking into the performance parts I was underwhelmed. I'm thinking about going JDM for my next project, or retro Euro.
Of course JDM is the platform that has endless options to play with.
Everything is a bolt on, from a 65 Chevelle, to the Focus RS. There's also software tunes.....
@@dmvfocusrs7591 I should have clarified. I mean I see the same preset visual builds on most RS, if they choose to even do anything. The ones I've seen at my meets were all CJ Pony Part warriors with daddy's money to blow on carbon for their factory stock hot hatch.
@@hypster814 yeah, it's only been out three years. Give the market a chance to catch up.
How does he stop water getting to air box and engine??
Robert S hmm 🤔 not to sure
what's the steering wheel cover you have? looks nice
ya?
Its the oem optional one
@@MaximusRS3 no its not its a modified one
Actually over in the UK and European countries they have more options for the interiors. Try getting the manual bucket seats and that steering wheel over here in the states, you just won’t be able to find the part numbers at any of the parts houses.
I want that steering wheel
Nice one bruvvvvaaaaa
No 0-60 this time Jamie? What happened
Nice car and great mods 🏁👍
It's only fast from a dig! an overall fk8 beat's it on any aspect mate..
Plenty of misinformation in this vid.
He has a sound suppression chamber and no idea what it does.
He will be disapointed if its put on the dyno.
Lucky to 300hp at wheels.
Exactly right, obviously has no idea!
North american doesn’t recognize mountune and as such voids the warranty. Why?!
I was close to buying one until I test drove one...it was meh...I had a gt350 so maybe that's why...now im looking a mountune version...we shall see
How does it compare to your golf r straight line speed ??
Jason Elliott - It’s no contest his Golf R would embarrass mine 😂😂
Iqram C But big respect for being different and having a ‘drivers’ car👊🏽
Iqram C I have the same golf r as him apart from the FMIC so just wondered
@@jasonelliott8101 cool man. For the record, my next car will be a golf R😂
DrStrange1000 you liked it that much 😂 stage 2 I great. I can’t wait to go 500bhp
after this review the owner of the rs now wants a golf r!!
What are the mods done to this?
What kind of tail lights are those? I want those for my ST
Shane Parks - They’re smoked sequential LED’s 👍🏽
Asbo car these focus Rs are but the 400 is real monster
43 my arse no way
i got 40 on my drive back in it when i bought mine, its easily doable if you are good at driving efficiently. ive had 41mpg out of my lwb 3.5 tonne crafter lol
Crackle in audio bro!! Not sure what's up with that? Haven't had this issue with any of your other vids..
BOOSTEDDUDE yea man not exactly sure what was happening with the audio same set up but for some reason it suffered with crackle, next review has been recorded and I believe the problem has gone now 🤞🏽
Some of places u went in this video is Like 4 mins away from my house.
And now they do M520? 😳
hi what fuel should I use golf r using BP at mo give me tips?
Dawn Flavius shell V power or Tesco momentum.. they are both the highest RON fuels - 99 RON, BP and other fuels are ok but stick to using the premium fuel other stations premiums range from like 97-98 RON
Dawn Flavius I use V power mate just because that’s what I was using when my car was mapped.
I tried momentum Tesco and it didn’t agree with my car but my mate runs it fine on he’s stage 2 MRC.
All in all better fuel is good for your car 👍🏽
Ive run tesco 99 on my golf r for a year now, mainly because the garage is at the end of my road lol but my previous car was mapped on it and made really good power for the spec so it's definitely a good fuel no matter what people say, and it's a fuck load cheaper than v power in my area
Dawn Flavius run it on V power mate it makes my S4 have Louder pops and bangs.
The only thing that stops the fake engine noise is unplugging it from the amp.
I can't get more than 22.5mpg out of my rs and that's driving like miss daisy.😂
I get 27mpg driving sensibly
Must be loco. threw Asherigde into Berko/Northchurch
Noice vid mate where’s that other one Where u street raced cars ?
Audi RS I took it down mate, few things I dident want to put out there on it, I may possibly re upload soon
OFFICIALLY GASSED - OG fair enough just blur for privacy and u will be fine 👍🏻. That vid made me subscribe it was sick fam.
OFFICIALLY GASSED - OG mate love too see the video of you taking down the Audi rs.. do you think you could beat a tuned rs3
Jason Elliott I’m
Not really sure tbh I think I’d beat a stock one but tunned 🤷🏽♂️
Sounds great, not sure on the color
380 ends your warranty fpm375 doesnt bad video this n check sound suppression chamber 😂
Adam Jordan he’s running the FPM375 he’s just got a Scorpion exhaust fitted which quotes around 8bhp gain.. so he’s rounded is power figure to 380bhp.. but hey don’t shoot the messenger 🤷🏽♂️
@@officially_gassed says 380 thaught he got the 380 my bad
Head gaskets!!! Longblocks!!!!
Where did you get the blue stripe on the steering wheel done please?
Magictorch71 royal steering wheels 👍🏽
Where is his steering wheel from?
joshua ford - I got it from Royal Steering Wheels :)
@@iqi2011 Cost? IS it a seperate steering wheel or they wrapped yours?
How can i get one in Jamaica 🇯🇲
Nice Vid !
Nice car, I do prefer Fords over Mercedes and Audi because more driver focused and Boy racer history
I think you mean Adidas trackies, council estates and 14 year old girl friend. Ford is the definition of chav lol
@@steeldevil98 they are blue collar cars, Audi,BMW,Mercedes are status symbols, driven by Snobs or by people who think they snobs and live on tin tuna just to show of neighbours...Fords are way cooler
@@gmain1977 no mate i used to be a ford guy through and through. Then i grew up and acquired some taste!
@@steeldevil98that is the problem, Audi,BMWs etc lack personality, they to grown up.
Ford more youthful, much cooler, I like boy racer cars, Thing is Audi and BMW drivers now act like how Ford drivers been acting for like past several decades. BMWs and Audi I think of corporate car parks.
I went to BMW car show years ago and all they spoke about was their jobs...never again
@@steeldevil98 what is your taste in cars?