NiallOswald

I would guess that simply means no data is available. Fiddling with the fuelling/ignition timing on a modern NA engine is never going to gain you huge amounts. No more air is going into the engine, it's not like a turbo where the ECU has control over boost pressure and you can get huge gains. 12bhp seems quite respectable given that car manufacturers can't afford (emissions, economy) not to strongly optimise engine mapping these days. It would be interesting to do a 'blind' back-to-back test between the car before and after to see if the difference was genuinely noticable. I know if I'd ju

:) Alternatively, does anyone know what the thread size for the Mk2 is?

Anyone?

Reading the Milau bridge trip report there's another potential problem if the handbrake uses the discs rather than an extra drum - going slack as the discs cool, drums get tighter. My rear wheels seem pretty good at getting filthy (more than the fronts!) all the same from road dirt!

It's fairly obvious that they went after the Golf with the Focus Mk2 in terms of quality. At the same time, the Golf Mk5 got multilink rear suspension and better dynamics to go after the Focus :-)

TBH in a front-engined FWD car, where as much as 75-90% of the braking is handled by the front wheels, rear drums can be perfectly adequate. Lightly-used rear discs can end up needing replacement due to corrosion before being worn out. I have to say I've seen some cars with rear discs where it's clear the disc is hardly used because there were rusty streaks on the discs, while the fronts were clean. I've also seen a few cars with 'comedy' rear discs - check out the back of an older MX-5 or Honda CRX to see what I mean :-)

Hi all Mk2'ers! I'm wondering if you can answer me a question - will a Mk1 ST170 gearknob fit a 6-speed Mk2 Titanium? I'm selling one on the 'bay and have a question from a potential bidder but I have no idea what the answer is! Cheers, Niall

I wonder if part of it is that Mk2s have nice fresh shocks and bushes, whereas a Mk1 could be getting on for 9 years old now... I've been in a Mk2 hire car in Norway - I wasn't that impressed with some aspects of it, in particular the interior door trim felt really brittle and scratchy compared to the Mk1. I quite like my 'fake leather' trim :-D It's definitely a more mature interior, but it's not as dramatic as the Mk1, if you took the Ford badges away it could be pretty much anything.