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Any jobs I've not been able to do myself on my ST have been done by Collins Performance - I definitely recommend them for jobs like clutch changes and lots more.
I've found in the past some maps are more likely to give the clutch a hard time than others. Example being Dreamscience DSCi map - while this would work fine on a standard ST if you ran it with bigger intercooler & uptated downpipe etc then the boost would ramp up too much and easily cause the clutch to slip. Wasn't anywhere near as noticeable with other maps such as Bluefin or DS mod B etc.
With my facelift ST the clutch started off slipping very slightly and I easily lived with it for a couple of years. Even when I bit the bullet and had the RS conversion fitted it still wasn't slipping that bad. Had been running the Collins map during that time and it does build power a lot more progressively than some alternatives where peak torque comes in quite abruptly in comparison.
The dilemma I juggled with was what to do with the diff while the gearbox was already coming out.....I now have a standard diff sat in a nice Quaiffe box
Not gone for the block mod, maybe in a car running turbo mods and so on but I'm of the opinion that any cars with cracked liners these days are either early ones built before Ford fixed the main root cause, or very heavily modified?
That look a fine repair on your ST Phil, have heard that paint sprayers usually run a mile when they see an orange ST come in
I've found in the past some maps are more likely to give the clutch a hard time than others. Example being Dreamscience DSCi map - while this would work fine on a standard ST if you ran it with bigger intercooler & uptated downpipe etc then the boost would ramp up too much and easily cause the clutch to slip. Wasn't anywhere near as noticeable with other maps such as Bluefin or DS mod B etc.
With my facelift ST the clutch started off slipping very slightly and I easily lived with it for a couple of years. Even when I bit the bullet and had the RS conversion fitted it still wasn't slipping that bad. Had been running the Collins map during that time and it does build power a lot more progressively than some alternatives where peak torque comes in quite abruptly in comparison.
The dilemma I juggled with was what to do with the diff while the gearbox was already coming out.....I now have a standard diff sat in a nice Quaiffe box
Not gone for the block mod, maybe in a car running turbo mods and so on but I'm of the opinion that any cars with cracked liners these days are either early ones built before Ford fixed the main root cause, or very heavily modified?
That look a fine repair on your ST Phil, have heard that paint sprayers usually run a mile when they see an orange ST come in
They look great though! Word of warning, I wouldn't go for the front wing trims (by the mirrors) as the fit is terrible 
Everything else fits ok although the more I look at mine the more I want it re-lacquered as the finish isn't as good as I first thought. Have you thought about getting the plastics around the mirror sprayed gloss black? Just had mine done and this is the result (ignore all the fingerprints on the second picture)
