Mountune ST vs Focus RS

[thepharcyde]

Makes for some interesting reading. Somewhat makes that £25k basic list seem expensive for the RS

Focus ST Mountune = 256bhp
Focus RS = 300bhp

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/237880/ford_focus_st_mountune_and_focus_rs.html

 

[thepharcyde]

It would be interesting to get a rolling road readout for these Mountune cars. A Dreamscience chip alone makes a claimed 270bhp so unless Mountune are being very conservative on the map they load up, let alone the filter and new intercooler then they are possibly higher than their claimed 256bhp?

 

[thepharcyde]

I thought the rs top speed was around 162 or so.

Those figures above are what they achieved with the space they had