Tom's TDCi Titanium X...

[Toms306]

So, it's about time I updated this!

Focus has now got a stage 1 remap - would recommend Steve's work to anyone, excellent map! Felt a little flat on the first drive and I was a bit disappointed...not sure if it had to 'learn' anything or if I'd forgotten how to drive the Focus whilst in the Volvo, but the following drives felt progressively better, very pleased with the results! It's very smooth but responsive, plenty of torque low down so easier to drive but without spikes to kill the clutch or turbo, overtakes feel far safer now and the pull away 'dip' has gone. Not ideal to test mpg on the first tankful and I've had a boot full of jack and tools for most of it, but the trip computer is showing 58mpg average, which is significantly better than the 52mpg average I got on the previous tank! Though I'm still hoping for the magical 60mpg avg lol.

I also blanked EGR at the same time which has helped, bit of a pain on these but worth doing!

Due to the issues I was having with the car I'd lost interest in it recently, didn't want anything else just couldn't be bothered to clean it or anything. Well that changed after the work last week and a large meet this afternoon gave me the incentive to get on and wash it, as well as fitting a few parts I've had stored a while!

So gave it a wash this morning, good shampoo makes a difference - my cheap shampoo must've been stripping the wax as the Merr stuff seems to be allowing the wax to last a lot longer, didn't need any wax or quick detailer today!

Fitted some LED sidelights earlier in the week...which lasted minutes before presumably overheating... I hate LEDs lol, took advice on those from FOC! Anyway, I don't like the yellow bulbs against the HIDs so went for some whiter sidelights bulbs instead of LEDs, they're Philips Extreme White, which are coated blue and give a slightly yellow light lol...but significantly whiter than standard so that'll do! Also bought a set of genuine wiper blades as mine are starting to streak a little and the rear one is knackered - they've been on well over a year though, wear markers were visible when I bought the car lol! Also bought another set of centre caps as the last set of 'genuine' caps clearly weren't genuine as they didn't even fit lol.



Old wipers



Old centre cap (they rattled like a bugger!)



New cap, perfect fit! (Could do with a coupe of new nuts there and on others, hopefully they're being sorted. )



New blades



Of course, I can't do anything without f*cking up somewhere. The NS wiper arm was wet and slipped out of my hand without a blade on, causing this. Will have to get it filled so it doesn't spread, particularly as it's heated screen time of year lol.



Doesn't look bad overall...