I want one. It would be perfect for bed time reading, but it might get me too excited.

 

I can't take this no more.
Send me to RS anonymous group.
Need therapy.

 

Unfortunately, it's not available on alldata yet, or the autozone repair manual setup.

 

Don't worry..
It's coming real soon to a cinema near you.


Someone mentioned towing?

 

"During...heavy trailer towing..."

Interesting.

 

TRUST!!!!!! Someone is gonna connect a hitch to their RS............ Some people will put a trailer hitch on ANYTHING.... -_-

 

Interesting that the PTU might be susceptible to excess heat. What the heck is in there that can overheat. It's just a spool, isn't it?

 

Loads of fiction in there, even with the oils when rear clutches are engaged.

 

For any who want to know, here's how the exhaust works. Exhaust always comes out the passenger tail pipe, and the drivers side one has the valve on it to bypass the muffler (or just some of it). I personally don't like this, because if you're just cruising around town then you'll always have one dirty exhaust pipe. Oh well guess i'll just have to leave it in loud mode all the time

 

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For any who want to know, here's how the exhaust works. Exhaust always comes out the passenger tail pipe, and the drivers side one has the valve on it to bypass the muffler (or just some of it). I personally don't like this, because if you're just cruising around town then you'll always have one dirty exhaust pipe. Oh well guess i'll just have to leave it in loud mode all the time

Yeah, it was shown in the underside pics of the RS back in November. It will have tye same problem that Corvettes do where the "loud" pipes will stay clean and the "quiet" ones will get dirty. Very much not my favorite way of doing it, because if you open both then the loud side has less restriction so it will get all of the flow. Now the "loud" side gets dirty amd the "quiet" side stays clean.

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Interesting transmission stuff, this transmission is pretty new to Ford, haven't seen it around yet. It has two gearshafts, 1 2 3 and 4 are on gearshaft, and 5, 6 and reverse are on the other. They both connect to the input shaft at the same ratio, but their ratio connected to the final drive is different for each shaft. This is why it has two different final drive gear ratio's in the OP's pictures. Also, there doesn't appear to be any disassembly and reassembly steps in the workshop manual yet, so any transmission issues will be replacement only, no repairs, until they get the steps together to work on it (if they ever do, some transmissions are replace only).

It's the same setup as in the Focus ST (same ratios, same final drives) and it's pretty common for 6+ speed manuals because having three short shafts is significantly stronger than just having two really long shafts. What I find interesting about this setup is that reverse runs through first, so its ratio is the product of reverse, first, and the final drive.

 

Interesting transmission stuff, this transmission is pretty new to Ford, haven't seen it around yet. It has two gearshafts, 1 2 3 and 4 are on gearshaft, and 5, 6 and reverse are on the other. They both connect to the input shaft at the same ratio, but their ratio connected to the final drive is different for each shaft. This is why it has two different final drive gear ratio's in the OP's pictures. Also, there doesn't appear to be any disassembly and reassembly steps in the workshop manual yet, so any transmission issues will be replacement only, no repairs, until they get the steps together to work on it (if they ever do, some transmissions are replace only).

 

Here are ride height specs and alignment specs. Ride height is measured from differences in suspension components, and from what I've found the RS has unique front end suspension components (and rear of course for the AWD), so the ride height measurements can't really be taken as a literal height difference between the ST and the RS. The wheel knuckle, lower control arm, and strut/spring assembly are all unique to the RS. It's good to see they dropped the front camber a bit, will be much better for handling on the track, and they probably upped the rear camber so they get more traction in the rear end.

 

This is great information!

Any info on the clutch? Dual Mass, dual disc? If the transmission is the same as the ST's, the clutch should be as well.

 

Just your standard clutch, probably the exact same as what's in the ST.

 

These are some super awesome pictures. Please post more.

 

haha, any you want to see let me know and I can post em

 

They are pretty cool

 

shop manual pron!

 

I plan to buy the manuals for this car when I can. Need to visit the Service Center soon and see what they will let me read.

 

I have access to this as well, the only problem is that you can't get the whole thing in one single PDF. You have to click on each and every sections to get that particular remove/install and pinpoint diagnostics. There is also an EVTM manual that shows all the wiring diagrams, just no RS info there just yet.

 

RS info is in the wiring diagrams, they even have reference pid values in the PC/ED manual for the RS. All RS info is up

 

haha, thought this was amusing because customer's are usually worried about us abusing cars (yes i'm a mechanic), but it says right here in the manual for testing the AWD system, you need to do multiple accelerations, one pedal to the metal acceleration test So no, we are not rat-bagging your car, just doing our job.

 

Here's a good one, this is a picture of the Focus ST intercooler,

And this is the Focus RS intercooler. Much bigger!

 

Dual cooling fans, over the ST's single cooling fan. I have no clear pictures to compare size of radiators between ST and RS though.

 

I am not a .pdf expert but it should be possible to put in one document. We have a complete one on file for the MK2

 

Anyone?

 

Front strut assembly requires a special tool to disassemble, something to keep in mind if anyone is doing any lowering springs.

 

I'd like to see anything you have on the RDU. I thought I read it had an internal pump and I'm wondering if that could be used to pump fluid through a cooler. Maybe there's other ports that can be used to plumb lines to an external pump. How about the location of the fill and drain plug for connecting cooler lines to?

 

These are the best pictures I have of the RDU. The manual doesn't even have a procedure for draining and filling the RDU, but can see the drain on the bottom and fill on the side. I don't see anything in there either about replacement of an external cooler, so i'm not sure how serviceable the cooler is, but you can see some external cooler lines coming out of the housing so you should be able to upgrade the cooler. The RDU does contain a hydraulic pump, two clutch packs and two solenoids to control the clutch packs.

 

Brandon, keep the pictures coming brother, top job.

 

Cheers big ears, appreciate you checking.

 

Hey Brandon, can I too ask a favour please?

Could you see if there are any changes to the OBD port for additional security (it was muted by Ford)? I understand if there may be restrictions in posting up anything too specific

TIA

 

I would not expect a significant change in the CAN network until the MK4. Unless you're talking about the ECU security, in which case, we've already seen that Mountune and Shiftech are working on tunes.

Side note: If the OBD port is gateway'd like older Chrysler vehicles you can just tap into the CAN lines right behind the gateway module to have access to the network. If you're someone like Cobb it's really easy to reverse engineer the unlock sequence on those gateway modules. They are not typically seed/key secured, it's just a fixed command to open up the network. I work for a datalogger company, we've had experience with these sort of things.

 

So it looks like to add an external cooler just use the drain and fill plugs and an external pump. This seems like the right pump. http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/oilsystems.htmI
I've used the Tilton/Mocal diaphragm pumps before in a car I built trans and diff coolers for. Not my favorite as they are noisy as heck.

 

I've already seen pictures of the RS testing in Europe with the "Euro style hitch" on the car. I for see no issues with a very small utility trailer, just enough for 4-8 tires, jack and small tool box, total weight under 300 lbs. Of course, drive in normal mode only while it is back there. I think Ford's no towing is more of a CYA statement because someone would try putting a car trailer behind it or something then sue Ford when it didn't perform as they wanted it to. Will keep an eye on this as having tires behind the car is more ideal that in it to me. The way I see it is if the Ti can tow anything the RS can, RS has more power, better brakes and more weight over rear axle so I see no way it can be less safe.

 

Europe has the best tow ratings and laws! Also, I think ford's CYA statement makes your A not covered, unfortunately.