Just came across this video. I’ve got an St as well, full bolt on except a turbo, just waiting for that down the road. Defiantly gonna check out your videos!

Very good review with lots of great information, I’m 17 and have owned an ST for about 2-3 months and have loved it, definitely gonna save for that short shifter. Love to watch past videos and see future videos!

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with your build man these are such fun cars!

@Bruh-mf8xt

3 жыл бұрын

Jus bought my ST at 16 I already got hella stuff ordered for her lmao

So cool seeing how far you’ve come with this car! I’m about to throw a 2860 disco potato in mine as well 😉

Can you make a list? I would love to be able to look these up and try to buy them for mine. With names and where you got them.

Awesome vlog, daily and track!

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

2860 for the win baby!! Sick video man as always 💪🏼

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

My manses!!!

Nice update! I’ve had my ST since 2013

@richardlapoint1845

3 жыл бұрын

Man that's rare, alot of guys that had those older ones modded them and sold em. Im glad to see someone kept theirs

Lovely build man keep up the good work on this beauty 😁🙌

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Yuuuhhh Alan is the man.

Need to place a list all for parts to purchase. I’ve used edge and was pleased but I’m now having Brian at JST tune mine this time. Damn good looking car bro. Keep it going.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! And awesome enjoy it! Yeh one day I will, that list will be incredibly long

@richardlapoint1845

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa ill be going with edge myself, love their vids on the st and you're absolutely right alan is the man

Love the seats

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

I still have my 2014 ST and i haven't done mods to it. hopefully down the road i will since it's a good car. probably the more crazier thing is i haven't driven 60k miles yet lol

this is Rogee ,but ur car is sick bro im so jealous of the shifter haha

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Wassup my brother thanks man!

He has a really good engine when he was doing 130 I could’ve swore he was only drive and 30 cause an engine doesn’t even sound out loud like it’s doing a lot of work he takes care of his car

Nice build and review! are you e tune or dyno tune with edgeautosport ? Im not sure going with jst or edges. i like the videos of edges. look like a great guy. Im from canada so it will be e tune dont have acces to dyno. I was with stratified tune came with my gtx2867r but took so long to tune more than a entire summer, never finish. cylinder 4 blow in ringland. Now im build the bottom and other goodies....probably try edgesautosport after that

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Go edge all the way. I am e tuned by Alan You’ll never need another tuner after edge

A good way to get hot air out the engine bay without switching hoods is to remove the cowl its not much but its something great vid

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh that’s already out bro haha

@oceanhome2023

3 жыл бұрын

I moved my battery to the trunk and that whole area is open to air flow. A simple old school battery remote kit works also to move that weight to the back . I also can not say enough about going LSD if there is to be any mods done on the car LSD should be the first

This is like exactly how I want to build my st

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

It’s fun everyday man!

Love the fitment and everything about the car, what size wheels are you running? Suspension etc ?

@msinna6433

3 жыл бұрын

He said it in the vid bro

what is the little white piece in your grill?

After seeing Edge Autosport's video on dyno tuning an GTX2860R equipped ST I think that's the route I'm going to go as well.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

I love it man. Things flawless

@nbm02ss

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa Yeah, seems about where I would like the WHP to be and still feel fairly comfortable reliabilty wise, though I know folks have popped the stock block with the stock turbo (probably operator error). Are you running any negative camber to fit 265s on the car? Pretty mean looking wheel and tire setup.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@nbm02ss so blowing up is all about bad maintenance. Too aggressive tune, wrong spark plugs, and aggressive driving. That will blow up any setup even built motors. If you can make sure that your spark plugs match your tune, and your tune has built in safety parameters, you’re safe no matter what

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@nbm02ss yeh I run -2.7 camber out front. But I went down to a 255/35...better handling and turn in

@tyquanwashington.8510

3 жыл бұрын

Their video is on the GTX2860R.. The GT2860RS is the older version.

I know you don’t have the car anymore but what tires are you running on this ?

How many engines have you gone through?

Wheel specs? Looks great

Which side skirts do you have?

Sp has it been fairly reliable no issued in 5 years?

Sick build man

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother !!!

Great video and build. My only cretique here is you failed to mention that a lower thermostat upgrade is Not recommended for street cars. I inquired about this upgrade with Alan Jackson personally. Those were his exact words.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh not recommended because people don’t know how to let a car warm up before gunning it. Should be a common sense thang

@richardlapoint1845

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa i agree, plus with these cars you need to let it build boost while it warms up

what octane you running?

I'm on my 3rd ST I love them...I have a 14 with 107k on it FBO stage one stratified...I would have kept my first one if I knew how much I would fall in love with these little cars...the only issue I'm having right now is sometimes when turning at slow speeds I'll get a clunk/pop noise and I'm trying to narrow it down....awesome car dude

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! May want to inspect endlinks/sway bars - lower controls arms,cv axles

@jacobrohr5903

3 жыл бұрын

had this issue on my se, most likely your sway bar link.

Do you remember what shop you went to to get your lsd installed? I’m between a 18 focus st or 18 + gti. But the no lsd is a bit of a turn off for the focus st

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Neither car. They are both wack. Fwd is trash. Save your money and go awd

Hey man are you still on stock motor/trans? Will be going BT sometime next month! Pretty exited! At what mileage did you go BT & at what mileage is the car sitting on IF you are still on stock motor/trans? (:

@_fast4lfa

6 ай бұрын

I don’t remember man I sold it. But I had lsd and clutch installed

@Gunna-ss7zd

6 ай бұрын

@@_fast4lfa were you on stock motor though with stock internals?

@_fast4lfa

6 ай бұрын

@@Gunna-ss7zd yep sure was!

@Gunna-ss7zd

6 ай бұрын

@@_fast4lfa thats awesome. When you ran the turbo, were you on stock Elbow that came with the turbo or did you upgrade to a different one? People claim the elbow that comes with the kit cracks heads.... any issues with you?

@_fast4lfa

6 ай бұрын

@@Gunna-ss7zd turbo comes with its own one

Hey dude I’m building my focus right now. Right now I’m at full bolt ons and a custom tune and am already loving it, probably gonna do aux kit next and some oil cooling before big turbo and would love to do a similar setup to you. Is it possible to get to 350 WHP with just 93 or would it need a meth kit too. And would it be reliable still you think, I plan on doing 2-3 autox events a month and 2-3 track days a year with it so my goals are similar to yours.

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Yup totally possible Just change the plugs and oil frequently And get the gtx2860r

@carlpiraino7530

2 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa thanks dude! dumb question but how frequently did you change yours? I assume it’d be much earlier than regular maintenance on a stock vehicle.

@carlpiraino7530

2 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa thanks dude! dumb question but how frequently did you change yours? I assume it’d be much earlier than regular maintenance on a stock vehicle.

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlpiraino7530 every 5-7k

Nice looking car, I really dig the mods but for the love of God cut off those alligator clips and just hardwire that with some ring ends on the charger

Man this thing is so bad ass. Just found out my wife is pregnant and I’ve been looking into getting a car that can do it all while be able to make my wife and future kid happy riding in it. The attention to detail is great - when you first got the car did you enjoy having it as a daily?? Are you still able to have passengers easily with this kit ?? Blown away this is awesome

@chonclark

2 жыл бұрын

Ah man I just saw you sold this - the Alfa Romeo is sick!

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Dude I had my wife and 3 kids in the car on multiple road trips. The focus can do it all, but I bough this car in 2016 This day and age, for a little more coin there are a lot better do-it-all options out there man. The 2.0 awd/rwd Giulia Ti sport is one of them, along with the Genesis g70, Audi s3, etc I had a blast in the focus but I wouldn’t recommend fwd to anyone unless it’s the civic type r

I had a question did you have to change your bolt pattern to fit your wheels?

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Nope!!

do you ever get that mysterious clunking sound in the back?

@_fast4lfa

Жыл бұрын

Yes! It was either camber arms or brake pads

I’m also over 5-years. Same ST

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah man!

@mlukubone7134

3 жыл бұрын

Bro is your motor built?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@mlukubone7134 nope stock motor!!

@richardlapoint1845

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa thats what i was wanting to know. How many miles on that engine?

Do you have aux fuel or just 93 tuned on stock fuel system?

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

93

Why would you recommend Edge AutoSport over Stratified or JST?

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Edge autosport has the best customer service, and most knowledgeable tuner in the business His customers vary from track racers to drag racers and he’s constantly on the dyno pushing the platform and perfecting his craft There is no other tuner for that platform that I would trust I did track days and cross country trips on his tune. Flawless

@karlohowarth5511

2 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa Thanks for clarifying and quick response. 😎

Hi, I’m curious I have 2016 Ford Fusion with 2.0 eco boost. Is it same engine as Ford Focus st?

@matthewpatane5476

3 жыл бұрын

Like I can use same mods as Ford Focus st on my fusion?

@dennisrobinson8008

2 жыл бұрын

It takes same mods as 1.6L fusion

I must have missed it....what turbo did you use?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Gt2860rs

@focusppl8426

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa how much of the stock internals did you have to change? I'm full bolt on with my 2017 and would like to add a bigger turbo. Haven't done much research in to adding a different turbo until lately now that warranty is expiring

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@focusppl8426 no stock internals

So I'm making a 4 door sedan st build can I use the same tune/turbo set up.?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

I did a video on one a long time ago look through my videos you’ll see it

I wish I had a Focus St 😕

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

You will get there and more one day!

Forgot the wheels I believe

Do you got a build motor I thinking about getting a st.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Nope stock motor stock trans with stock clutch

What wheels are these?

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Rota kbr

How far can you push it before it un reliable

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t go any higher than 350-360 with an ETHANOL tune to stay reliable I daily around 320whp on 93 octane with zero issues. Plugs look great and compression tests always come back within specs

@austin63447

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty people pushing 400WHP on the st and stay reliable alan also said that on FB anything passed 400 your pushing it people are swamp a 2.3 head and keep 2.0 bottom end easily make 500hp but you need to have the supporting mods to be pushing that power

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@austin63447 ok so if that’s the limit of reliability....does it make sense to push it to the limit ?

@austin63447

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa plenty of people pushing 400 and still reliable and daily the car

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@austin63447 no one is out here pushing their car the way I do on a stock motor with 400whp Driving it to work and never getting into boost doesn’t count I do 2-3 high performance driving events a month

soo... i imagine, cuz u no longer have the car, u dont have the parts list ?

@_fast4lfa

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, sorry

@bacchusthompson5834

2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to go through all of the videos to get the parts used... That's what I'm doing myself 🤣😂🤣😂

@prospect2664

2 жыл бұрын

@@bacchusthompson5834 have u written up how much everything has cost tho?

My dads got an 18

Anyone else who has 2015 model run into engine overheating issues?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Yes on the track

Better than JST tune? 🤔

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

JSt is nowhere near edge in quality The owner is a great guy, awesome company, supported the Focus ST scene since day one But nowhere close

@interceptingfist5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa thanks for the info. Been looking for my first tune.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@interceptingfist5682 Alan at edge all the way, you’ll never need another tune

@luissantiago147

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa That’s a matter of opinion. Brian @jst is an awesome tunner. I have been running his tunes without a single issue.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@luissantiago147 not a matter of opinion, matter of statistics and circumstantial evidence I’ve personally seen more cars on JSt tunes blow than any other tuner out there with the exception of Tune+ Idk why tuners/tunes is such a touchy subject I’m not saying Brian is a BAD tuner. But would I trust his E-tune on my car knowing how hard I push it? Hell no. And that’s just the honest truth I think he’s got the stock turbo formula well mapped, but custom setups is a crap shoot Once again, fantastic dude, really nice guy, lots of knowledge and passion, but for whAtever reason, the results just ain’t there with his custom tunes

The things you've done for the community...Where would it be without you?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I sit back and wonder the same.....

@Im0utlaw

3 жыл бұрын

It would be in a better place

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@Im0utlaw oh hey its just gtfoh

90% the same as a RS,,,, no. Different engine, different turbo and intake/exhaust, different drivetrain, different suspension, different steering, different brakes, different floorplan, stiffer chassis. Somethings are similar, yet still different, like transmission. Hell, even things like the water barriers in the doors, or the door themselves are slightly different. The ST and RS share some body panels and interior bits, but are, in total, more different than the ST and the Kuga, as an actual percentage of parts. "90%" isn't even close to reality by any data based metric. That RS diffuser looks great though, and I admire you decision surrounding the carbon fiber hood. What race team runs the Ceika brakes, or do you just mean "this type" for what the Ceika imitates?

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

Look up k and j racing on Instagram. Also they are very popular with many many drifters As far as the RS goes .... not gonna argue man. 90% of the parts are a direct fit/swap 😂 yeh it might be a slight exaggeration but who’s keeping score? There’s bigger fish to fry out there like world hunger

@The1JohnSmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa sweet, are you doing fish frys for world hunger? Just because you can swap a part, and it's direct fit, dosen't mean it's the same. Otherwise you wouldn't be bothering with those "direct fit" "swappable" slick tires over some cheapies, right? Likewise, I don't think you'd consider many of your "direct fit" "swappable" aftermarket parts "the same" as the OEM, would you? It's not about "keeping score", it's about putting out good information and building a reputation as somone that is accurate. If you don't care about that, cool, fry your fish, and good luck with world hunger!

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@The1JohnSmith cool story

@The1JohnSmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa I haven't told a story, but you have saying the ST and RS have 90% the same parts. I don't know why you would feel the need to complement your own story, or why you think your work of fiction is "cool", but maybe it has something to do with your efforts to solve world hunger and I'm simply not smart enough to figure out how. Keep it up 😉

@imjessaying7385

3 жыл бұрын

@@The1JohnSmith cool story bro, don’t tell it again

Please consider spitting out whatever you have in your mouth before your next voice over or recording. Those chewing smacking sounds are unbearable.

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

You ever chewed 5 gum? Shits irresistible play boi

@ThomMurphy

3 жыл бұрын

@@_fast4lfa I'm off to find some 5 gum now... Thanks 🤣

@_fast4lfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomMurphy 🤣🤣🤣

5 years later it’s still slow 😂