SlaughterOfTheSoul
Actual Engineer
I am very sorry to be the bearer of this news or maybe you know and don't mind:Not sure I understand what you mean by the Focus RS does not put out 350hp unless you force it. .
http://www.focusrs.org/forum/16-focus-rs-performance/5473-how-overboost-works.html
Overboost works on via a counting mechanism. You only get 350hp for short bursts of time(~20 seconds). Ford also states this directly. As soon as I read this I pretty much just wrote the platform off because I don't want to lose a warranty for retuning to remove the overboost function just to get the advertised hp. Correct me if this is not the case, but this was a big deal for me.
That being said man, even with these issues, the chassis is world class. The issues can be addressed but it felt contradictory for me to choose a car based off practicality that I know I am going to void the warranty on.
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