KEITH’S AWD TUNING ARCHIVE / FORD FOCUS RS

Jaycee’s 2017 Focus RS.
Built from the ground up.

A grey Focus RS we built at AWD Tuning, with engine and turbo development followed by custom calibration. Follow the project through its dated Mustang dyno records.

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Historical work from my time at AWD Tuning. The results describe this car at different development stages.

September 2024 dyno overlay. The individual run summaries below document the corrected figures separately.

THE BUILD / ENGINE, TURBO & CALIBRATION

A complete project, developed over time.

AWD’s March 2023 update shows the car in the workshop and describes the plan for a Speed Perf6rmanc3 built long block and a turbo upgrade after an engine failure. The later archive includes a June 2024 configuration labelled “PTE 93 oct” and a September configuration labelled “w-meth.”

The work developed as a complete build, rather than a single map change on an otherwise unchanged car. The dated results below document those stages; they do not isolate the gain from one component, fuel change or tune.

Planning a similar RS? Send the engine and turbo specification, fuel-system details, tuning device and intended fuel. For a setup using injection hardware, include its controller, fluid mixture, logging and failsafe arrangements so I can review the full combination.

ORIGINAL MUSTANG DYNO RECORDS

Three dates. The result from each stage.

August 4, 2022

339.7 hp
374.3 lb-ft

Earlier individual run report, tested at 5:14:44 p.m. Hardware and fuel are not specified in this report.

June 3, 2024

400.7 hp
408.2 lb-ft

The archive labels this configuration “PTE 93 oct.” The 5:12:42 p.m. individual report shows the same values before and after WCF correction.

September 25, 2024

434.0 hp
416.0 lb-ft

WCF-corrected values from the 5:32:31 p.m. individual report labelled “w-meth.” The uncorrected values are 425.6 hp and 408.0 lb-ft.

These are Mustang dynamometer records for this car. Hardware, fuel, correction and report settings affect the figures; they are not promised results for another Focus RS.

Vehicle-year note: this is Jaycee’s 2017 Focus RS, confirmed by Keith. Some archived dyno reports incorrectly list the model year as 2016.

June 2024: the original overlay

The original graph and table, displayed on a dark background with a TBK watermark. The overlay contains the 5:12:42 p.m. and 5:37:09 p.m. records and uses FIR filtering at 50. Its table lists 389 hp for the 5:12:42 p.m. record; the individual run summary above reports 400.7 hp. These are different report views, so the peaks should not be interchanged. Open the original graph image at full size ↗

September 2024: the “w-meth” record

The September overlay uses FIR filtering at 25 and lists 424 hp and 411 lb-ft in its table. The individual report for the same 5:32:31 p.m. run separately records 434.0 hp and 416.0 lb-ft with WCF correction. The graph’s axes, curves and table are preserved as recorded. Open the original graph image at full size ↗

Source: AWD Tuning’s archived Mustang dynamometer reports and Keith’s build identification. Graph images show the chart and table portions of the reports.

YOUR FORD / THE NEXT STEP

Plan the tune around your whole build.

Tell me your exact Ford, installed hardware, fuel and tuning device, along with what you want to improve. I review the setup and logging needs before you order or buy more equipment.

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Jaycee’s 2017 Focus RS.Built from the ground up.