Fast Ford

Featuring performance-tuned road and track cars, product news, buying guides, technical advice, engine tuning, plus a massive section of Fords for sale, it provides a complete guide to the modified Ford scene for the first-time Ford buyer through to the full-on Ford fanatic.

Fast Ford

WELCOME • ISSUE 476 - SEPTEMBER 2024

NEWS • See what’s going down in the world of fast Fords…

SOCIAL CLIMBING • Starting out as an XR2i, this Moonstone Blue Fiesta adopted the boost of the RS Turbo and carried on up into the stratosphere

I AM LEGEND • After twenty years at the top and a decade since its last feature, this high- speed Sierra Cosworth is still pushing boundaries thanks to a new lease of life

PURPLE REIGN • With a seriously tasty engine build, a whole heap of power, and spot-on styling, this purple monster just might be the perfect Cossie package

WAR HORSE • Shelby’s latest pony car is an 830bhp competition-inspired icon, and there’s certainly no snake oil here…

SHOW GUIDE 2024 • Your essential guide to Europe’s biggest and best Ford festival, packed with essential maps, timetables and show info…

EVENT TIMETABLE • Don’t miss any of the action, and make sure you’re in the right places at the right times

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LAIRD PERFORMANCE HEADLINE PARTNER OF FORD FAIR 2024

WHAT'S ON • Ford Fair is a massive event on a huge and busy site. Everywhere you look you’ll find cool stuff going on… and here are some of the bits you really won’t want to miss

LIQUI MOLY OFFICIAL LUBRICANT SPONSOR OF FORD FAIR

DOUBLE DOWN • Where do you prefer to chase trophies – on the race track or in the show-and-shine? With this fabulous Fiesta build, our man Butsy doesn’t have to choose…

TRACK GUIDE SILVERSTONE NATIONAL CIRCUIT • Venturing on track at Ford Fair this year? Learn the lines and get the most from the experience with our track guide

STREET ELITE PARTNER

THE HARD WAY • Building a car from a bare shell is difficult. Building a competitive race car in a matter of months? That’s nigh-on impossible, isn’t it…?

FAST FORD STAND • With a huge array of past, present and future feature cars, Fast Ford magazine returns to Ford Fair with some of the very best cars in the country

CLASSIC FORD PADDOCK • It’s not all about the latest models at Ford Fair - check out the retro fare that Classic Ford has to offer…

OFFICIAL STYLING PARTNER OF FORD FAIR

TROPHY HUNTER • As a young man in the mid-’80s, Tony Ruane could only dream of owning an XR3i. Fast-forward almost four decades and he’s managed to bag himself one of the best examples around

CATACLEAN & NAPA RACING UK

THE JOY OF SPECS • Regular reader John (aka @MontyST2) introduces us to his ridiculously high-spec Fiesta

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED AT SPA • The annual away-race tested the British GT Championship teams at the start of SRO Speedweek

#PRINTMYFORD • See your very own fast Ford in full printed glory!

FordFest 2024 SHOW PREVIEW • Ford Fest is back for 2024! At its beautiful new home of Mallory Park Circuit, the end-of-season Ford festival is set to be an absolute adrenaline-fuelled blast

LITTLE BOOST COUPE • After taking a break from the Blue Oval scene for over a decade, Andy Taylor decided to make a dramatic return with this awesome 260bhp turbocharged Capri Brooklands