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 478 - WINTER 2024

STRAIGHT EDGE • From idolising Escorts in his youth to finally owning his dream car thirty years later, Clive West's tale is more than just about owning a Series One RS Turbo – it's about reigniting a flame that burned since his teenage years

fastford HISTORY • 478 issues, countless features and so many memories. We take a look back at 39 years of the UK's number one Ford tuning magazine…

DROP THE WORLD • Low as a snake's belly and fast enough to peel your eyelids back, this Mk2 ST draws influences and ideas from across the globe

WOLVES IN WOLVES’ CLOTHING • This RS2000 fuses the F2 rally style of the 1990s with cutting-edge 2020s technology. Careful, if you look at it wrong it'll have your leg off

FORD FEST 2024 • What, you thought a bit of rain was going to stop us…?

THE IRRATIONALITY OF RATIONALITY • The notion of dropping an EcoBoost into a Ka and turning it into a track toy sounds a little barmy at first. But the more you dig into this build, the more it all makes perfect sense…

SECRET SOCIETY • It's not often we come across a highly modified 3-door Cosworth these days, and that's a shame. Thankfully, there's an underground movement of old-school enthusiasts bucking the trend and turning back the clock…

GETTING HIGH ON THE DOWNLOW • Turbo-swapped vans were a real thing in the 1990s. And by dropping a VAG 1.8T into a late-model Escort, Darren Balster has really taken stealth vanning to the next level for the 2020s

KIDS OF THE K-HOLE • This gold-spangled ST is no sensible family wagon – strap yourself in for a psychedelic freakout…

AMERICAN ERRORIST • In right-hand-drive S550 guise, the V8 Mustang became kinda sensible. But Dean Mills doesn't do ‘sensible’…

fast ford HISTORY • We continue our nostalgic stroll through the Fast Ford archives, looking at the mag through the 2010s and '20s

THE BIG DRAG • Even with the Pleasure Beach on his doorstep, speed freak Phil Thomas prefers to get his adrenaline kicks by piloting his 580bhp Fiesta up Santa Pod's hallowed quarter-mile

GOODWOOD REVIVAL • We got super-soaked but we didn't care – 2024's Revival was a classic

OIL ADDITIVE • Liqui Moly's Cera Tec is designed to offer lasting protection for your engine, but can it gain power too? We put it to the test… and the results will shock you!

COPS & DONUTS • Dan Lillywhite's Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 is familiar to anyone who watched the BBC on Tuesday evenings in 1993 — it's the car from Jimmy Nail's detective series, Spender

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

BEHIND THE SCENES

NO, YOU'RE CRYING • An emotional farewell as Butsy clears his desk

END OF THE ROAD • Our man Ade reflects on many, many years of Blue Oval hijinks

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

PROS AND CONS • The final two rounds of the British GT Championship were held in the reverse of their traditional order, with Donington Park ahead of Brands Hatch

EAT THE MEEK • Looking every inch the rally stage escapee, this wild wide-body Mk7 is a WRC-inspired build that's hungry for prey on both road and track

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER • Understand your car better and put the fun back into driving with Carly's innovative app and OBD scanner

SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL • Silverstone's annual celebration of classic motorsport and motoring had plenty to offer fans of Ford's road and race cars over three days...