My Fiesta ST, slightly different
Discussion
French - I believe they did it to keep it in a certain Insurance bracket, that's my understanding anyway.
Defcon5 - the thermal gasket should stop most heat transfer from the engine block into the inlet which is the main issue at the moment. The standard inlet is plastic and so doesn't suffer from the same issue. Ok it won't stop the inlet soaking up engine bay heat but once the car is moving that's not an issue as much.
Defcon5 - the thermal gasket should stop most heat transfer from the engine block into the inlet which is the main issue at the moment. The standard inlet is plastic and so doesn't suffer from the same issue. Ok it won't stop the inlet soaking up engine bay heat but once the car is moving that's not an issue as much.
French Carnut said:
Great read, getting a Supercharger seems a natural progression these days for people wanting more power from their ST. Only thing puts me off in the first place is how Ford only managed to extract 150hp from a 2.0 16v.
I thought it was a relatively old engine? and they were just lazy..My 1998 2l french hatchback has more power standard than it
Defcon5 said:
Ahh I see, I had assumed heat soak from the air in the engine bay was the issue.
Yeah at first I thought that, I have known that the inlet gets very hot for a while but put it down to the car being stationary whenever I checked it. However when I fitted the Scanguage, it allowed me to keep an eye on temps and I noticed that even if I was doing motorway speeds the temp slowly increased into the 40+ temps every time. Stopping the car made things worse, it would shoot up to 50 degrees (this is in the winter) and then the temp wouldn't come down much even when moving.French Carnut said:
Jam0r said:
French - I believe they did it to keep it in a certain Insurance bracket, that's my understanding anyway.
Quite possibly, its just frustrating because every credible review you read always mentions how the ST is gifted with a chassis that could handle alot more standard.I'm going to go the opposite way, and a agree with you that the prefacelift headlights look much, much, better.
Although i think that fog light surrounds definatly should of been kept black.
Are you going to spray the new intercooler black aswell?
Keep us updated on these engine mods! And congrats on a great project!
Although i think that fog light surrounds definatly should of been kept black.
Are you going to spray the new intercooler black aswell?
Keep us updated on these engine mods! And congrats on a great project!
Thanks for the comments people 
The head lights are certainly a Marmite thing and I'm pretty much the same, some days prefer pre-facelift and other days like the facelift! In the new year I'll look at tinting the headlights which I've been told makes them 100% better. If in the process I cock something up then it will give me an excuse to get facelift headlights back on
At the same time I hope to get all the exterior plastics (fog light surrounds, front lower and upper grilles, rear valance and rear reflector surrounds) re-painted by a pro, probably in gloss black but I'm tempted to try something different.
Forgot to mention I also have a new rear valance on the way, which will be sent off to be painted gloss black similar to below
Although the fins have no real benefit from what i've been told it terms of down force, etc, it gives the rear of the car a more aggressive look imo.
The head lights are certainly a Marmite thing and I'm pretty much the same, some days prefer pre-facelift and other days like the facelift! In the new year I'll look at tinting the headlights which I've been told makes them 100% better. If in the process I cock something up then it will give me an excuse to get facelift headlights back on
At the same time I hope to get all the exterior plastics (fog light surrounds, front lower and upper grilles, rear valance and rear reflector surrounds) re-painted by a pro, probably in gloss black but I'm tempted to try something different.
Forgot to mention I also have a new rear valance on the way, which will be sent off to be painted gloss black similar to below
Although the fins have no real benefit from what i've been told it terms of down force, etc, it gives the rear of the car a more aggressive look imo.
Jam0r said:
Thanks for the comments people
The head lights are certainly a Marmite thing and I'm pretty much the same, some days prefer pre-facelift and other days like the facelift! In the new year I'll look at tinting the headlights which I've been told makes them 100% better. If in the process I cock something up then it will give me an excuse to get facelift headlights back on
At the same time I hope to get all the exterior plastics (fog light surrounds, front lower and upper grilles, rear valance and rear reflector surrounds) re-painted by a pro, probably in gloss black but I'm tempted to try something different.
Forgot to mention I also have a new rear valance on the way, which will be sent off to be painted gloss black similar to below
Although the fins have no real benefit from what i've been told it terms of down force, etc, it gives the rear of the car a more aggressive look imo.
As you say, will do F-all aerodynamically, but I think it'll suit the car nicely.The head lights are certainly a Marmite thing and I'm pretty much the same, some days prefer pre-facelift and other days like the facelift! In the new year I'll look at tinting the headlights which I've been told makes them 100% better. If in the process I cock something up then it will give me an excuse to get facelift headlights back on
At the same time I hope to get all the exterior plastics (fog light surrounds, front lower and upper grilles, rear valance and rear reflector surrounds) re-painted by a pro, probably in gloss black but I'm tempted to try something different.
Forgot to mention I also have a new rear valance on the way, which will be sent off to be painted gloss black similar to below
Although the fins have no real benefit from what i've been told it terms of down force, etc, it gives the rear of the car a more aggressive look imo.
Whereabouts are you based? Happy to recommend a decent coachworks near Northampton.
Last Saturday's task was to fit the thermal inlet gasket, drain the coolant, remove the EGR valve and blank off the remaining holes, paint the inlet and re-fit everything..
Before I started
Inlet removed (what a pain that was)
EGR valve removed and blanking plate fitted
Two main Roose motorsport hoses fitted, second is on the left far down
Inlet back on all painted up along with thermal inlet gasket fitted
Thermal gasket seems to have done the trick, only managed a quick drive tonight but inlet temps ranged from 17-23 with the engine warmed up, which would normally be 20-50 degrees! Will keep an eye on things, it's still going to suffer from heat soak when the car isn't moving but there isn't much I can do about that. At least I believe I've found the main cause of high inlet temps.
Before I started
Inlet removed (what a pain that was)
EGR valve removed and blanking plate fitted
Two main Roose motorsport hoses fitted, second is on the left far down
Inlet back on all painted up along with thermal inlet gasket fitted
Thermal gasket seems to have done the trick, only managed a quick drive tonight but inlet temps ranged from 17-23 with the engine warmed up, which would normally be 20-50 degrees! Will keep an eye on things, it's still going to suffer from heat soak when the car isn't moving but there isn't much I can do about that. At least I believe I've found the main cause of high inlet temps.
Thanks for the comments people
Even though they were only 16" they would of looked nice if the ST was lowered more on coilovers.
Final payment for the K-Sport brakes was taken yesterday so looks like they are getting close!
Thejimreaper said:
Really interesting read, you certainly know how to spend some serious cash in a short amount of time - fair play. I think it would suit some compomotive TH wheels. As above the facelift lights were much nicer. Keep up the good work.
It's odd you should say that, my old Fiesta had comp TH's on it and I still kick myself for selling them with the car. I think they would of looked rather nice!Even though they were only 16" they would of looked nice if the ST was lowered more on coilovers.
Final payment for the K-Sport brakes was taken yesterday so looks like they are getting close!
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