My Fiesta ST, slightly different

[Jam0r]

BenMk3 said:

Nice Fiesta mate, you aren't from the Sutton Coldfield area are you? I swear I've seen this Fiesta parked up just outside the town centre nearly on a daily basis. Could recognise that intercooler anywhere!

Yep, thats me!

Nothing major but received some new bolts through the post yesterday





Also fitted my second hand dip stick to cure the oil leak, seems to have done the trick. Wheel bearing was replaced at PumaBuild and I'm looking into clutches and getting the cams fitted along with a live remap some point in the near future.

Edited by Jam0r on Friday 7th January 11:19

[BenMk3]

Jam0r said:

BenMk3 said:

Nice Fiesta mate, you aren't from the Sutton Coldfield area are you? I swear I've seen this Fiesta parked up just outside the town centre nearly on a daily basis. Could recognise that intercooler anywhere!

Yep, thats me!

Thought so! Mind if I say hi some time if I see you?

Bolts look good, by the way, I love it when people pay attention to the little details

[Jam0r]

Yeah no worries, feel free to!

Most will be pleased to know, I've ordered some MK6.5 face lift headlights

[Merp]

Hurrah. Ive managed to get hold of a full miltek system to be fitted this month. 4-1 manifold, resonated cat back.

[Jam0r]

Merp, you'll enjoy that a lot. The Miltek sounds fantastic, used to pop burble like mad before I had the charger fitted

The question is, do I try and split them and spray the insides and risk not sealing them up properly again or shall I just leave them the standard, grey colour on the inside?

I've ordered a M5 and M6 thread repair kit off eBay as some of the threads on my cosworth inlet were stripped by the previous owner. Two of the cover plate holes need doing and one of the throttle body holes needs looking at too.

Edited by Jam0r on Monday 10th January 08:54

[XJR500bhp]

Did this car expire in a cloud of smoke on Saturday?

[mikezs]

XJR500bhp said:

Did this car expire in a cloud of smoke on Saturday?

[Defcon5]

Do tell

[Jam0r]

Nope not me?

Car has had a change of direction though and the charger, along with exhaust and inlet are being removed.

Reason being I need to be sensible... lol

[Merp]

Such a shame! This is what puts me off charging. Nobody ever keeps their car charged for more than 5 minutes! Is it really that costly?

Have you already sold the parts btw....?

[Mastodon2]

Where was the cost coming from, huge petrol bills on a car that already guzzles fuel like it's going out of fashion, or was it making the car unreliable?

[Jam0r]

Did use a fair bit of petrol but with a baby on the way, that kind of sealed it's fate.

Was too noisy and with us putting the other halfs car off the road, she can't get insured on the Fiesta running that power

Was totally reliable, only thing was with the gearbox being fairly weak on the ST, I was always worried about it exploding which kind of ruined some of the fun.

While the car is in the garage getting the stuff removed, i've had the pleasure of the GF's 1.3 KA for the past few days and what a brilliant little car! More fun than mine was!

Edited by Jam0r on Thursday 7th April 09:41

[Jam0r]

Well has been a long time since updating this! Can't really remember where I got up to but i'll give a quick low down on the current spec as it's changed again..

Engine
Mountune 185 kit which includes:
- Enclosed induction kit
- Full stainless steel exhaust system including 4-1 manifold and sports cat
- Revised cams and uprated valve springs
- ECU software remap

Chassis
BC V1 fully adjustable Coilovers complete with uprated rubber top mounts
12.5mm rear hub spacers
OMP Front Strut Brace in anthracite

Brakes
Front – Pagid Blues with grooved disks
Rear – EBC standard spec pads and Ford disks
HEL Braided brake lines with red coating

Wheels
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 in anthracite – 16″x7
Toyo Proxy T1-R – 145/45/16 all round

Exterior
Smoked side repeaters
Plastics and headlights sprayed ‘Ford Panther Black’ with red detailing

Engine bay


Before stripes and painted headlights


Painted headlights and re-done plastics plus new mk6 splitter (small plate has gone)


Mountune stripes you can't get these anymore and the company that did make them has been ordered to stop

[Maestro Turbo]

Just read through the thread and I have to say I had no idea that the little Fiesta could be tuned so much! I'm also loving the new wheels.

For some reason I've always preferred the Fiesta ST to the Focus ST, but just wish that Ford had brought back the XR badge to go with it!

[melvster]

Fantastic thread, always had a soft spot for the Fiesta ST despite not being a big Ford fanatic, they look great modified, especially to this standard. Excellent stuff.