Mk4 Fiesta Zetec 1.25L (0 to 60 in 8.5 seconds)

[DennisTheMenace]

r1ch said:

DennisTheMenace said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Or at the very least folded the rear seat down.

And how is that going to help performance ? the weight is still there????



I will however make it handle better as the centre of gravity will be lower

Lowering the rear seats does improve acceleration.

Seriously ? i will try it on the Omega estate on the way back home today from france . Will i need to notify my insurance before doing this "mod"

[MattsMINI]

Liar.

I can just see it now...grandad with a bag of rusty spanners from his garden shed saying "get that bonnet boy, we used to get our Anglia's running a bit rich when I was your age".

Thanks but no thanks old man.

[GingerWizard]

DennisTheMenace said:

r1ch said:

DennisTheMenace said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Or at the very least folded the rear seat down.

And how is that going to help performance ? the weight is still there????



I will however make it handle better as the centre of gravity will be lower

Lowering the rear seats does improve acceleration.

Seriously ? i will try it on the Omega estate on the way back home today from france . Will i need to notify my insurance before doing this "mod"

dont worry they will know via the data logger and the live satalite engine mapping update......

[Bonefish Blues]

r1ch said:

Bonefish Blues said:

r1ch said:

Why would anyone care about a 1.25 anyway.

I always thought the 1.25 was a rather nice little engine.

Yeah its ok. I have one. But i wouldn't expect anyone to care about it in the slightest.

Just thought it was an excellent example of what you could do with a small engine if well designed. It punched well above its weight, IIRC. Wasn't it a Yamaha design?

Pistonheads - small can be worthy, too

[Sk93]

r1ch said:

DennisTheMenace said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Or at the very least folded the rear seat down.

And how is that going to help performance ? the weight is still there????



I will however make it handle better as the centre of gravity will be lower

Lowering the rear seats does improve acceleration.

As does removing one of the headlights.... :lol:

[Gad-Westy]

My general rule of thumb is that if somebody is claiming certain 0-60 for a road car it is nearly always bks. I say this because I can't believe that anybody would put their own car through the brutality required to even get close to official figures.

[Kitchski]

Sk93 said:

r1ch said:

DennisTheMenace said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Or at the very least folded the rear seat down.

And how is that going to help performance ? the weight is still there????I will however make it handle better as the centre of gravity will be lower

Lowering the rear seats does improve acceleration.

As does removing one of the headlights.... :lol:

It can if your air intake is behind the headlight.

[tommobot]

Bonefish Blues said:

Just thought it was an excellent example of what you could do with a small engine if well designed. It punched well above its weight, IIRC. Wasn't it a Yamaha design?

Pistonheads - small can be worthy, too

I think it was much better than the 1.4 also in the range at the time. To be fair, all the Yamaha / Ford Zetec engines were pretty good. I absolutley loved the 1.6 they put in the Zetec S.

[RobCrezz]

Thats about what the 1.7 VCT puma manages with 123bhp. Never gonna happen with a 1.25.

[300bhp/ton]

TuckerYork said:

Mk4 Fiesta Zetec 1.25L (0 to 60 in 8 seconds)
not my car, and i really don't believe the guy, he said its tuned with all stock parts and nothing added or upgraded and he can do 0-60 in 8 seconds, somehow the stats dont stack up.

or prove me wrong and say it can be done, he is adamant it is that fast just tuned with stock parts.

Edited by TuckerYork on Friday 23 July 08:38

Schools finished hasn't it

[twazzock]

I bloody wish!

[Pat H]

Bonefish Blues said:

r1ch said:

Bonefish Blues said:

r1ch said:

Why would anyone care about a 1.25 anyway.

I always thought the 1.25 was a rather nice little engine.

Yeah its ok. I have one. But i wouldn't expect anyone to care about it in the slightest.

Just thought it was an excellent example of what you could do with a small engine if well designed. It punched well above its weight, IIRC. Wasn't it a Yamaha design?

Pistonheads - small can be worthy, too

I had a 1.25 Fester as a snotter a few years ago.

It was a superb motor in a chassis that steered and handled very well indeed.

Miles better to drive than a comparable Corsa or Micra.

They should have stuffed that motor in the old Ka. That would have been a stonking little rollerskate.

[N88]

Gad-Westy said:

I say this because I can't believe that anybody would put their own car through the brutality required to even get close to official figures.

Really? I do a 0-60 test from most sets of traffic lights (NSL only)

[GingerWizard]

N88 said:

Gad-Westy said:

I say this because I can't believe that anybody would put their own car through the brutality required to even get close to official figures.

Really? I do a 0-60 test from most sets of traffic lights (NSL only)

+1 when travelling home early in the morning..... If anyone wants to watch, roundwall tunnels tomorrow morning at 06:38hrs

[Zesty1234]

No way, my 1.25 does just over 9 seconds with ACTUAL mods on it so that's impossible unfortunately. Will be doing under that with cams and my new inlet 😀