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[bigshotdan]

Originally Posted by Skramit

What did you do with the brakes? And much of a difference?

I went for a group buy on one of the US forums for Wilwood 6-potters. Yes, they make a difference.

There's much more pedal feel and it's more progressive, so it doesn't just grab at the top of the pedal's travel, and it also pulls up bloody quickly when you do stomp on it. Given everything else on the car is Mountune, I'd love their kit, but this was barely half the price, even after shipping and fitting...

[Skramit]

Originally Posted by bigshotdan

I went for a group buy on one of the US forums for Wilwood 6-potters. Yes, they make a difference.

There's much more pedal feel and it's more progressive, so it doesn't just grab at the top of the pedal's travel, and it also pulls up bloody quickly when you do stomp on it. Given everything else on the car is Mountune, I'd love their kit, but this was barely half the price, even after shipping and fitting...

Good to know. Though when I've stomped on the stock brakes it pulls up pretty quick too. Interested for more track work as the stock rotors or pads over heated for me and so I've wondered about a brake upgrade.

[Swoopdown]

Originally Posted by bigshotdan

I went for a group buy on one of the US forums for Wilwood 6-potters. Yes, they make a difference.

There's much more pedal feel and it's more progressive, so it doesn't just grab at the top of the pedal's travel, and it also pulls up bloody quickly when you do stomp on it. Given everything else on the car is Mountune, I'd love their kit, but this was barely half the price, even after shipping and fitting...

Did they fit behind the stock rims or did you have to get some offsets? Iam keen at getting them too, is it the exact same parts as US?

[bigshotdan]

Originally Posted by Swoopdown

Did they fit behind the stock rims or did you have to get some offsets? Iam keen at getting them too, is it the exact same parts as US?

They do indeed. Looking at the various options, the Wilwoods seemed to be the only upgrade that didn't require the use of spacers. There's the tiniest gap, but I do rather like the fact that I can keep the factory track width.

Originally Posted by Skramit

Good to know. Though when I've stomped on the stock brakes it pulls up pretty quick too. Interested for more track work as the stock rotors or pads over heated for me and so I've wondered about a brake upgrade.

The stock brakes are good, but based on comparisons (take Motor's BFYB for example) the FiST has the longest stopping distance of all the hot hatches. I've not compared stops against others with standard brakes, but I'm guessing mine would stop a bit quicker...

[wackychocolate]

Hey everyone, excited to start working on my car. Absolute novice with a new passion.

Name: Jacob
Age: 25
Location: Wollongong
Occupation: Business Analyst
Festiva: 1995 GLi Automatic
Best thing about it: It's a Festiva
Best mod done: Nothing yet
Money No Option Mod: Ultimate Sleeper

[Austim]

Hey all, I bought a 2011 Fiesta LX in Jan. 2015.

Age: 40+
Location: Hurstville
Second car of my family
Best thing about it: Compact size, easy to park in my carport
Things puzzling me: Noise from wheels(I was told the rear tyres worn out), double lock not working
Mod done: added dash mat and full size spare wheel(if this can be counted as MOD )
Mod to be arranged: adding central armrest, rear passenger dome light and DVR/reversing camera.

[DoggieHowser]

Name: Aiden
Age: Ancient
Occupation: Semi Retired
Car: Fiesta ST Race Red - daily runabout
Best thing about it - most smiles I have had and I don't even have to break the speed limits
Things puzzling me - how is it that I didn't hear about it sooner
Mods done - those days are behind me
Mods to be arranged - I might see if I need to fit Garmin's wireless RVC which can talk to their new GPS models since I am used to having that standard on my last car

Old rides:
circa 2000 - Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia auto
circa 2002 - Toyota Celica SS2 auto
circa 2004 - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8MR - followed by endless mods
circa 2009 - Mitsubishi i - low profile car to complement the Evo
circa 2009 - Nissan GTR
circa 2011 - Volkswagen Golf Mk6 MY11 77TSI 7DSG for the missus
circa 2012 - Volkswagen Tiguan 155TSI 7DSG with Adaptive Chassis Control, RVC+, AutoPark, leather

[seggle02]

Name: Richard
Age: 32
Occupation: High School Mathematics Teacher
Location: Cowra NSW.
Ford ride: 2013 Ford Fiesta WT LX Hatch (manual) - bought new. Aurora Blue.
Mods: New speakers, 15 inch aftermarket rims.
No further mods planned.
Other rides: 1979 VB Holden Commodore (Restored to factory), 1981 Volvo 244 GL (under construction - being restored to original)

[FordFestivaWB]

Chris W.
Adelaide.
my other cars a CORVETTE!

Wife owns 1996 WB festiva from NEW!
Now its up to me to keep it going lol

Cheers

[Achooi]

ay what's up people. just got myself a fiesta ST ecoboost WZ series. incredible car! mods so far are aesthetic, with front lower splitter, and a few other odds and ends (tinted windows, front quarter panel ST sticker, mighty car mods stickers (mandatory ;) ) and some vortex generators on the rear wing (a quick google search seems to show a study showing some good gains from using these on hatch backs....but no lie, i did it just for the looks) i also placed yelllow covers on the front fog lights. I've also claye bared the duco, and also applied nanolex "ceramic" coat to the paintwork.

i'm also going to be installing a cobb lower rear engine mount to replace the stock mount. thinking of going with a cobb exhaust and a Peron hybrid turbo with a dyno tune as well but at the moment enjoying the car as is. far out! it is such a fun car!!!! feel so great around the corners ;). My tires from the factory seem to have been inflated to about 45 psi, the car handles nice with this pressure, but i've never inflated tires to such a high psi so if anyone has any experience with optimum psi for the tyres please message me. ATM i've got the psi at 44 witht he tyres fully warmed up, so maybe 43 or 42 psi at cold inflation.

would someone know if there's a fiesta ST or small ford car performance club in NSW?

[NevermindST]

Originally Posted by Achooi

ay what's up people. just got myself a fiesta ST ecoboost WZ series. incredible car! mods so far are aesthetic, with front lower splitter, and a few other odds and ends (tinted windows, front quarter panel ST sticker, mighty car mods stickers (mandatory ;) ) and some vortex generators on the rear wing (a quick google search seems to show a study showing some good gains from using these on hatch backs....but no lie, i did it just for the looks) i also placed yelllow covers on the front fog lights. I've also claye bared the duco, and also applied nanolex "ceramic" coat to the paintwork.

i'm also going to be installing a cobb lower rear engine mount to replace the stock mount. thinking of going with a cobb exhaust and a Peron hybrid turbo with a dyno tune as well but at the moment enjoying the car as is. far out! it is such a fun car!!!! feel so great around the corners ;). My tires from the factory seem to have been inflated to about 45 psi, the car handles nice with this pressure, but i've never inflated tires to such a high psi so if anyone has any experience with optimum psi for the tyres please message me. ATM i've got the psi at 44 witht he tyres fully warmed up, so maybe 43 or 42 psi at cold inflation.

would someone know if there's a fiesta ST or small ford car performance club in NSW?

Welcome there is a Facebook book and forum group for the Ford Hot Hatches we meet a fair bit, not an official club. We do a range of things from cruises to track days, look up NSW XR5/ST/RS/XR4 cruise group. What area are you from?

[Achooi]

Originally Posted by NevermindST

Welcome there is a Facebook book and forum group for the Ford Hot Hatches we meet a fair bit, not an official club. We do a range of things from cruises to track days, look up NSW XR5/ST/RS/XR4 cruise group. What area are you from?

I'm from nsw

[NevermindST]

Originally Posted by Achooi

I'm from nsw

Sydney? North? South? East? West?

[FastFiesta]

Originally Posted by FastFiesta View Post
Daniel

Age: 35

Car: Ford Fiesta Zetec WQ 1.6 Zetec SE 5 speed manual

List of Mods Completed stage 2.

Thanks to OMEX performance electronics ,Pumaspeed UK, and Burton Power

Direct to Head 45 mm Jenvey Individual Throttle Bodies

High flow Fuel Rail

35mm Air Horns

Fuel Pressure Regulator to 3 bar

OMEX 600 Series Engine Management

Hand Made Wiring Harness

Pumaspeed 4-2-1 stainless steel T304 manifold branch miltek evo 6 sports

Pumaspeed 2.5" hi flow T304 Stainless steel with Sports Cat into Remus Auspuff Sports back box into 2 oval outlet stainless steel.

Recent additions:

Retro fit disc brakes remove rear drums.

Replace with 253mm solid rear disc brakes out of Ford fiesta XR4 and replace OEM Pads with Greenstuff EBC Brake Pads.

Replaced stock Ford calipers and front 258mm Vented DBA performance discs and Pads with EBC Cross drilled, grooved and vented 280mm and EBC Green stuff pads, and XR4 front calipers, and Master cylinder and booster.



Updated new mods currently happening 1.6 Litre duratec coming to a end. :(

New Mods:

Low km Duratec ST out of a wreck

Low Km IB5+ gearbox out of a wreck from Geelong, VIC, removing Quaife ATB Limited slip diff from 1.6 gearbox, and having inspection by gearbox specialists, also fit to IB5+ gearbox remove open std Ford Diff crap!.

Piper Cams Kit http://www.pipercams.co.uk/pipercams...?pid=KBDUR1892

Genuine Ford 60mm Throttle Body suited to 2.3 Duratec inlet manifold, but will also fit 2.0 Duratec.

Cosworth Inlet Manifold from the States. http://www.racingpartssolution.com/c...take-manifold/ it's some $700 AUD cheaper then the UK!!

Replacing standard zetec instrument cluster with Fiesta ST cluster and Traction Control Button.

Samco Sport complete Silicone Hose kit including ancillaries to suit ST Mk6

Carry over Airtec Alloy Radiator double thickness compared to OEM one to suit Mk6 Fiesta good enough for Turbo and SC application too. Evans waterless coolant instead of water/coolant mix.

Remove useless EGR crap, and install EGR delete blank off plate from X Power Engines Ltd UK in ebay

Thermal inlet manifold Gasket from Ferriday Engineering UK through forum in the UK

Carry over Pumaspeed 4-2-1 stainless steel T304 manifold branch miltek evo 6 sports

Pumaspeed 2.5" hi flow T304 Stainless steel with Sports Cat into Remus Auspuff Sports back box into 2 oval outlet stainless steel.

OMP Front strut tower bar

Upgraded rear disc brakes with EBC drilled and dimpled, and EBC Redstuff.

Upgraded Rear dampers with Monroe GT sports

Mountune Aluminium Billet Short shifter to suit Mk6 Fiesta which has just been made available to to demand. http://www.mountunestore.com/collect...hort-shift-arm

Removing all related Jenvey ITB 45mm , and OMEX 600 series ECU.

Pipercross or KN induction kit depending on space after installation of Cosworth Inlet Manifold.

Last but not least a Full flash and remap to be performed on rolling dyno after completion of mods.

[BenjNZ]

Afternoon All

I just picked up a 2015 Fiesta Ecoboost 1.0.

I tried to get our Ford Pro Dealer here to fit the MR165 kit from Mountune, but they said that the ECU on the Fiesta's over here are different to the European cars as ours are built in Thailand. Apparently they purchased a couple of these kits, fitted them, but they wouldn't work, so they got returned to Mountune. The kits are $2,500 and take the car from 120hp to 165hp, which would make them a surprising little car to have a crack at, at the odd traffic light.

Just had a chat with our local boys who have a Dyno and tune Falcons all day. They sounded really excited about having a crack at one of these cars.
So I might have a chat about what they can achieve without toasting the 5 year warranty.

The other weird thing they do over here is fit a front and rear bumper from 3dCarbon, but they don't fit the side skirts. I sent an email off to 3dCarbon to see if I could just purchase the side skirts (as they only have the whole kit on their website) and got a pretty blunt "Nah" response.

I haven't had a proper dig around on the forum yet, but if anyone can point me to a thread about getting a couple more hp out of the 1.0 it would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

[bigshotdan]

Originally Posted by BenjNZ

Afternoon All

I just picked up a 2015 Fiesta Ecoboost 1.0.

I tried to get our Ford Pro Dealer here to fit the MR165 kit from Mountune, but they said that the ECU on the Fiesta's over here are different to the European cars as ours are built in Thailand. Apparently they purchased a couple of these kits, fitted them, but they wouldn't work, so they got returned to Mountune. The kits are $2,500 and take the car from 120hp to 165hp, which would make them a surprising little car to have a crack at, at the odd traffic light.

Just had a chat with our local boys who have a Dyno and tune Falcons all day. They sounded really excited about having a crack at one of these cars.
So I might have a chat about what they can achieve without toasting the 5 year warranty.

The other weird thing they do over here is fit a front and rear bumper from 3dCarbon, but they don't fit the side skirts. I sent an email off to 3dCarbon to see if I could just purchase the side skirts (as they only have the whole kit on their website) and got a pretty blunt "Nah" response.

I haven't had a proper dig around on the forum yet, but if anyone can point me to a thread about getting a couple more hp out of the 1.0 it would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

Nice one! I'm astounded that the ECU is different; it's essentially the same car, after all. It's not like it's US vs EU ST models, which are different in many ways...

If there is a way to upgrade, though, I'd highly recommend it, as - as much as I despise Mountune now because of their service, which is non-existent - their products are brilliant.

There has to be a way to make it work, whether it's via that channel or another option. I'd love a steer of a 1.0L jobbie because everything I've read about them is massively positive...

[BenjNZ]

Picked up the car, hated the alloys, and I imagine they're an utter $&@# to keep clean, so I replaced them with some 5 spoke black alloys. I'd been looking for 4x108 stud pattern wheels, but it turned out the Fiesta S here in NZ has a 4x100 stud pattern, which opened up more options.

[BenjNZ]

(Just realised I should move this to a different thread)...

[Philthy82]

Hey guys, just bought a Fiesta ws econetic and thougt I'd join up!

Big change from a 5.7 litre V8!

[FIFITHEFIESTA]

Hey Guys, Own a mk7 2009 ford fiesta. going to lower it on springs. anything I should be worried about? Im hoping all the clearances should be good. Any advice or people who have some experience in this let me know Cheers.

[Swervin]

Name: Irvin
Age: 30
Location: Melbourne (Western suburbs)
Occupation: Merchandise Planner
Cat: 2015 Fiesta ST (Molten Orange)
Best thing about it: Cheap to run, fast enough, turns corners
Mods: no intentions to mod this... but what are the chances of that happening when every car I have own had something done and now I am in a car forum...?

Pick up a WZ Fiesta ST 3 weeks ago, not a bad little thing, I'm located in the western suburbs of Melb, happy to catch up with others if time permits

[Ratmick]

Name: Mick
Age: 52
Location: Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Occupation: IT Drone from Sector 7G
Fiesta: 2016 WZ ST in 'Performance Blue' (not Spirit Blue as per the Invoice and Warranty Book).
Best thing about it: Pocket Rocket

Picked up the mini-beast today, goes well. Traded up from a LV MkII TDCi Focus

Missus has a WT TDCi Sedan, the ST isn't that different, just a while lot nicer/quicker and bluer

[Cols05]

Name: Col
Age: 42
Location: Sydney West

I went looking for a ute and come home with

2005 Fiesta, white 3 door.

Love it

[jimmyjojo]

Hi All,

Newish Manual Fiesta owner here, hoping to gain a little insight into the quirks of the car. I have an older Ducati so that's my main folly for tinkering, with the Fiesta serving as Mr Reliable.

Cheers,
Name: jj
Location: Inner West

[Festiva99DEMON]

Name: Adam
Age: 32
Location: Mount Druitt, NSW
Occupation: Web Manager
Fiesta: 1999 Ford Festiva with Demon Pack
Best thing about it: Great on fuel, small enough to park anywhere

[Aarone78]

Hi all


My name is Aaron
From Western Sydney
Aged 38
I'm a truck driver
Married with 4 kids
New Comer here.let's say about 2mths ago I go to ford dealer to inquire about ford ranger and end up ordering a fiesta thanks to my wife as she said we need a small car to teach our daughter to drive in
I shouldn't complain as its a good little car bought the ecoboost sport 5 spd manual if only the st had 5 doors would have got that instead.
It now has 2100klms on the speedo but wasn't happy that at 1500 klms had brake oil light come on and ford found that an o ring was faulty but other than that very happy with it love the color which is winning blue

[weirdthin]

Hi all

Name: Cam
Age: 26
Occupation: Contract administrator/analyst
Location: Adelaide eastern suburbs
Car: '09 WS Zetec, 3 door, in Vision (Blue)
I came across the Fiesta when helping a friend look for a new car. I fell in love with them and when it came time to replace my previous ride, there was no other option
Would have loved to start out with a WZ ST... but maybe can work up to that. For now, I very much love the WS Zetec.

Joined up to read more about what other people do with their Fiestas, and also to see what others' experiences with tyres are...

The previous owner of my Zetec put Federal Super Steel 595's on and they are *awful*. Feels fine to drive with but the ride is super harsh, but the worst thing is the road noise! People riding in the car with me wonder if the wheel bearings are out, it's that bad...

Tossing up between the Hankook K107s, Pirelli PZero Nero, or Michelin Pilot Sport 3 (because apparently Tyresales have only a handful of those left in 195/45/16...)

[billbill]

Bill
Darwin
2007 mkii XR6
If i touch it, I break it. very annoying.

Cheers

[rabbs]

Hey All,

Been around a while, hardly ever posted. *Decided to pop on for a browse around after discovering a coolant leak, and possibly an oil leak in my 20mth old 2015 Fiesta*1.0L w/ Powershift!

Car: White 2015 WZ Fiesta Sport w/ PowerShift
Only previous car was a much-loved 1992 EBii 6cyl (Everglade Green)

[Nerdling]

Name: Mark
Age: Old
Location: Canberra
Occupation: IT Hardware Engineer
Car: 2010 G6E (My Daily and work)
2010 Mondeo LX (Wife's work)
2004 Festiva (Mum's)
Best thing about them: Reliable, quick enough, not stupidly expensive to repair, look good, fun to drive.
History: I learnt to drive in an XB which was followed by a succession of end of life Falcons. After that I went to various Japanese brands but in 2010 came back to Ford for the G6E. The Mondeo came about as we needed a good sized Wagon that did not cost the earth. The Festiva replaced my mothers 323 after it was written off, very nice little car and even with over 100000km's on it its still going really well.