MarkCup's Fiesta ST

[JimOw]

Nice one, thanks mate. It was 4 weeks yesterday so I'll give them another week.

 

[bigup7]

Nice one, thanks mate. It was 4 weeks yesterday so I'll give them another week.

check your spam folders as thats where mine went for some reason! luckily the chap at G2L called me as soon as he sent them to explain what they were for

when did you order btw? and whats the delivery date of the car?

 

[JimOw]

I'll keep an eye out, cheers mate.
I ordered on the 11th May, sent off Proof of ID on the 12th May.

I haven't been given a delivery date yet as I haven't heard from them since sending in said ID, but I was given an 8 week estimate, which would make it the W/C 7th July.

Edit; bigup, were you given a VIN or anything to track your order via Ford?

 

[treemanx]

How much did your wing mirror cost again?

 

[Gally]

How much did your wing mirror cost again?

Incident?

 

[treemanx]

Of my own doing, I won't blame a bird lol. Managed to salvage all the bits and assemble it back together. Mirror is damaged and so is the little clear section that holds the indicator bulb.

 

[treemanx]

Got the OE number for the mirror glass, it's made by John's autotelle, only £12.95 online! The indicator section I've seen on eBay, but it's up to 2009-2013, assume there's been no changes?

Edit - found the other part £11.95

For reference:
32 03 37-96 indicator
32 03 37-81 mirror glass

Both passenger side.

 

[MarkCup]

Got the OE number for the mirror glass, it's made by John's autotelle, only £12.95 online! The indicator section I've seen on eBay, but it's up to 2009-2013, assume there's been no changes?

Edit - found the other part £11.95

For reference:
32 03 37-96 indicator
32 03 37-81 mirror glass

Both passenger side.

Lucky! That's a lot better than £240!

Hit 20k miles in mine at the weekend, it's gone so quick.

 

[treemanx]

Luckily I have access to tecdoc!

I'm hitting 43mpg on my commute so far this week, I normally have to give my brother a lift but he's on holiday, so he's obviously affecting my fuel economy!

 

[Gally]

Yours must be one of the highest so far Mark?

 

[Matthew]

I'm on 2,000

 

[Lal B3N]

Yours must be one of the highest so far Mark?

30k on this one -
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif..._1-6l/postcode/ca144pb/model/fiesta?logcode=p

 

[MarkCup]

Yours must be one of the highest so far Mark?

I'll be up there but I can't 'compete' with anyone who pounds dual carriageways and motorways week in week out like this one probably has...

30k on this one -
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif..._1-6l/postcode/ca144pb/model/fiesta?logcode=p

I'm more than happy with my 50 miles a day on empty b-roads :approve:

 

[MarkCup]

Ooooh, they'd take the ST over the R every time...

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...ial-ford-fiesta-st3-mountune-versus-vw-golf-r

 

[treemanx]

Got round to fitting the new mirror and indicator plastic today, took 2 mins. Good as new

 

[RDH]

My splittsr has turned up after 5 weeks. Seriously cba fitting it now.

 

[Matthew]

It's a right pain in the arse to fit aswell.

Enjoy.

 

[bigup7]

Ooooh, they'd take the ST over the R every time...

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...ial-ford-fiesta-st3-mountune-versus-vw-golf-r

thanks for the link, a good read

 

[bigup7]

full scan of the article can be found here: http://www.fiestastoc.com/forums/to...vs-ford-fiesta-st-vs-mini-cooper-s/?p=1853842

 

[bigup7]

Mark, how loud is the MP215 induction?

does it get annoying after each gear change?

my car has done 150 miles and im thinking MP215

 

[MarkCup]

Mark, how loud is the MP215 induction?

does it get annoying after each gear change?

my car has done 150 miles and im thinking MP215

I responded over on STOC...not loud at all. If I had no badge on the back I'd challenge any normal person to even get the slightest hint from the noise alone that the car is modified.

 

[Detail Chris]

I think the increase in boost pressure makes it slightly louder, as apposed to the airbox

 

[MarkCup]

So today after almost 5,000 miles on them it was time to rotate the 'new' Bridgestone RE050s around. Starting off with 7.5 mm when new, today, before swapping them around, they were;

Front left - 4.6 mm
Front right - 5.0 mm
Rear left - 6.4 mm
Rear right - 6.4 mm

Compared to my Clios the pattern/rate of wear front vs rear is as near as identical.

While I had the car up on stands and the wheels off I blitzed them and the arches...that'll do for another year.

 

[bigup7]

Shiny

what products did you use? Have you sealed them now?

 

[DrR]

Now I've got mine, I've heard about the tyre pressure? Is everyne just running the standard pressures?

 

[MarkCup]

Shiny

what products did you use? Have you sealed them now?

Pressure wash, Wonder Wheels Hot Wheels, pressure wash, Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover, pressure wash, Farecla G3 wash, pressure wash, dry, Autoglym Super Resin Polish, Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection, Collinite 476S.

I know that's not the ideal products and or the internetz approved process and products, but it's what I did a year ago, and today, after my efforts, they looked like the pics i.e. perfect.

Now I've got mine, I've heard about the tyre pressure? Is everyne just running the standard pressures?

Yep. Stick with them, they work.

 

[MarkCup]

At almost 22k miles I've decided I really should check the boost pipe clamps on mine...there's many reports (albeit it in the US of A) of them being/working loose and there's useful gains in boost when they're all pinched up. Need a variety of 7mm sockets/spanners/universal joints and tiny hands to do it though. I'm going to stick it up on stands and have a go tomorrow...I'm going to record a logged run in each gear before and after to see if I gain any boost :approve:

While looking for the clamps under the bonnet tonight I noticed my radiator assembly rocks back and forth a couple of mm.

Anyone else got a loose radiator?

 

[sbridgey]

I'll go check mine in a bit if you want?

 

[Gally]

It's meant to move mate. Lots of cars are like that. All located into rubber bungs so not solid.

 

[MarkCup]

It's meant to move mate. Lots of cars are like that. All located into rubber bungs so not solid.

Makes sense, doesn't feel broken at all but thought I should check. Thanks.

 

[MarkCup]

So I spent all of 30 mins on this at the weekend, was surprisingly easy to access them all (except the front intercooler ones which I'll leave for now) and the result of all the boost hose clamps being tightened up is, f*** all.

No extra boost recorded, it feels exactly as it did before. Glad I did it for peace of mind though LOL

 

[Matthew]

That's good to know though!

Saved me a job

 

[MarkCup]

A few days further down the line from having fiddled around with all the boost clamps I could reach and...on the way home tonight I lost ALL boost!

Car sounds like a jet fighter plane though so it's not all bad LOL

Better get the stands out again and go see which one has completely detached and why...

 

[DrR]

Lol, I won't be checking mine in any rush then....

 

[DrR]

Another gripe I have actually, the dash reflection is so bad.

 

[sbridgey]

Dash reflection? I've not noticed any problem with that.

One thing i have noticed is that the sun visors are useless, they either completely cut off my vision or do nothing.

 

[DrR]

Yeah dash reflection in windscreen is bad!

 

[sbridgey]

I'll notice it and it'll annoy me now, i'm sure.

 

[MarkCup]

My forward camera picks it up really badly

Fixed the boost pipe, it was the one clamp I didn't bother to get to as all before it seemed tight enough. There was a spate of boost pipes coming off a year ago so mine must have been one of those.

It survived a year, 22k miles, and a Goodwood trackday but my fiddling at the weekend must have loosened it just enough to pop off under pressure. It's on and done up properly now though!

Im going to head out later and log boost levels...I'm thinking if it was that loose beforehand I must have been losing some pressure.

 

[DrR]

Just confirming 36psi front and 26rear is correct?