not long had a mk3 ST estate mondeo of the oil burning variety,

wanted to make it a bit more responsive so in the last week have added the following

tunit box
K&N induction kit
EGR blanking plate,

the final thing to arrive today was the de cat, didnt think it would make that much difference but slipped it on today and it has totally changed the car!
feels like boost comes in A LOT earlier and it pulls very strong all the way to redline now, it cruises absolutely effortlessly on the motorway at 90 - 100..

so overall a mod which i highly rate..

also thought i would stick a set of springs and some 19" supertourismo alloys on to toughen the looks up a bit as well as tint the headlights...

pics are before springs were fitted as you can probably tell!

 

done the same with my BMW 330d the EGR made a bif difference bypassing that, havent put my K&n on yet and got my decat in car ready to go on

 

the sound from the induction kit is quite amusing really! with its little flutter as you let off! lol

 

Personally I dont think the wheels toughen it up at all.. I think they look the tits slammed on the standard ST Rims

 

sounds good to me. I hate cats on cars. My old sierra hatch back had a cat on when i bought it and i got it took out and it went alot better too.

 

my thoughts to be honest! the mrs found these for sale at an absolute steal so couldnt really say no! tyres have only done a few hundred miles and wheels are spotless!

might think about selling these and putting some MO's on it in anthracite? these just look a bit to spindly imo..

fucking cracking car though! cant fault it..

 

nice one getting an exhaust and a front mount for mine., looking good loving the rims cant beat the OZ rims!!

 

Nice mod's What MPG are you getting with them?


Brian

 

43-45 round town, on a decent run on the motorway anything up to 62!

like i say, cant fault it

 

Is the decat pipe available off the shelf? Where did you get it from..

 

All good till the DMF fucks up and the injectors i got offered a 03 plate st tdci hatch for 800 the other night, but it had been in a bump needed bonnet and bumper, panel and airbag. if it would have been the petrol id have bought it but the TDCi engines seem nothing but trouble

 

must not have been an st as the earliest i have seen them are 54 plates

 

The de-cat's are great ain't they?

I test drove loads before buying mine, and it twigged after the faster than normal test drive when the previous owner said it had a de-cat already!

Not all the 2.2 TDci's break down contrary to popular belief. You'll not get people on fora saying "Mines been fine for 100K" but more likely be asking for help when things go wrong. It's just the nature of Fora being somewhere to ask for help. Seeing as there were 1000's made as the engine is exactly the same in the top end Mk3 Mondeos, the odds on one failing are still remote.

 

Decatted my Mondeo and it was superb afterwards....very good gains for Ł60....

 

my ST TDci's done 90k touch wood never had an EGR,DMF or injector prob

 

The tdci's are great! People go on about the dmf's and injectors, but it's not as common as folk think! I've got a 110k 2.0 tdci and the old girl hasn't had any trouble!

 

my bad it was a zetec s tdci lol

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Do it. Now.