Taylor

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Seen the Fiesta ST on 5th Gear last night and was pretty impressed with it.Time round the track come in just behind the RS Focus,starting to like these more and more,very nice motor's!
Any thought's?

GARETH T

ya it did well for itself

Taylor

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Totally,especially for having(dont hold me to this)60bhp less that the Focus!

#13

Doh missed it!!!! Did anyone remember what times it did??

Taylor

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Round about 54 or 55 secs maybe!(dont hold me to that either though).Only just slower that the Focus,very impressive imo.

mattbibs

55.39 i think. funny old track to test the cars round tho. a few longer straights would separate the quick cars from the good handling cars!

timb551

i love my ST

Taylor

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Rudey-repeated tonight at 11.55pm

Mattbibs-Totally mate a few bigger straights and there would probably be a big difference!Still very decent little motors though!

timb551-If i wasn't in the middle of trying to get a house mate i'd be having one as a run around!(And with a pumaspeed bodykit too,mega cool WRC look)

timb551

they are great cars, cant wait to get a manifold back exhaust system and also looking at possibly putting some cams in it.

andy_st200

timb551, laura on ST Owners has already had hers done as she was the donor car for miltek and its proper fast

Taylor

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True mate really good cars! Mate works at Ford as a saleman and av had a shot of one,total go-karts!
Av been told that the ST has a focus st170 engine in it(dont know if you can confirm) but with a different ecu therefoe only giving it 150bhp,therefore would you not also be able to change the ecu back to the Focus st170 one giving you 20bhp before cams and an exhaust?

timb551

not sure laura has done cams though???

ecu sounds interesting, would like a bit more info on that if poss?....

ta

Poom

Nah I think ST170 and ST150 is a diff engine

I think the lady has exhaust, manifold, sports cat, induction kit and magnecor leads and she has about 180BHP from it!

I dont like them though!

timb551

why dont you like them poom?

andy_st200

nah she hasnt as yet,, her other half has also preorderred his focus ST

timb551

been speaking to ford about the focus st but ive only had the fiesta for about 3 months so willl wait a year before i change, IF i change that is.

Poom

I think they look too much like the standard models! If you look at say an Escort Cosworth and an Escort Popular or an RS turbo from a pop plus you can tell the difference straight away!

I think if they were about 190-200BHP as standard it would have been a different story but only having 20BHP up on a 1989 RS Turbo is not really the way forward!

The stripes also I think are a bad idea....

Just my opinion though....

Fudgey

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they dont have the same engine as the ST170, its a duratec, inlet on front etc

they are proppa cars, took one to the ring, great handling but gutless on the straights. could keep up with cossies etc on the twistys, but on the straights they fukked off lol

and at 15k on the road.... i know what i would buy....

and it would have escort on the back

Taylor

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Defo for 15k there's only one winner and that's Escort power ,however a year or so and you'll start to see these alot cheaper and then one could be possible as a daily runner that you can have some serious fun in!

andy_st200

trouble is theirs no market these days in making a car look too different.. the money is in making the car NOT stand out.. you only have to look at the focus RS .. the escort cossie if released now would probably end up looking a lot less different

Taylor

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Would still put on one of the bodykits that pumaspeed are doing,they are very nice,similar to the Fiesta RS prototype thing Ford had at National day last year!

ryan_belfast

I have an ST fiesta with originally a cat back exhaust system,now it has a miltek manifold, decat pipe,exhaust system and it shifts very well....sat with an integra type r on the road the other nite!!!

Taylor

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Taylor

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No probs mate

Rod's on next weeks one,can't wait will be well worth the watching!

GOT2BZETEC

Look sweet had a quick nosy at my dealer today 13,495!

It's Czech Mate

£10500 from some the internet traders if you're prepared to wait 6 weeks and arent too fussy about what options you have

It's Czech Mate

ps. I'm sure it would be an even better car if it came with the 16's ( 17's optional) like it does in Europe.

Taylor

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Think there will be quite a few cheaper ones over the next year,year and a half

timb551

The main reason i didnt get a cossie is because i wanted a brand new car. I had enough fun stuffing money into my escort turbo and to have a car with warranty is great.

I know a cossie is a great car and i have always wanted one, but i have to think fairly practically as i do a fair few miles. I do love my ST and with a little more power it will be a great car.

Kev.H

shame they didnt make a little rs wide arch one like they were gonna

timb551

now that would have been good!!!!

Taylor

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Phone pumaspeed round about £1300 for the wide arch body kit just like the prototype Ford done,Very smart!

daviddunlop83

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You mean your dad has!!

Neil@FastFord

i like em,
id wait for second hand value to drop a little though personally, but a few years down the line i'd treat myself to one!

AD-RS1600i

I think they look brilliant!

With their sharp lines and Eighties style, big, full on stickers, they remind me so much of the S1 RS Turbo. Even the arches are in the style of a full on Rally wide boy! Best looking car I have seen in a long time to my eyes anyway!!!

I can't wait to own one when they are about 4/5 years old and have decreased in value to about 4-5k

Power wise, given today's traffic, they are bang on, and will probably still return 30-35mpg! A proper modern hot hatch

Love' em

Poom

That is minus fitting though isnt it?

There was a guy called Simhopper on UKFN who could get the real deal cheaper!

timb551

30-35mpg lol i bloody wish, barely get 190 miles a £38 tank.

AKRS1

I have a white one with blue stripes. wasnt sure about the stripes when i got it but looks good on a white car. Only mods done so far is a kn induction kit which sounds nice. Maybe a miltek exhaust and a bluefin when it comes out and hopefully will see 170bhp