Mondeo ST220 Tuning

Fr0dders · 31 May 2008 at 16:10

I'm going to be buying an ST220 in the next couple of months, and have been looking round at my options for tuning. Pumaspeed seem reasonably well respected, and they offer a ST250 upgrade kit which upgrades to 250bhp,but its a grand and just comprises of Dream Science remap + miltek exhaust + k & n 57i induction kit.

Now ive got a couple of concerns

1) reading about on ST Drivers / pistonheads some actually doubt if the remap provides anything noticable at all

2) it uses a k&n induction kit, widely regarded to be absolute pants

Given the questionability of the above 2, im not happing forking out a grand for it. It has crossed my mind to just get a blueflame S/S exhaust to give the V6 a bit more of a nice exhaust note and not worrying about alledged performance gains (or lack of)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-MONDEO-S...38786QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

Fr0dders · 31 May 2008 at 16:25

the pricing is fair for the components used

its just a question of price versus results. And whether the extra 30bhp gained from £1000 is worth it, given that some say its not going to be 30bhp, according to ST drivers.

At least if i forked out £400 on a s/s exhaust, id be rewarded with a nice exhaust note. So that has an abvious and guaranteed difference.

Fr0dders · 31 May 2008 at 17:23

apparently some TVR tuner that did work on Ford V6s was offering a supercharger kit for them though.

TVRworks they were called. Theres a post a couple of years back i came across while googling. It was on pistonheads and linked to the site, But the sites gone now, and with it the company i presume.

Fr0dders · 31 May 2008 at 19:09

nope. decent stainless exhaust will be £400 no matter where you go. Camskill sell on the blueflame system, and thats £400 there too.

Same goes for the miltek system, its about £400 on its own no matter where you go. And you just cant get remaps for much less than £400 these days.

The price for the components used is fine, the query was more related to the benefit of said components. Ie is it worth getting the kit when its got a K&N induction kit in it. Theres a 2 page thread with everybody slating them on these very forums.

And then like i said, others have doubted if the remaps make any difference. And there are even some who say the stainless exhaust systems loose power ..

Fr0dders · 31 May 2008 at 19:37

me too, and theres far too many people saying the mods arent that good either, ie the K&N induction kit

I think i may just get a blueflame 'zorst so it sounds nice.

Fr0dders · 11 Nov 2008 at 23:29

its a filter and remap. Notice this bit : "We loaded our finished Race 97 Induction tune"

Remap and filter giving 30bhp isnt rocket science. Especially as solid has pretty much this setup, even has the same dreamscience unit i think ? and gets roughly the same bhp.