Who here owns a Fiesta ST?

maj · 25 Jan 2013 at 23:52

Not idea what I had been searching for, only ones I could find didn't have a manufacturer. Reckon there's much of a difference is between the one that £80 and the one that's £67?

leon4112 · 30 Jan 2013 at 22:16

Looks like ill be placing a order for a new Fiesta St next month or start of march to replace my Mini Cooper, trying to cut the lease cost so work said i can place a order in the next few months for one and get it shipped for a Sept build window, hopefully should save around 70-80 quid a month what i pay for my mini cooper going by current nhs lease prices for the new fiesta (£215 for mini cooper with chilli/media pack)

Stormster · 30 Jan 2013 at 23:56

Are there any new pics of it out and about yet, different colours etc?

leon4112 · 31 Jan 2013 at 10:13

Stormster said:
Are there any new pics of it out and about yet, different colours etc?

Well only the ones here on Evo

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/287728/new_ford_fiesta_st_prices.html

Colours i would expect it to have the same as the Focus St paint wise.

I did pop into the Ford garage this morning spoke to the staff who seem to think they will have one to test early March and should be able to order one end of March for Summer delivery.

Im tempted to just order it and not test drive it as a surprise for when it comes in Sept. Prob order the St2 in White or black.

alex24 · 31 Jan 2013 at 18:29

Stormster said:
Are there any new pics of it out and about yet, different colours etc?

Try here. About as close to a production model as I have seen.

Colours:
Race Red (Solid)
Frozen White (Solid)
Panther Black (Metallic)
Spirit Blue (Metallic - previously unique to Focus ST)
Molten Orange (Metallic Tri-coat - Fiesta ST unique.)

Initial models (all ST2 spec with various options inc. free Style pack) are already available for order and delivery is expected at the turn of Feb/March. Order one later on and you'll miss the first batch, but I'm surprised to hear summer. That's a long wait.

Since the ST2 is only a grand more, that's the model to go for. Ford released a price list yesterday but it doesn't seem correct. Time will tell.

Will · 31 Jan 2013 at 18:51

My old car for sale again....the guy who I bought it from has had a change in his circumstances, so has decided to try and move it on quickly...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...mr200-2006-highest-spec-on-sale-today/1032207

Stormster · 1 Feb 2013 at 00:32

Never tracked? I thought you took it on a couple

Will · 1 Feb 2013 at 08:21

No I planned to but never got around to it! My only regret with the car apart from the rubbish clutch...

Mucky_Pup · 1 Feb 2013 at 08:47

Modded or not modded, I personally wouldn't pay £7k for a 6/7 years old Fiesta ST.

I also wouldn't pay £17k for a new one either.

JamesM · 1 Feb 2013 at 11:33

Looks good!

Shame you had to sell though

Out of interest why did you relocate the PAS? Was it done before the inlet was fitted?

shauncr91 · 7 Feb 2013 at 15:56

300mm Mondeo/ST170 setup ready to go on my Fez this weekend

Will · 7 Feb 2013 at 19:14

JamesM said:
Looks good!

Shame you had to sell though

Out of interest why did you relocate the PAS? Was it done before the inlet was fitted?

Didn't mind selling, I got £6k for it, good money for it and I prefer my Civic Type R. Think I'd have liked the S2000 I had more, but I crashed that and wrote it off.

PAS relocation is done to stop the fluid boiling, the standard reservoir location means the fluid gets really hot when giving it some stick, and it goes 'off' quite quickly. PAS fluid should be red, not black! The fluid can even get so hot during track use that it boils and bubbles out from the cap, so many people relocate the reservoir to keep the fluid cool.

The jamsport kit is a bit of a bodge job mind and nowhere near worth what they charge! Better to DIY it or to get the Mountune PAS fluid cooler pipe kit.

Overlag · 7 Feb 2013 at 20:31

I bought some focus st carriers, new discs and ds2500 pads for the front. Selling Mondeo ones off. Also got the rear 280mm upgrade with ds2500 pads. However I only managed to pic up one carrier for the focus rear upgrade. DOH!

Still to fix:
Thermostat
Whine (alternator?).
Worn arb bushes
Worn clutch master

Rybo89 · 7 Feb 2013 at 20:32

Milkybk said:
My car is back on the road next Wednesday, can't wait. Greenlight have offered a quote about 500 quid less and don't charge extra for mods so going to be an expensive year.

You sure they don't charge extra for mods? GLI do good premiums but utterly crap when it comes to any changes as they will rob you of money from any little thing they can.

CS is a bit poop in my opinion to.

maj · 7 Feb 2013 at 20:39

Will said:
Didn't mind selling, I got £6k for it, good money for it and I prefer my Civic Type R. Think I'd have liked the S2000 I had more, but I crashed that and wrote it off.

PAS relocation is done to stop the fluid boiling, the standard reservoir location means the fluid gets really hot when giving it some stick, and it goes 'off' quite quickly. PAS fluid should be red, not black! The fluid can even get so hot during track use that it boils and bubbles out from the cap, so many people relocate the reservoir to keep the fluid cool.

The jamsport kit is a bit of a bodge job mind and nowhere near worth what they charge! Better to DIY it or to get the Mountune PAS fluid cooler pipe kit.

Mind telling me what would be needed to make a DIY PAS relocation kit? Buying one is on my 'to do' list. Auto specialists and pumaspeed also sell the kits but they ain't cheap.

I'm looking at replacing my front discs and pads. Currently looking at EBC turbo grroved discs with red stuff pads. Since the car will be used 99.9% of the time as my daily drive car, will redstuff be okay? I hear they take awhile to warm up but greenstuff apparently create loads of brake dust.

Will · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:45

maj said:
Mind telling me what would be needed to make a DIY PAS relocation kit? Buying one is on my 'to do' list. Auto specialists and pumaspeed also sell the kits but they ain't cheap.

The 'kit' that Jamsport or the others sell is basically just a collection of the following random parts:

Mk1 Focus power steering fluid reservoir (OEM part available for £20 odd quid from Ford, you could buy a second hand one for much less and clean it)
Two lengths of plain black fluoro lined fuel/oil hose (one length is identical in thickness to the top/return PAS fluid hose that runs to the back of the engine, the other is thicker so as to fit on the other 'fat' connection on the PAS fluid reservoir)
1x hose joiner
A few jubilee clips
Cable ties to zip tie the bottle to a hole you have to drill in the battery tray (this is what makes it a bit of a bodge, its very far from factory looking)
A flanged part/bracket that fits onto the PAS pump with a pipe outlet on it, and two bolts.

The last item is the trickiest bit as it needs to be fabricated (though its little more than a flange with two bolt holes to bolt it to the pump housing, and 3/4 of an inch of pipe sticking out that you need) but if you were careful you could probably buy the hose, fluid bottle, jubilee clips and joiner and still have change from £50 or so.

If you go on facebook and find SiCo Developments, send them a PM and they should be able to advise you on whether they currently have the metal adaptor piece for sale, I think at one point they were knocking out a kit of all the above for £90 so so still a useful saving over Jamsport or Auto Specialists.

shauncr91 · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:50

I think I'm going to get a cooler kit fromssomeone on stoc, he's doing it at 90 fitted and it looks a very very good bit of kit after looking at it over the weekend. If you can keep it cool then there'sno bneed to relocate it unless installing a new inlet.

maj · 7 Feb 2013 at 22:59

Thanks for that Will. Much appreciated.

shauncr91 said:
I think I'm going to get a cooler kit fromssomeone on stoc, he's doing it at 90 fitted and it looks a very very good bit of kit after looking at it over the weekend. If you can keep it cool then there'sno bneed to relocate it unless installing a new inlet.

This the same guy Will is on about?

Laurio · 8 Feb 2013 at 12:21

Will said:
The 'kit' that Jamsport or the others sell is basically just a collection of the following random parts:

Mk1 Focus power steering fluid reservoir (OEM part available for £20 odd quid from Ford, you could buy a second hand one for much less and clean it)

Two lengths of plain black fluoro lined fuel/oil hose (one length is identical in thickness to the top/return PAS fluid hose that runs to the back of the engine, the other is thicker so as to fit on the other 'fat' connection on the PAS fluid reservoir)

1x hose joiner

A few jubilee clips

Cable ties to zip tie the bottle to a hole you have to drill in the battery tray (this is what makes it a bit of a bodge, its very far from factory looking)

A flanged part/bracket that fits onto the PAS pump with a pipe outlet on it, and two bolts.

The last item is the trickiest bit as it needs to be fabricated (though its little more than a flange with two bolt holes to bolt it to the pump housing, and 3/4 of an inch of pipe sticking out that you need) but if you were careful you could probably buy the hose, fluid bottle, jubilee clips and joiner and still have change from £50 or so.

If you go on facebook and find SiCo Developments, send them a PM and they should be able to advise you on whether they currently have the metal adaptor piece for sale, I think at one point they were knocking out a kit of all the above for £90 so so still a useful saving over Jamsport or Auto Specialists.

Mountune do a PAS cooler kit for £99 i think, will that effectively do the same job for a bit cheaper?