As the title dictates.
I came to know my ST after having a 1.4t Dart for a couple years. Was driving by one of the Ford lots and watched as an Oxford White ST was rolling off of the truck.
Walked in, flagged a sales guy, put money down and drove it off the lot. No muss no fuss. It's been the best decision by far. I loved the Dart for what it was, but I stopped driving highway for work, and it was not much of a city car. The Fiesta though, oh baby.
I have other cars, so this little escape pod won't be doing daily duties too often, and will only live on the road May through October, and as such, I'm modding it to be... an improvement on what the factory produced. There will be no winter driving this.
Thus far, very very minor things have been done.
Cobb Stage 3 was ordered in the first few days of ownership, and it's all installed save the downpipe, which is on backorder but should be shipping this week. FWIW, as a fairly centralized option, that may cost a few credible ponies versus a wizards bag of parts from all sources and a more aggressive tuning strategy, the Cobb kit seems to be the business for a well sorted warmed over hatch.
Full (And I mean FULL) LED conversion. Front, back, In and Out. No hyperflash either.
What's next? Well, there are certain things that need consideration that the bean counters at FoMoCo had to leave on the table, and I understand that, but will be making adjustments to their recipe as I see fit. UberST? Nein. But the ultimate balance of competitive and enjoyable tear-assing that sidesteps factory cost considerations.
The track will be widened a bit, 15mm front and rear, through the use of spacers. I was hoping to see if the earlier generation ST rear hub-back spacers would be a bolt-up, but have no firm intel, so wheel spacers it is I guess.
A full round of body and fender bracing from TB, Pierce, and Ultra Racing whenever I get the chance to do so. I'm also interesting in finding out whether there is a front to back three point underbody brace for each side that would be available. The google machine will tell.
I have also found pedal placement to be funky. The accelerator isn't in line with the other pedals! There will be a fix for that courtesy of one of the two producers for a pedal spacer.
Also, shifting seems to require seven feet arms, so a full shift kit from Boomba is definitely in order. I'm hoping that I can shorten it up as right now I'm constantly clashing into third when I shift while sitting in my ideal driving position, and I hate the sound of grinding gears, and I'm sure it does the b6 absolutely no favours.
Finally, a Quaiffe, eventually. That's the big ticket.
I've owned about 52 cars in ten years of driving. Lots of junk, some real gems, and not a lot of keepers among them. The ST is a really promising unit, though.
More to come.
I came to know my ST after having a 1.4t Dart for a couple years. Was driving by one of the Ford lots and watched as an Oxford White ST was rolling off of the truck.
Walked in, flagged a sales guy, put money down and drove it off the lot. No muss no fuss. It's been the best decision by far. I loved the Dart for what it was, but I stopped driving highway for work, and it was not much of a city car. The Fiesta though, oh baby.
I have other cars, so this little escape pod won't be doing daily duties too often, and will only live on the road May through October, and as such, I'm modding it to be... an improvement on what the factory produced. There will be no winter driving this.
Thus far, very very minor things have been done.
Cobb Stage 3 was ordered in the first few days of ownership, and it's all installed save the downpipe, which is on backorder but should be shipping this week. FWIW, as a fairly centralized option, that may cost a few credible ponies versus a wizards bag of parts from all sources and a more aggressive tuning strategy, the Cobb kit seems to be the business for a well sorted warmed over hatch.
Full (And I mean FULL) LED conversion. Front, back, In and Out. No hyperflash either.
What's next? Well, there are certain things that need consideration that the bean counters at FoMoCo had to leave on the table, and I understand that, but will be making adjustments to their recipe as I see fit. UberST? Nein. But the ultimate balance of competitive and enjoyable tear-assing that sidesteps factory cost considerations.
The track will be widened a bit, 15mm front and rear, through the use of spacers. I was hoping to see if the earlier generation ST rear hub-back spacers would be a bolt-up, but have no firm intel, so wheel spacers it is I guess.
A full round of body and fender bracing from TB, Pierce, and Ultra Racing whenever I get the chance to do so. I'm also interesting in finding out whether there is a front to back three point underbody brace for each side that would be available. The google machine will tell.
I have also found pedal placement to be funky. The accelerator isn't in line with the other pedals! There will be a fix for that courtesy of one of the two producers for a pedal spacer.
Also, shifting seems to require seven feet arms, so a full shift kit from Boomba is definitely in order. I'm hoping that I can shorten it up as right now I'm constantly clashing into third when I shift while sitting in my ideal driving position, and I hate the sound of grinding gears, and I'm sure it does the b6 absolutely no favours.
Finally, a Quaiffe, eventually. That's the big ticket.
I've owned about 52 cars in ten years of driving. Lots of junk, some real gems, and not a lot of keepers among them. The ST is a really promising unit, though.
More to come.
