The Fiesta is Gone!

[slopoke]

The Fiesta is gone and has been replaced with a 2019 Ford Mustang GT.

 

[wetwea33]

Stick or the 10 speed?

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[slopoke]

It's got the 10 speed auto.

 

[wetwea33]

It's got the 10 speed auto.

Good choice.

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[Akumu]

Grats.

Why the Mustang? I've never understood this extremely common jump. They have nothing in common, at all. Or is that the point?

 

[slopoke]

Grats.

Why the Mustang? I've never understood this extremely common jump. They have nothing in common, at all. Or is that the point?

For the horsepower. The mods to get the Fiesta into the really fun HP range in California are outside of the legal limits of the California CARB rules. The Mustang however has California CARB approved Superchargers from many different manufacturers that will get a Mustang into the 650 on up wheel horsepower range. That is the big reason for the change.

 

[Akumu]

For the horsepower and the mods to get the Fiesta in California are outside of the legal limits of the California CARB rules. The Mustang however has California CARB approved Superchargers from many different manufacturers that will get a Mustang into the 650 on up wheel horsepower range. That is the big reason for the change.

I see.

I think I envy the weather, And that's about it for, California. CARB

 

[slopoke]

I see.

I think I envy the weather, And that's about it for, California. CARB

I had a 4 port aux fuel system and a Garrett Gen II GTX2860R turbo on it and before that I had the 4 port with the S242 turbo. It was fun but at the point of getting smog checks done, the car in either configuration would not pass and at my age (57) I don't want to remove and reinstall all of the hardware every 2 years to get into emissions compliance.

 

[Se7eN]

great choice

 

[apt77]

Did you sell or trade in your Fiesta?

 

[Mikey456]

Good choice.

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What’s wrong with the manual for the Mustang? Is it not so good?


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[wetwea33]

What’s wrong with the manual for the Mustang? Is it not so good?


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Yeah the mt82 is a garbage Chinese gearbox. Even at stock power they are known to bend shift forks and just eat themselves. They just don't feel great either. The gt350 has an amazing tremic box. Tr6060 swaps are very common for thr gts

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[gtx3076]

Grats.

Why the Mustang? I've never understood this extremely common jump. They have nothing in common, at all. Or is that the point?

I bought the Fiesta because it was cheap, and I heard a lot of good things.

In all honesty, it's an alright car. I don't love it, but it can be fun if you got someplace to turn it. Mustangs are just fast out of the box and a tune goes a long way. The Fiesta really needs a turbo upgrade if you spend a lot of time on the highway like I do, it's just too under powered otherwise. My V6 Sienna would probably outrun my Fiesta as it sits.

 

[wetwea33]

I bought the Fiesta because it was cheap, and I heard a lot of good things.

In all honesty, it's an alright car. I don't love it, but it can be fun if you got someplace to turn it. Mustangs are just fast out of the box and a tune goes a long way. The Fiesta really needs a turbo upgrade if you spend a lot of time on the highway like I do, it's just too under powered otherwise. My V6 Sienna would probably outrun my Fiesta as it sits.

For highway driving I would agree, the fist is pretty anemic especially with a stock turbo. Around town the fist is amazing tho. My last car was a 500whp gto. Fun to do pulls but overall driving which mine is 90% around town, is way more fun in the fist. S550s are pretty sweet handling cars but I still love light nimble cars around town. Turbo upgrade really changes the fist.

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[Stupidbutt]

But why buy a new car from a truck manufacturer?

 

[slopoke]

Did you sell or trade in your Fiesta?

I traded it in. Got almost for the trade as I was asking for a private party sale. I started out to just feel out what I could get for my Fiesta for a trade in. Never really expecting to do a deal today, but the price I got for the trade and 12 percent off of MSRP plus tax and license, it was too good of a deal to pass up.

 

[Intuit]

But why buy a new car from a truck manufacturer?

They're still a car company, outside of the states.

 

[gtx3076]

For highway driving I would agree, the fist is pretty anemic especially with a stock turbo. Around town the fist is amazing tho. My last car was a 500whp gto. Fun to do pulls but overall driving which mine is 90% around town, is way more fun in the fist. S550s are pretty sweet handling cars but I still love light nimble cars around town. Turbo upgrade really changes the fist.

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I've been on the fence about doing the upgrade. I'm afraid if I start upgrading hard parts I won't stop. BT and a wavetrac seen like good mods but that's some serious $$$. I considered a pony car to avoid the mod bug. Turbos are too easy to modify.

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[Akumu]

I bought the Fiesta because it was cheap, and I heard a lot of good things.

In all honesty, it's an alright car. I don't love it, but it can be fun if you got someplace to turn it. Mustangs are just fast out of the box and a tune goes a long way. The Fiesta really needs a turbo upgrade if you spend a lot of time on the highway like I do, it's just too under powered otherwise. My V6 Sienna would probably outrun my Fiesta as it sits.

I mean, I get why people buy Mustangs. I was just interested in the correlation between the two. (I'd kill for a GT350R.)

I don't do straight lines on my FiST, or rather I only do them, so as to get to the twisties. I don't commute or around town, either. No drag strip, roll racing, autox or track, either. Just twisty madness, along with the ride to and from.

The Mustang wouldn't be the right car on some of the 1.5 lane roads that I frequent. That said, I wholly get its appeal.

 

[Scotman2]

Grats.

Why the Mustang? I've never understood this extremely common jump. They have nothing in common, at all. Or is that the point?

The Fiesta ST is a nice counterpoint to a Mustang. I will never sell either of them.