What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[Sam4]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

 

[XanRules]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

Sounds like a leak somewhere. If you're feeling brave, it's not that much work to drop the headliner - there are two pop rivets securing it to the roof (very easy to see if you are looking up from the trunk). Then you remove the C pillar, B pillar, and A pillar trim and it'll just drop down. Removing the A and C pillars is a nightmare because of all the weirdly angled clips, but the B pillar is like three clips and a T50 bolt. I just did this on Saturday while soundproofing the roof of the car.

Also, feel for moisture in your rear footwells. When I had the leaky sunroof, it was also dumping in there and I ended up getting black mold growing under the carpet, which is a nightmare to take out.

 

[WolfDampf]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

I've had this in my car. Turned out my hatch wasn't centered so it left a gap on the gasket. You gotta loosen up the hatch bolts and adjust it, trust me it took me a good 1.5 hrs of fiddling to get it centered just right. Then I had to adjust the striker a bit further inward for it to close tighter. After that I found my tail lights were still leaking a tiny bit so fixed that. And then I found out the body shop had plugged up my drains with glue so the sunroof was dripping down the sides into the rear passenger foot wells on both sides

 

[Switchback]

While I wait for a replacement turbo, I found a used Schroth QuickFit Pro harness for the driver (along with Boomba Brake Deflectors) for $380 locally. Installed the harness this evening to test fit it, and boy does it feel good.


I shall not slide around in the seat now when on track/autoX. Brake Deflectors will get installed for actual track days so those are sticking in the box for now.

 

[akiraproject24]

Installed JL Audio C1 650x coax speakers in rear door. Used custom printed adapters with some speaker foam tape to seal the speaker to the adapter and the adapter to the door. Was able to Dynamat about 75% of the inside of the metal door panel and a few of the larger flats inside the door card.
I have the Sony Processing turned off with FORSCAN.

Will be doing the fronts hopefully tomorrow. In order to install the inline hipass filter I need 2 male spade connectors that are super slim. Probably either 1/8 or 1/16. Harbor Freight had nothing under 1/4. Gonna fart around the rest of the day and relax now. Will save my opinion on sound after I get the front components installed.

 

[Intuit]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/water-intrusion-issue-resolved.23553/post-435429

 

[AthenaAutocross]

Had an event today. Was a bit rough. I tried removing the rear seats, and already had the spare tire out for this event and the car just felt all over the place especially during braking. Just super sketchy and wandering in the back when I'd brake for a corner. Acceleration and the turns themselves felt fine, though it did feel like the rear didn't want to get out as much, felt like it was constantly gripping until I upped the PSI a lot.

Video from my best run, which sadly I hit a cone on.

One thing I still don't understand is why I have to run my PSI so high. First the RT770s and now the RE71RS. I hear all the time about people recommending to run these at like 27F/29R cold to get a 31/33 or so heat going. And well the rears wouldn't get above 30, and the front's felt just weird. I was constantly getting rollover on the front (Finally chalked my tires). And it wasn't until I cranked the PSI up to what I was running my RT770s at that my times improved a lot. Going to 37.5F/36R hot gained me over 1 second in time. The car just started to feel like it was responding to my inputs instead of delayed and mushy.

Next event I'm going to throw the seats back in and maybe even try the morning heats with the spare tire to see if it helps the cars balance on braking, at least till I get my coilovers in July.