Fiesta ST love

[MarkCup]

It's true...

 

[brisa4984]

Hahaha looks fun!

 

[Mr Plums]

What tyres you are you using?

 

[Hixle]

Lively! Good peddling Mark.

 

[MarkCup]

What tyres you are you using?

AD08R, first time I've tried them, they were very very good. Friendly when moving, dug in hard when not. Considering how much I was moving about all day I took remarkably little off them too.

 

[cjgower]

You can peddle well that's for sure. It looks pretty forgiving too when you push a little too hard. Still miss mine really! Ticks every box for a fun daily car.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Great video Mark :up:

 

[Lal B3N]

Looks very playful, nice one. My 200T is like that, can make it as playful as you want and its so forgiving.

 

[Martin.]

Haha looks great fun! Car looks like a hoot to drive

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Good video mate. From now on you're known as "Mr over enthusiastic"

 

[Sam]

Great video. Great camera shots too.

 

[JB21]

Looks fun, presume the over-steer is for the passenger fun factor?

 

[Chapppers11]

Looks great!

What kind of times are you hitting in the Fiesta round there?

 

[MarkCup]

Looks fun, presume the over-steer is for the passenger fun factor?

And my own! Lap times are not something I chase although I'm mildly hopeful I've finally beaten a lap I knocked out in my 172 Cup of 1:37.58.

Looks great!

What kind of times are you hitting in the Fiesta round there?

See above...I managed a 39.2 last year (MP215, standard tyres) and someone who came out with me on the last session where unfortunately I had to keep it clean and tidy following my telling-off recorded with a GPS helmet cam...I managed a 38.7.

 

[Mr Plums]

So your old 170hp cup was quicker than your mp 230 round track?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Top skills Mark! :up:

 

[MarkCup]

So your old 170hp cup was quicker than your mp 230 round track?

Yep! So far at least...I still have 160gb of video and data to get through to see if I've beaten it.

Its power to weight was better (it was 189bhp but weighed 904kgs), it had wider much stickier tyres on it, hydraulic steering and I was sat on the floor so could feel everything that was happening all the time.

 

[Mr Plums]

Yep! So far at least...I still have 160gb of video and data to get through to see if I've beaten it.

Its power to weight was better (it was 189bhp but weighed 904kgs), it had wider much stickier tyres on it, hydraulic steering and I was sat on the floor so could feel everything that was happening all the time.

It's amazing how well balanced the 1*2's still are compared to new hatches.

 

[MarkCup]

I seriously wish I'd never sold it!

 

[Mr Plums]

The Clio looks so much smoother and skips round the bends in control rather than sliding about like bamby on ice, I bet you would beat that time easily now if you still had the cup.

 

[RDH]

Great vid.

Really really miss mine. Been so tempted by an ST200 its just a shame any value instantly falls out their arse.

 

[MarkCup]

Great vid.

Really really miss mine. Been so tempted by an ST200 its just a shame any value instantly falls out their arse.

I'm still not quite sure what the ST200 is all about?! If they'd give in a diff it would have made sense but as it is, nah.

It even has flat paint FFS!

 

[MarkCup]

The Clio looks so much smoother and skips round the bends in control rather than sliding about like bamby on ice, I bet you would beat that time easily now if you still had the cup.

I'd like to think so! It had an abundance of grip and I was using nowhere near all of it.

 

[RDH]

I'm still not quite sure what the ST200 is all about?! If they'd give in a diff it would have made sense but as it is, nah.

It even has flat paint FFS!

Paint looks great in the flesh. Really suits the car.

Don't get me wrong I know the suspension set up is the same as them all, and it is basically an MP215 ST3 but the shorter gear ratios have got to be a plus.

 

[MarkCup]

Paint looks great in the flesh. Really suits the car.

Don't get me wrong I know the suspension set up is the same as them all, and it is basically an MP215 ST3 but the shorter gear ratios have got to be a plus.

Agreed...but a £3k plus?!

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

It has some Suspension, Steering and Anti Roll Bar revisions from what i've read, although they are on normal ST's for 65' plate onwards IIRC.

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[MarkCup]

Another video from the day with a first time track virgin passenger...

 

[imprezaworks]

Ha ha that's awesome. Couldn't help but think she was a virgin all the way through though.

 

[MarkCup]

Ha ha that's awesome. Couldn't help but think she was a virgin all the way through though.

LOL

So your old 170hp cup was quicker than your mp 230 round track?

Having reviewed all my laps I can report that it's not any more!

172 Cup - 189 bhp - 904 kgs - 209 bhp/ton - 1:37.58
ST MR230 - 230 bhp - 1,158 kgs - 199 bhp/ton - 1:37.17

I spent the entire day lapping in the 38s or low 39s, then on one particular session after lunch knocked out two laps in the 37s...the fastest was the first full lap and I had an Exige behind me for motivation. That also included a lift as I crossed the line as a black flag was show to the Exige behind for noise and I thought it might have been for me.

Video to follow. Annoyingly I no longer have the raw footage of the Cup lap but I'll try and grab the footage from YouTube and will try and do a Sky Pad type side by side comparison.

 

[JB21]

"Lap times are not something I chase" 😂

Everyone chases lap times, how else do you gauge progression...

 

[MarkCup]

I wasn't chasing it! It just happened...the rest of the day as I said was just 38s and 39s, but the Exige behind me pushed me along a little.

 

[imprezaworks]

So pretty much identical really. Really liking the ST

 

[MarkCup]

So pretty much identical really. Really liking the ST :smile:

It's a couple of car lengths, and only because Goodwood has such long high speed straights. There's two where I get to over 120 mph in the ST compared to 115 mph in the Cup. On any other circuit I'd still be behind the Cup.

Compare Goodwood to Bedford and its 1km long back straight where at best I see 115 mph in the ST, and just the once in an entire lap...that kind of shows how much of a high speed circuit Goodwood is and why the lesser powered Cup is outgunned by the ST.

 

[MarkCup]

Here's my 1:37.13 :smiley:

 

[imprezaworks]

On it.

 

[mr bognor]

If I had half your skill I would be more happy about going to the ring on the 23/08/16 .............. MUST NOT BIN NEW CAR

 

[MarkCup]

...and another...first session of the day so just a warm up with @Weeman...seeing how close I could get to him LOL

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

...and another...first session of the day so just a warm up with @Weeman...seeing how close I could get to him LOL

There's a name I've not seen for a while.

 

[Mr Plums]

What was the car Infront I can't make it out, a vts?

 

[imprezaworks]

Mk2 golf I think.

Vts, lol