Fiesta ST-2 Finsport
Hero. Look forward to your thoughts on mr230
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MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I fitted my induction hose this afternoon, then in a moment of madness spurred on by the successful hose installation I decided to have a go at fitting the intercooler as well...I got there in the end...
Taking the cat out too I see ?
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Cat is useful, doubles up as an axle stand :up:
Wish mine were that good. All they do is sleep or shout at me.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
LOL, she shouts too, relentlessly sometimes. While doing this today I had to pick her out of the engine bay several times...PITA!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Right, a shakedown has revealed all is good. May well be the placebo effect, but recirc valve noise seems a little more audible, and a logging session has shown it to now regularly hit 1.46 bar versus a previous max of 1.44. Unsurprisingly intake temps are lower than anything I've seen before...it may well give me 0.1s around my beloved Goodwood. Woop.
Next, onto the catback exhaust, sports cat, hard charge pipe kit, cam timing tweak and MR230 map...
Next, onto the catback exhaust, sports cat, hard charge pipe kit, cam timing tweak and MR230 map...
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
ASAP. As it can only be fitted by a Mountune 'Pro' dealer I'm limited to two that are within easy reach. It'll likely be sometime in January, no idea when though.
Looking at the power and torque curves (standard versus MP215 versus MR230) it's more what it does to the power than the torque, from pretty much zero RPM MR230 gives 20-30 PS over standard all the way through whereas MP215 only gives maybe 5 PS at best until it gets to the top end.
In February I'm taking it to the same rolling road I've used when standard and MP215 so I'll get all three curves overlaid to see if Mountune deliver what they promise.
Fiesta ST-2 Finsport
Is that the Mountune cooler Mark, hard to see from the pics!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Aye, it's the 'stealth' version, silver and no Mountune logo plastered across the front of it.
Fiesta ST-2 Finsport
Good work
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Evo review up. Nothing but positive things about the conversion, just say it overwhelms the Bridgestone tyre and could do with better tyres
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Booked to have it all fitted on 22nd.
It's only costing £200 to have them fit the sports cat (people that have done it themselves have taken anything up to five hours!), remove the cambelt and adjust the cam timing, and upload the new MR230 map. Bargain!
It's only costing £200 to have them fit the sports cat (people that have done it themselves have taken anything up to five hours!), remove the cambelt and adjust the cam timing, and upload the new MR230 map. Bargain!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
If anyone that has an ST is looking for a simple, quick, and relatively inexpensive power gain, fit the Mountune induction hose.
JW Racing strapped an otherwise standard customer's ST to a hub dyno today after first replacing the Mountune item with a standard induction hose - they were trying to set an absolute baseline to determine transmission losses and give more accurate flywheel figures as it's known that standard STs are 99.9% bang on the money at 200PS.
Job done they re-fitted the customer's MT hose and ran it again to see what, if any, difference it gave and it surprised them with +6bhp. No' bad.
http://www.mountunestore.com/collec...st-high-flow-induction-hose?variant=780300825
JW Racing strapped an otherwise standard customer's ST to a hub dyno today after first replacing the Mountune item with a standard induction hose - they were trying to set an absolute baseline to determine transmission losses and give more accurate flywheel figures as it's known that standard STs are 99.9% bang on the money at 200PS.
Job done they re-fitted the customer's MT hose and ran it again to see what, if any, difference it gave and it surprised them with +6bhp. No' bad.
http://www.mountunestore.com/collec...st-high-flow-induction-hose?variant=780300825
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
This morning having got up at the crack of dawn I'm now sat at the only Mountune Pro dealer in the South, MR230 gets fitted today.
I was hoping they could/would fit it all except the exhaust as I'm not after noise and the original item still has life left in it yet, but Mountune insist it's all or nothing.
Having said that they're not fitting the charge pipe kit, that's sat at home waiting for me to do it.
I filmed some in-gear speedo runs the other night ready for today, MP215 v MR230 comparison videos to follow soon.
I was hoping they could/would fit it all except the exhaust as I'm not after noise and the original item still has life left in it yet, but Mountune insist it's all or nothing.
Having said that they're not fitting the charge pipe kit, that's sat at home waiting for me to do it.
I filmed some in-gear speedo runs the other night ready for today, MP215 v MR230 comparison videos to follow soon.
Looking forward to seeing the outcome.
As said i still think the standard ST is pretty potent, even coming up to 32k in it!, can't imagine what it'll be like with the 230 kit and the extra Torques.
As said i still think the standard ST is pretty potent, even coming up to 32k in it!, can't imagine what it'll be like with the 230 kit and the extra Torques.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Mark, just remind me again what the Standard vs MP215 vs MR230 figures are?
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
It turns out a gasket is missing from the Mountune kit for the exhaust and sports cat, they have one en route, looking like 1pm at the earliest.
FFS. Wouldn't be so bad if their coffee wasn't s**t.
FFS. Wouldn't be so bad if their coffee wasn't s**t.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Err, 200 v 215 v 230 PS? That's peak only. Throughout the full rpm range MR230 gives +20 to +30 PS over MP215. Apparently.
I'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks.
Sorry, I meant torque figures (should have made that clearer). Obviously I can fathom the peak hp figures from the name of the upgrade!! ha
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I'm not too sure on torques, I'll check later and let you know.
As for the upgrade, 6.5 hours later (I was only billed for 3 of that though) and it is complete.
I've just driven home, 50 miles...
When I got MP215 my first reaction was a bit meh, there was something there, but it wasn't immediately apparent unless you went looking for it.
This though, f*** me!
That's all for now.
As for the upgrade, 6.5 hours later (I was only billed for 3 of that though) and it is complete.
I've just driven home, 50 miles...
When I got MP215 my first reaction was a bit meh, there was something there, but it wasn't immediately apparent unless you went looking for it.
This though, f*** me!
That's all for now.
RB182cup&golf gti
Looking forward to this!
BMW M4; S1000 RR
I saw a vid where they tested intercoolers and whether painting them helps. It turned out that painting it black actually decreased the intake temps when air wasn't passing over the intercooler (i.e. stationery car).
N0ddie
ClioSport Club Member
Tesla Model 3
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I remember reading that, black may be cooler but stands out as modified hence silver being the 'stealth' option.
I'm quite happy with how they've fitted the exhaust, it's central in the recess, sticks out just enough, and has not banged on anything once.
What's the verdict on the noise with the new chav cannon..
brisa4984
ClioSport Club Member
nice! enjoy!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I'm glad to say it's pretty far from being a chav cannon. It sounds louder on the inside than it does from the outside. You can tell it's different from outside, but it's not shouty at all.
It's a superbly well made piece of kit, quite sad I can't look at it up close any more! They gave it to one of their techs that's an enthusiast to fit everything, he did a great job and let me question him under the car for 10 minutes on what he did, how he did it, what was tricky etc. Fantastic service from Birchdown Ford Eastbourne.
I've not driven it since I got home yesterday, my wife's been in it while I collected and have since been fiddling with her new C Max.
Hopefully I can get on the airstrip tonight to get more footage.
When's it being run on the RR mate? I'm interested in seeing the graphs from each stage.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Saturday 6th February, hopefully Charlie still has the previous run files and can overlay all 3, he's always had them in the past so shouldn't be a problem.
Judging by how it feels in gear it's got every one of the 20-30 HP Mountune promised.
I'm waiting for the wife to get back in it, cameras are charged and ready to go for later.
They are crackers. I'm not going to replace mine (just ride about in our C1). Nothing out there for the money comes close so I don't want to get stuck with something that isn't as good. Sure I could pay £300+ a month on something better but I'd rather save it for now. They are amazing value for money.
