New car - Zetec s

[Ash256]

Finally my insurance had dropped enough for me to efford a new car, sooo her she is, my fiesta zetec s. everythin standard atm.
few things wanting to doo in the future. All comments welcome ,
(it would of been a 172/182 but insurance costs where to large.)

 

[jesus]

Nice, what are your plans for it?

 

[Ash256]

was looking into a milltek exhaust for sound and performance, but as far as styling goes, i havent seen anythink i like, everything i have seen screams boy racer and thats not me.

 

[VeinAST]

Looks good that

 

[gez 172]

Nice car

You don't need anything done styling wise to a zetec-s nice looking as standard.
only the usual lowered a little. Fresh plates and get rid of the orange indicators.

Ive seen mk1 focus Rs wheels and front brakes on these, looks really good. Think it's just on the diesels though. 5 stud?

 

[Gally]

You need some ST sideskirts and some centre caps. ST ones can be had cheap.

The colour coding ties in better with the s/skirts. Great colour though.

 

[Scrooge]

Needs side skirts, miltek with ST diffusser, Eibachs and spacers. Loved my mates one when he was done well apart from the green bits he did.

 

[JoeyD]

I wish they did OEM Xenons for these. So much hate for halogen headlights in newish cars! These and PH1 RS Twingos deserved them IMO.

 

[Scrooge]

That's something I hate about my car.

 

[JoeyD]

It should've been law that top-spec cars >2000 had to be fitted with projector units. Ridiculous, but I'm right. They're just better.

 

[Ash256]

You need some ST sideskirts and some centre caps. ST ones can be had cheap.

The colour coding ties in better with the s/skirts. Great colour though.

yer the ST sideskirts look good, but what do you mean centre caps ? Also any one have any experience on how to change the ford badge on the front ? ( i understand its not a ford forum )

 

[SC03OTT]

The badges on the centre of the wheels. Centre caps.

Nice motor. Good colour. Has there been some colour coding on the rear bumper, around the fog light?

 

[Ash256]

The badges on the centre of the wheels. Centre caps.

Nice motor. Good colour. Has there been some colour coding on the rear bumper, around the fog light?

Not that i know of and do u mean the reflectors ? there is little bits of dried polish left in places around refelctors, i have tried to remove it with a warm mico-fibre cloth, but wont come off

 

[danzel]

Looks tidy, always liked these (especially the anniversary/celebration edition in yellow with the chequered roof)

 

[GeorgeH]

Really like these, nearly got an ST before another clio. Would look great on st alloys, 16's just look to small for the size of car. Nice buy though.

 

[BlackGoldMatt]

really nice car, was looking at the st150 before i brought my 182. Genuine cosworth alloys in gun metal grey would look lovely IMO!

 

[Ash']

Nice i was toying with the idea of getting a DCI fiesta st in sea grey. I will probably get one when i need to get something economical.

 

[Gally]

Sea Grey DCI Fiesta ST?

You mean a Zetec S TDCI in Sea Grey?

 

[treemanx]

Sea Grey DCI Fiesta ST?

You mean a Zetec S TDCI in Sea Grey?

LOL, I couldn't have come up with a funnier name if I tried.

 

[Gally]

It's was an amalgamation 3 different cars!!!

 

[treemanx]

Prefer the Fiesta TDI ST500 tbh.

 

[Ash']

It's was an amalgamation 3 different cars!!!

Only just read what i put... Lol *Facepalm*

Sea Grey Zetec-S.

 

[Ash256]

after have the car over a year now i thought it was time to make a few changes, I started with the setup with the Pipercross air filter attached to the airfilter box , after it not making much difference in noise or performance i decided to make my own.
[FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, lucida grande, arial, helvetica, sans-serif helvetica, sans-serif]( please ignore the dirty engine bay only just finished fabricating the tube )
[/FONT]The tube is 2.5'' 316l grade stainless steel, fully welded and polished.

opinions please.

 

[_Tom]

Nice work but open filters are a bad idea on n/a cars from my experience.

 

[Ash256]

Nice work but open filters are a bad idea on n/a cars from my experience.

in what way ?

 

[imprezaworks]

Heat soak

 

[Ash256]

Heat soak

How could i prevent it ?

 

[imprezaworks]

Apart from don't fit it, run a cold air feed to it or make a case to go around it.

 

[Ash']

Put standard filter back on.

 

[JAMason]

Very inventive. You won't be getting much performance benefit though. Just lots of induction noise. Open filters can suffer from heat soak, the hot air is less dense and means there isn't as much air getting in lowering the performance. Also that bend is very sharp disrupting the air flow into the throttle body slowing its flow. You wouldn't notice it because we are only talking losses of around 2-3 bhp so I wouldn't worry about it. looks a smart modification in general and I bet it sounds smart!

 

[Ash256]

Very inventive. You won't be getting much performance benefit though. Just lots of induction noise. Open filters can suffer from heat soak, the hot air is less dense and means there isn't as much air getting in lowering the performance. Also that bend is very sharp disrupting the air flow into the throttle body slowing its flow. You wouldn't notice it because we are only talking losses of around 2-3 bhp so I wouldn't worry about it. looks a smart modification in general and I bet it sounds smart!

Thanks for the helpful information, yerr the noise is surprisingly different, was shocked when i ran it for the first time, and i know what you mean about the bend, might look into changing it in the future when i get some spare time. Would you know if it would benefit from a shield ?

 

[JAMason]

Thanks for the helpful information, yerr the noise is surprisingly different, was shocked when i ran it for the first time, and i know what you mean about the bend, might look into changing it in the future when i get some spare time. Would you know if it would benefit from a shield ?

There isn't much shields do. Once you shut the bonnet all the heat is trapped in there and it will find a way around the shield. Manufacturers use the boxs for a reason unless you re route the filter well out of the way (down behind the fog lights for example) open filters are pretty useless. The focus ST/RS guys position the filter down by the near side front fog light behind the bumper. The gains are pretty significant, although you need to watch out for standing deep water...you can drowns the car with the filter so low down. Iv just ordered a standard box for my Clio sport to replace my open filter, same one as yours, and I'm fitting a pipercross panel filter.
Jack

 

[Ash256]

There isn't much shields do. Once you shut the bonnet all the heat is trapped in there and it will find a way around the shield. Manufacturers use the boxs for a reason unless you re route the filter well out of the way (down behind the fog lights for example) open filters are pretty useless. The focus ST/RS guys position the filter down by the near side front fog light behind the bumper. The gains are pretty significant, although you need to watch out for standing deep water...you can drowns the car with the filter so low down. Iv just ordered a standard box for my Clio sport to replace my open filter, same one as yours, and I'm fitting a pipercross panel filter.
Jack

Ill have a look at moving it further down, but i understand what you mean about standing water, dont want to use it as a bilge pump ha ha.
Nice one jack