Small update on the fiesta.
I've not really done mega loads recently, just sorting out a few little bits and bobs...
Firstly the paint on the power steering coolant pipe was rubbing off, so I decided to sand it back and give it a polished/chrome look. It came out rather well!
Then while I was there I sorted out the badge on the bonnet so its in the middle (pic below later)
The other day I decided to fit my new splitter because my old one got ripped off some time ago.
I debated about putting the split in the middle, but there would be no reinforcement there to keep it from flapping, so its been put off centre like it originally was and secured better than last time too lol
Then on saturday I went along with a few of the guys to the rolling road day at Devil Developments, was a good laugh, some awesome cars there.
I whacked the fiesta on the rollers - picture from Terry here:
It made a lame 122.2bhp. The main reason as to why it made that figure is due to the K&N banana pipe is so soft and its sucking itself shut, restricting the power.
I have noticed it driving around a few times, a few people on forums have also said to ditch it because it does that, and the guys at Devil Development said exactly the same thing to me when they asked what intake setup it was on after telling me too, that its crap and sucks itself shut.
SO! The next day that got taken off and I raided the garage for bits and bobs to replace the K&N pipe with. I have decided the final design will not be like below, instead, a silicone 90 degree bend off the throttle body, then some metal piping, then a 45 degree bend off that to the MAF and air filter which will sit somewhere over the gearbox... its been done before so I know it works.
As I said, I raided the garage, found an old escort gti intake pipe, some cold air feed flexi pipe and made a temporary setup - mainly for testing purposes.
I've been running the setup for a couple of days now, no problems so far even though its a complete bodge, and so far the results are that it pulls harder and revs much more freely throughout the rev range. So all is good
Heres a pic
Also the exhaust is/was blowing and the filter hasn't been cleaned for 2 years, which may not help.
As stated above, another thing which was a problem was the exhaust, the backbox in fact. It basically had a massive hole in it and was blowing. Where the hanging bracket is, it had peeled away basically. Probably due to stress on the exhaust system being twisted at some point.
So today that got sorted out. I got it welded up, then put fire resistant silicone sealant on the welds just to make sure it was all air tight again, then gave it a clean and fitted it.
Sadly no pics of the hole, sealant or cleaning process, just the after pics of the weld.
Thennnnnnnnnnnnn after all that, I took it for a drive, seems all good.
Quick vid of 0-60 after all the 'fixes'. Its about 7 seconds. I'll let you be the judge of what time it is exactly. It hits the limiter at 62mph.
I think thats it for this update.
Hopefully once all the intake setup is sorted and what not, i'll whack it back on the rollers and see what difference it makes. Hopefully it'll be somewhere near the 130bhp mark, if it is, i'll be happy!
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