My new ride (2 new vids,drive away and fly by clip)

[gis]

Hey guys,well as some of you know the saxo vtr i had has gone.also you probably saw my sig.....anyway i picked my new car up

Its a 2001 ford fiesta zetec S which has a 1.6 16v engine and like the saxo it still weighs less than a ton...about 976kg apparently.

i spoke to the guy again who sold it to me and it has a re-mapped ECU by ford racing development or sumthin like that.so it has a bit more go go about it lol

First of all it has to be the custom shot right? lol
http://img26.exs.cx/img26/9445/00009743iw.th.jpg (http://img26.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img26&image=00009743iw.jpg)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9523/00009725pn.th.jpg (http://img65.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img65&image=00009725pn.jpg)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9076/00009734cd.th.jpg (http://img65.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img65&image=00009734cd.jpg)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/6989/00009751sm.th.jpg (http://img65.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img65&image=00009751sm.jpg)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/2015/00009765fd.th.jpg (http://img65.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img65&image=00009765fd.jpg)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/2585/00009777yw.th.jpg (http://img65.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img65&image=00009777yw.jpg)

[BADMIHAI]

It looks sweet. I love the colour. How does it handle/go?


EDIT: Muahahahahaha!!! I beat TT to it. :wink:

[TT]

Finally! Nothing against the Saxo, I had a 106 myself, but the Fiesta is a more gown up car, and better quality wise too!

It looks nice and although probably the Saxo chassis is a bit better, this one should grant plenty of fun, shouldn't it?

Thanks for the custom shot too ;)

[komotar]

nice little ride.

The colour looks great.

I like the rims..... 8)

[jon_s]

Haha, you know my thoughts on the fiesta 8)

Enjoy!

[TT]

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EDIT: Muahahahahaha!!! I beat TT to it. :wink:

Guys, it never was a race :D stop beeing happy when you beat me :P

[jon_s]

It may not be a race....but a challenge it is!

[TransAm]

Finally! Nothing against the Saxo, I had a 106 myself, but the Fiesta is a more gown up car, and better quality wise too!



Likewise, well I had two of them a '96 1.5 Diesel which I sold to buy a '98 106GTi (S16 for you, TT). My sister had a fiesta like this one which I drove a few times - I didn't have any problems with my 106s but the Ford is better built and also the Fiesta had that 'bigger car' feel to it.

That's a nice car you have there Danny, and the best colour too IMHO.

So is the Fester quicker than the Saxo? You said it's had an ECU remap. Get it dyno'd lad!

[TT]

...I had a 1.5D and sold it to buy a 106GTi (S16 for you, TT)...!

Hehe, French isn't my mother language and anyway everybody refer to the GTi as the GTi around here and never the S16 ;)

[TransAm]

@TT - I thought it was S16 across the whole of Europe, except UK ? :?

Evidently not!

[jon_s]

The ZS book figures come in at 103 bhp. However, the average RR figure for a standard ZS on UKFN is 115bhp. Over 30 people have had their cars tested the highest standard figure was a whopping (considering the quoted figure) 118bhp. However, many people put that down to the variation between different rolling roads.

Without know more about the chip, I would guess that the car COULD be running at around 120bhp but again that also depends on what figures the car was running at standard.

Good choice of car gis. 8)

[TransAm]

The ZS book figures...

I thought you were on about MG's for a second there Jon, I was like WTF? :lol:

[TT]

@TT - I thought it was S16 across the whole of Europe, except UK ? :?

Evidently not!

S16 stands for 16 soupapes, donc 16 valves. So it's only in France afaik :D

[jon_s]

The ZS book figures...

I thought you were on about MG's for a second there Jon, I was like WTF? :lol:

LMAO, forgot about that! I am so used to calling the Fiesta ZS a 'ZS' I keep forgetting MG exist!

[|Nuno|]

Nice ride, and I relly like that colour. :)

[ARMAN]

Nice little car gis. I like the color and licence plate :P

[dingo]

I think its a great little car as I told you last night, and the colour really is very ncie :D
I hope you continue to have fun with it - I'm sure you will :wink:

[gis]

THANKS GUYS for your kind words

BADMIHAI - it handles and goes very nicely,it IS quicker than the saxo by quite a bit i think.the front tyres need changing so when they are done im sure i will see a difference in the handling

TT - yes it should grant plenty of fun,it has done already and i only had it like 36 hours,LOL

TransAm2001 - as said above i think it is quicker than the saxo,more power means it has to be.lol :lol:

jon - i was told the power rating of 103hp is wrong,ford have a habbit of saying they have less power than they actually have.and the rating of 115hp i can imagine bein true,and with this ECU i can imagine it also bein around 120hp.its a nippy little thing anyway :lol:

dingo - of course i will have fun with it :lol:

as everyone has mentioned the colour i think you have all figured it is imperial blue that is used on the focus RS,which i think makes the car look great and stand out,plus its fun to be able to say it has the same as the RS,lol

one thing i absolutely love about the car is the gearbox,my god im in heaven with it.its just so perfect,short shift.....with sum spirited driving and changing quick....the changes are really quick with this gearbox. :D

[Daggernite]

I dont think a Fiesta can come much cleaner looking than that!! Really nice car, good colour, and I bet its quick, Nice one! :D

[666fast]

As I told you earlier, the color is awesome. The wheels are pretty sweet too!
Have fun wiith it, I'm sure it's a blast! Now, it's time to mod it.

Congrats dude!

[fedezyl]

Hey mate, I must say again, Congratulations!!!! Love the colour, and well it is a great leap forward from the saxo, not that it wasn't nice...but this one is muuuch nicer!
anyways, get ready, next year i'm going to europe so i'll be paying a visit, and I want a ride in it! lol
:D

[gis]

Thanks daggernite,666fast,fedezyl and everso. :D

[stradale]

Very nice car, gis! I like the look of your Fiesta. The colour, the wheels, the front grill, the fog lights etc. Sporty, but not over the top. Just perfect for this car. Have fun, mate!

[Evo]

Very nice looking car Danny... I really like the aggressive look it got from the front bumper.. and the color is perfect. Although I liked your Saxo a lot back in it's glory days this looks somehow better.. . Now send it to me to test drive it to see if it is safe for you to drive it. :D :lol: ..

Congrats again Danny on your new car.

[gis]

Thanks guys,and i will have fun with the car i can promise you that :D

stradale - as you say the car looks great with the rims it has,the bodykit that it has etc etc,its one of those cars that looks nice without adding other bodykit parts replacing the one that is on.i think the rims look great as they are which is why im not going to change them.and the car lowered 60mm on the stock rims just looks great

evo - lol you want to drive it,come on over feel free..of course in exchange i will need to test your evo.....you know,just to see if its fast enough for you,lol
your right though the saxo was good.....but if you live here you wwould know that the only thing that actually made it look different from all the other saxos was the colour,no one had it that i ever saw.....but now i got this car and i just love it :D

[cooperluke]

Nice little ride. How many hp it develops?
Oh, and here is Portugal, the Peugeot 106 is not S16, but also 106GTI, and the Saxo is called Saxo Cup.

[gis]

Thanks cooperluke,the hp we arent 100% sure on,book figure is 103hp,but it isnt as the power is usually underated,as jon_s said on the previous page the average number is around 115hp,and with the re-mapped ECU there is a chance it could be around the 120hp area

[dingo]

gis, you have to get yourself a new sig already now :wink:

[fedezyl]

Here the 106 is called the S16 and the Saxo VTS for the 16v version, we just get the french versions here.
Hey mate, next year we should make a little trip to the nurburgring lol

[gis]

lol the nurburgring.......if i have the full suspension kit by then i may consider going,plus a few extra "go go mods" lol

dingo - yes i need a new sig,but i suimply suck at making them,lol

[XTwinTurboVR4X]

congrats dude , thats a smart looking car you have :D

[RC45]

Great car gis... what mods you got planned?

...but the Ford is better built and also the Fiesta had that 'bigger car' feel to it.


I dunno about "bigger car" and sub-compact in the same sentence... ;) heheh

[gis]

Thanks Dan and RC

to answer your question RC,i have plans for mods and will probably do them around the summer time (hopefully)

exhaust system
4-2-1 manifold (maybe)
induction kit
suspension kit
uprated brakes and pads

i was speakin with jon_s last night and we talked about the brakes and we think i could fit escort cosworth brakes on there or the Mondeo V6 brakes (they are between 280-300mm discs i think) so they should stop pretty quick on this light car :D

[TransAm]

Thanks Dan and RC

to answer your question RC,i have plans for mods and will probably do them around the summer time (hopefully)

exhaust system
4-2-1 manifold (maybe)
induction kit
suspension kit
uprated brakes and pads

i was speakin with jon_s last night and we talked about the brakes and we think i could fit escort cosworth brakes on there or the Mondeo V6 brakes (they are between 280-300mm discs i think) so they should stop pretty quick on this light car :D

I don't wanna be behind you on the M6 when you hit the brakes quick!

Tell you what, when I get back to the UK, just stay south of J28!!! j/k

[gis]

lol yeah those brakes are gonna stop the car pretty dam quick aint they.pumaspeed do a 300mm upgrade with brembo discs i think so thats always an option if i cant find mondeo or cossie brakes.also the pads will be sum EBC greenstuff pads,so that shoudl help it stop nicely aswell.

what do u drive when u get back over in the UK TransAm2001?

[Anonymous]

Nice clean car gis congrats :D as many others have said, lovely colour really suits the car. LMAO at the brakes though! i can imagine the fun you'd have with them :D For sure already it sounds fun 115bhp+ is a fair bit for such a light car :D

[TransAm]

lol yeah those brakes are gonna stop the car pretty dam quick aint they.pumaspeed do a 300mm upgrade with brembo discs i think so thats always an option if i cant find mondeo or cossie brakes.also the pads will be sum EBC greenstuff pads,so that shoudl help it stop nicely aswell.

what do u drive when u get back over in the UK TransAm2001?

'N reg' 1996 Civic VTi hatchback, Burgundy, w/35k miles on the clock. No mods.

[topgeartom]

Lovely car gis, ive always liked the zetec S, especially as they never made a fully balls out xr2 replacement. A friend of mine has just got a brand new 2005 fiesta zetec, although it is only 1.2

I love the colour, and my fav bit of the car has always been the wheels.

Congradts again.

BTW - how many horsies does it have :P j/k :D

[gis]

cheers AL.....you should stick 115+ horsies in your mini....now THAT would be extreme fun,lol

tom - thanks for the kind words,your friend bought a new 1.2 zetec,whats it liek? i heard they are pretty zippy for a 1.2

TransAm2001 - man i was hoping you wouldnt say sumthin like a civic VTI.....i cant beat your Saab and now i cant beat your civic,lol.......woudlnt mind checkin it out when your back over in the UK :D

[TransAm]

Lovely car gis, ive always liked the zetec S, especially as they never made a fully balls out xr2 replacement.

Yeah you should be able to really annoy some ST150 drivers as I am sure the new fiesta is probably a bit heavier (you'll beat them on $ depreciation for sure) !!!

[Wutputt]

Nice car. Those rims are sort of the best choice imo for a Fiesta of that generation. My mom used to have such a Fiesta, but with a 1.4 engine. Those 90 horsies in that little car gave quite some punch and good fun. Thus your remapped 1.6 will be even more fun. I don't know how much the chassis setup of the 1.6 is different compared to the 1.4, but let me give you this advice: when the rear shock absorbers are beginning to show their age, our Fiesta could go really abrupt into oversteer when turning into a bend (and giving no or not much throttle). But if they are still in good condition, the handling was quite fun: lift off oversteer was nicely controllable :D

[topgeartom]

Its a fast little car, but he doesnt thrash it about, the guy is very slightly older than me, and passed his test a couple of weeks ago, but he has been doing autotesting with minis since the age of 12, so he got the general hang of driving cars early on. He passed his test on the first attempt with only 1 minor. 1 minor for fuck sake!. Needless to say, he's only been driving on the road for a couple of weeks but its like hes been doing it for 10!

[jon_s]

He won't need to change the wheels. 280mm brakes off a cossy easily fit under them. 300mm Mondeo V6 brakes will also fit with literally a mm of clearance :shock:

[gis]

yeah brakes up to 300mm will fit...300mm just squeeze in as jon said.id be happy finding sum cossie brakes though.so i can keep my rims as they are.i want to keep these rims as i think they look great on the car.2 new tyres on it 2morrow aswell so i should see a nice handling improvement. :D

[coombsie66]

Shit, sorry danny, a bit late to this thread! :oops:
As you know, nice car. Cant beat a fast ford. :wink:
I read a mention of EBC greenstuff, ive heard nothing but bad things about greenstuffs on Ford road car brakes, especially focus ones ( i think yours may be similar).
I would give them a miss mate, mintex 1144's are what you want. Although since changing my pads and discs from new standards ive had no problems with spirited road driving.

[gis]

so you run uprated pads on your focus coombsie? or did i mis-read what u wrote?

anyway if brembo can help me out with sum cossie brakes that would be sweet,cant imagine how they woudl stop my fiesta,lol

what things have you heard about the EBC greenstuff pads?

[666fast]

so you run uprated pads on your focus coombsie? or did i mis-read what u wrote?

anyway if brembo can help me out with sum cossie brakes that would be sweet,cant imagine how they woudl stop my fiesta,lol

what things have you heard about the EBC greenstuff pads?

Heh, it would be cool if you could get it to do a stoppie! :wink:

Seriously, I have to think Cossie brakes would stop a Fiesta on a dime!

[TransAm]

@gis and jon_s

Is there much of a Mk1 community? I'd love to restore / buy a VGC Mk1 XR2 when I get back home and have it as my weekend car :mrgreen:

Caspian blue, of course!

Sorry to hijack your thread. I know I'm terrible for TJing but at least I remembered to apologise this time!

[gis]

lol no worrys about askin a question mate,at least its about a fiesta,LOL

but if im honest i dont see or hear of many mk1 fiesta meetins or anythin here,im sure there is some though.

[coombsie66]

Ive heard that the EBC greenstuffs are too hard, run too hot and warp/eat brakes especially their poor excuses for 'uprated discs' (milled grooves and drill end indentations on a standard disc).
Although thats what i've heard people say, i cant be sure as ive not had personal experience, my friend had them and the EBC discs on his 1st saxo (previous owners decision) when he got his new Mk2, it braked better and without annoying pedal judder and sound that the EBC's gave.
Also ive read some people's experience that the friction material has fallen away from the backing (hence the pad disintegrating).
All these stories are from people who dont really know what they are talking about though (i feel) but there seem to be a lot of unhappy people with EBC on ffoc.co.uk
I dont know of many race/rally cars that run EBC either, i dont think anyone above club level has. mintex, performance friction, Alcon, AP racing, brembo etc are the only names i trust, ones in racing!

I dont run uprated pads, just standard ford ones, as i dont think i have the need for track ones with my road driving manners, if they are all operating as ford intended.

TransAm and your threadjack: if you like Mk1's then you'll enjoy this website http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/index.htm :D

[TransAm]

TransAm and your threadjack: if you like Mk1's then you'll enjoy this website http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/index.htm :D

Ta, already found it thru google! Although I think I'd want a stock minter...269 a year fully comp for me!

[gis]

hmm,seems Greenstuff pads are out then.lol

[jon_s]

Here you go gis: I think they have just moved though!

The Puma and the Fiesta mk4/5 are built around the same floor pan so 99% of the upgrades for the puma will also fit to the fiesta

For 15" alloys and above, including standard ZS alloys:
Big brakes 300mm - £329
Big brakes 280mm - £299

For 14" alloys and above, including standard Ford alloys:
Big brakes 260mm (ZS spec) - £140+vat


Pumaspeed
57 Aberford Road ,Stanley,Wakefield,WF3 4NH. (But please call before you travel)
07967 489262
[email protected]

[gis]

awesome thanks for that jon....after bein shown that vid of the car with exhaust and manifold i know what i wanna get first,lol

[jon_s]

HAHA, definately. They sound very raspy. 8)

[gis]

Hey guys,updated pics with my friends new punto HGT JTD and pics of new mods

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/7558/00010232jb.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010232jb.jpg)

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/5294/00010268nh.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010268nh.jpg)

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/6671/00010240vw.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010240vw.jpg)

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/9597/00010255tf.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010255tf.jpg)

Here are the mods i have done since buying the car,the pipercross air filter and Pumaspeed cat back exhaust system

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/2143/00010171fo.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010171fo.jpg)

http://img169.echo.cx/img169/6198/00010278fb.th.jpg (http://img169.echo.cx/my.php?image=00010278fb.jpg)

a vid of the new exhaust (thanks to daggernite for hosting) :D
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/daggernite/pumaspeed_exhaust.WMV

[666fast]

sounds good ddue!
Like I said earlier, it has a nice low burble instead of a raspy tin can sound like Honda's. :twisted:

[ARMAN]

Nice sound didnt, expect it to be that low :P

[Daggernite]

Im a big Fiesta and its hard to find a Fiesta in such a clean tidy condition as yours. I think with the upgrades it just keeps making the car better and better, it also sounds awsome too, better than what I thought it would infact.

[dingo]

that sounds awesome, I love the 'burbling' sound especially when you get off the throttle :D
Like ARMAN I was a bit suprised that it sounds like that......but in a good way :wink:

[gis]

Thanks guys for the kind words,im very happy with it myself :D

666fast - im glad it didnt sound tinny lol i was dreading it sounding crappy,but it really isnt its just the right noise level at idle and it wont get annoying on long journeys :D

brembo - yeah i can get some clear indicator lights,they arent expensive at all i dont think so i may do those soon.

Daggernite - im glad you like it,i knew you would seen as your a fiesta fan yourself.as i said if you ever fancy a drive down to chorley then id be more than happy to take you for a spin

dingo and ARMAN - what were you guys expecting? lol like a honda-rice-fart cannon sound?

[TT]

Well done, the exhaust really sounds nice, but indeed we need to see/hear a flyby :)

BTW, what about removing the badges on the boot to clean the lines and save some grams? ;)

[coombsie66]

Sounds good danny, with the manifold it would sound different again, so that system sound even better with the different manifold too i rekon!!
Nice little hatch there now. :)

[gis]

Cheers guys :D

TT - i was thinkin about de-badging the rear at sum point so i will end up taking those badges off :D

coombsie - i was checkin into manifolds aswell but with that new rule of "get cought without a CAT and its a £900 fine".......i dont want that,lol so id have to buy a sports CAT aswell,including that in with the manifold it will cost £500,so be a while b4 i do that,lol

soon i will make a fly by vid :D

[dingo]

dingo and ARMAN - what were you guys expecting? lol like a honda-rice-fart cannon sound?



exactly!!!! :P

[gis]

lol well im glad i surprised you.no ricer sounds from me thank you very much

[fedezyl]

Very very very nice exhaust mate, worth every penny in my opinion, getting just the right sound from the exhaust isn't easy, when are you putting that Bluefin in??

[gis]

im not sure about the bluefin,its another £300 so gotta wait,lol but if i am gonna go further liek manifold and cams int he future i had best get a unichip and not the bluefin,so it all depends on what route i wanna go :D

[ARMAN]

dingo and ARMAN - what were you guys expecting? lol like a honda-rice-fart cannon sound?


Honda rulez... no? :mrgreen: I've expected it to be more silent as stock Fiestas have

[gis]

well it woudlnt be silent like a stock fiesta coz it isnt stock,lol

[gis]

2 new vids guys,sorry for it bein dark and the focus not bein so good but its the only place in my town were there is no traffic to do a fly by and stuff.i went a bit mad on the fly by and reached about 100mph :lol:

this is the drive away through 1st and 2nd gear
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/daggerblade/drive_away.WMV

fly by vid,turn your volume right up as you can hear the car straight from the beginning
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/daggerblade/fly_by_clip.WMV

thanks to daggernite for the hosting again :D

[jon_s]

Hehe, I was thinking about doing my drive by at some point. Got to work out where though!

[dingo]

cool vids gis......I think in the first vid your car somehow sounds slightly similar to an E46 M3, very nice :D
Your cousin sure got excited about your fly-by.......I think his words explained it all :P

[Daggernite]

Nice fly by, sounds great, and looks fast, and making something look fast on camra is hard. Also the comments said why you flew past backs up that you must have been going pretty quickly. :lol:

[ARMAN]

LOL "fok me!" :lol: Very nice sound I gotta say again :wink:

[gis]

thanks guys

jon - get a fly by vid done,or just a 1st and 2nd gear drive away like i did in the first video,im interested to hear what your fiesta sounds like from the outside

daggernite - thanks for the host mate and yeah i was surprised how it looked on the camera,im happy with it :D

ARMAN - lol im glad u like the sound of my car dude,and also the way we speak of course when i speak it is in a more deep and manly way than my younger cousin :lol: lol

brembo - another one who likes the way us lancashire lads speak huh,lol :wink: dont worry though i keep an eye out for cops but that area is a place that they hardly ever go so i knew it would be 99% ok to do that then.......not that i condone speeding or anything,lol

[coombsie66]

Nice vids Danny!! Sounds really throaty in the pull away video.
Youve convinced me that when i get home this summer i'm gunna do some vids with my parents digicam. :)

HAHAHAHAH, just watched the fly by vid, hehe, your cousin creamed himself, lol.
Does look fast though, your at the top of 4th there arnt you? bout 110mph?

[gis]

you could be right there coombsie,i was in 4th gear and when i looked which was about the time when i come into view on the camera i was doin about 100mph.....i just said that speed coz its what i last saw on the speedo......but i coudl well have been between 100-110mph :D