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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #15 on: 19 January 2018, 13:51:39 »

I wonder about the longevity of a small engine with a high specific output.

Great when new but.................. :(
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #16 on: 19 January 2018, 16:05:02 »

Then again, engines that are looked after generally outlast the bodywork on modern cars (especially Fiestas!) so why not shift the balance back a little?
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #17 on: 19 January 2018, 16:20:01 »

I wonder about the longevity of a small engine with a high specific output.

Great when new but.................. :(

Customer of mine has just traded in his 04 Polo 1.4 tdi,290,00 miles done and engine still strong :y
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #18 on: 19 January 2018, 19:38:53 »

Local Ford stealer has replaced two engines in nearly new Fiestas[both cars had service history and were still under warranty]this week alone.Mind you they've also replaced a powershift gearbox in a Galaxy under warranty too.
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #19 on: 21 January 2018, 01:59:21 »

3 cylinders are good (IME aka Triumph Trident) with primary & secondary balance with 120o crankshaft spacing and all pistons changing direction at different times and 120o firing angle. I'm personally a big fan of 3-cylinder engines, even better are straight 6's (V6's so,so) and then we move on to V8's and especially V12's :) :) :) :y :y :y
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #20 on: 21 January 2018, 11:17:58 »

I drove a 1.0 ecoboost fiesta today,64 plate and have to say it drove brilliantly,it would jump over my 1.6 focus from a few years earlier
Ignoring economy for a second, even in a Focus, the 1l turbo far better than the old 1.6l - but then that 1.6 (and the 1.8) were pretty rubbish, even in their day, for power.

Downside of the little turbo, is the economy is poor, because you have to rag the tits off it everywhere.
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #21 on: 21 January 2018, 13:24:39 »

I must have been way ahead of my time as I've had a few 4 pots that'd cut to 3 regularly :D :D I did once-back in the '70s have a 3 pot motor.It was a Wartburg Knight estate 3cyl two stroke with a separate coil for each cylinder and a freewheel device on it :y
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #22 on: 21 January 2018, 14:36:47 »

I must have been way ahead of my time as I've had a few 4 pots that'd cut to 3 regularly :D :D I did once-back in the '70s have a 3 pot motor.It was a Wartburg Knight estate 3cyl two stroke with a separate coil for each cylinder and a freewheel device on it :y


That must have been a real crumpet-catcher, Mr Baza. ;)

A haze of 2 stroke smoke must have followed you everywhere. :D
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Re: Fiesta ST
« Reply #23 on: 21 January 2018, 18:28:40 »

Not much of a crumpet catcher Opti,but being the estate once there they could be persuaded to linger a while :D :D :D ::) It could be encouraged to be fairly quick off the line,then people couldn't easily catch me as they were driving in a "fog" of blue smoke ;D ;D
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