What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[M-Sport fan]

Yeah, I had a chance to do one of my rain washes on Saturday afternoon, and then a quick spray wax Collinite coat this morning.

Gotta counter the effing tree pollen every and ANY chance I get!
(I use that same Lowes bucket for my 'splash rinse', even in the pouring rain, to get the majority of the soap off before letting nature do the rest.)

 

[Cneu]

I was pretty bored while waiting for some bread to rise so I hopped in the fist and went up Rocky Point here in the portland area.




I also filmed the whole thing on dash cam which I may or may not link because I was singing about the horrible brake fade I got. I've been managing to push 27psi of boost and had tire spin in 4th gear on this drive, so that's pretty fun.

I'm not sure if you all know this but these cars are stupid fun.

 

[Intuit]

I suspect the stock rotors just retain too much heat. My motorcycle has comparably small rotors but their response doesn't seem to change even with wheel speeds in the triple digits. The car by comparison, brake response will begin changing pretty quickly at those rotating speeds.

I suspect the key difference is, the motorcycle rotors are drilled with a very high number of holes. Since my OEM rotors are overdue for replacement, I've been looking at drilled rotors to replace them... keeping in mind that we're also in road salt city.and exposed, inactive surface area is going to get eaten up.

 

[Cneu]

I was gonna replace the rotors with my next pad change so I'll start shopping around. I guess I'll also look into going up in size if possible. Lol more googling.

 

[XR650R]

I'm not sure if you all know this but these cars are stupid fun.

Let's keep that to ourselves.
Oh, shit! https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/road-track-20-greatest-cars.32154/

 

[pixelzombie]

Let's keep that to ourselves.
Oh, shit! https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/road-track-20-greatest-cars.32154/

With each little mod, the fun factor increases. I'm glad I didn't listen to the guys on reddit who said coil overs are overkill for the street.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Looked at the Old engine out of the car and saw the carnage up close.The #3 rod snapped at the wrist pin and buzz sawed up the front of the block about 10-12 inchs. In turn Hitting the Starter solenoid knocking it off the Starter and placing it on the radiator shroud backside and blowing off the oil cooler..

 

[Zerodameaon]

Well I didn't do that much damage but in an attempt to fix my motor mount issues I broke that stupid hard plastic line going to the expansion tank. It took like an hour to get the engine side off and since no one carried the part locally I just got some 1/4in fuel line and upgraded the hose. It's not breaking again.

Then I found the front lower bolt for the passenger side motor mount has the captive nut broken off. I think my options are either to take the front of the car off to see if I can reach the hole to hold a nut up to the hole and weld it in, or weld a nut to a washer then use a hole saw just slightly bigger than the washer and hold the washer in place and weld it in. Or just put some tack welds on the mount and call it good until it needs to come out.

The middle option sounds like the best solution but the last option sounds really good since it's easier lol.

 

[rallytaff]

Looked at the Old engine out of the car and saw the carnage up close.The #3 rod snapped at the wrist pin and buzz sawed up the front of the block about 10-12 inchs. In turn Hitting the Starter solenoid knocking it off the Starter and placing it on the radiator shroud backside and blowing off the oil cooler.. View attachment 62074 View attachment 62076

Just needs some JB Weld!

 

[Cneu]

Looked at the Old engine out of the car and saw the carnage up close.The #3 rod snapped at the wrist pin and buzz sawed up the front of the block about 10-12 inchs. In turn Hitting the Starter solenoid knocking it off the Starter and placing it on the radiator shroud backside and blowing off the oil cooler..

Lol damn. The vertical sawing is pretty crazy. How long did it drive that way? I've blown a few holes in blocks but never seen it do that. In my experience, the connecting rod comes apart long before it can do that amount of damage. Bearings look good tho, lol

The craziest one I've seen is when an old tractor blew a rod and somehow busted a huge hole in the side of the block, which allowed the piston to fly a few hundred feet out of the side of the block.

 

[FiestaSTdude]

I was pretty bored while waiting for some bread to rise so I hopped in the fist and went up Rocky Point here in the portland area.

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I also filmed the whole thing on dash cam which I may or may not link because I was singing about the horrible brake fade I got. I've been managing to push 27psi of boost and had tire spin in 4th gear on this drive, so that's pretty fun.

I'm not sure if you all know this but these cars are stupid fun.

Wow, that’s beautiful, scenery and car lol

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Lol damn. The vertical sawing is pretty crazy. How long did it drive that way? I've blown a few holes in blocks but never seen it do that. In my experience, the connecting rod comes apart long before it can do that amount of damage. Bearings look good tho, lol

The craziest one I've seen is when an old tractor blew a rod and somehow busted a huge hole in the side of the block, which allowed the piston to fly a few hundred feet out of the side of the block.

It was mere 100 ft and it came to a stop in its own blood pile on a Freeway entrance ramp.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Just needs some JB Weld!

Like a 5 gallon bucket!

 

[Cneu]

Wow, that’s beautiful, scenery and car lol

Thanks. I've gushed about it on here before but the PNW has the best roads. Oregon, especially, takes very good care of very remote roads. A person can drive for hours on paved roads without seeing anyone.

It was mere 100 ft and it came to a stop in its own blood pile on a Freeway entrance ramp.

crazy.

 

[Sam4]

Thanks. I've gushed about it on here before but the PNW has the best roads. Oregon, especially, takes very good care of very remote roads. A person can drive for hours on paved roads without seeing anyone.



crazy.

I was lucky enough to stumble onto a McMenamins at lunchtime during a work visit years ago, up above rt30/river w of Portland. What a day...

 

[gtx3076]

Thanks. I've gushed about it on here before but the PNW has the best roads. Oregon, especially, takes very good care of very remote roads. A person can drive for hours on paved roads without seeing anyone.



crazy.

The city recently paved a neighborhood street and it started developing pot holes in 1 year. Cheap Texas labor.

 

[Cneu]

The city recently paved a neighborhood street and it started developing pot holes in 1 year. Cheap Texas labor.

I wouldn't blame the city. More often than not it's some d-bag who overloaded a trailer or something and damaged the road, which led to the pothole. The things I see people in trucks/RVs doing on the road is pretty crazy. Texas esp is wild cuz of freedumb. It's not the city/county/states fault because someone thinks a tarp is oppressing them.

Just last week I saw a guy driving on a blown tire. I see trailers pop off hitches way too often. This stuff is way more common than you'd think.

 

[gtx3076]

I wouldn't blame the city. More often than not it's some d-bag who overloaded a trailer or something and damaged the road, which led to the pothole. The things I see people in trucks/RVs doing on the road is pretty crazy. Texas esp is wild cuz of freedumb. It's not the city/county/states fault because someone thinks a tarp is oppressing them.

Just last week I saw a guy driving on a blown tire. I see trailers pop off hitches way too often. This stuff is way more common than you'd think.

Unfortunately they look like sink holes all in a row. They even took time to repave one section, but another few popped up. Last I heard they blamed it on not letting the ground dry before laying down asphalt.

 

[SteveS]

Unfortunately they look like sink holes all in a row. They even took time to repave one section, but another few popped up. Last I heard they blamed it on not letting the ground dry before laying down asphalt.

If it was just a couple of inches of new over old asphalt, either too wet or too cold will cause it not to adhere.

 

[Cneu]

Unfortunately they look like sink holes all in a row. They even took time to repave one section, but another few popped up. Last I heard they blamed it on not letting the ground dry before laying down asphalt.

that makes sense.

the point i was more making is that we don't treat our roads well and then wonder why all our DOTs are stretched for resources/workers. citizens treat our roads like garbage and then complain when things aren't perfect.