What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[Cneu]

Had AAA visit my house this morning to install a new battery. I think I got my money's worth out of this last one with it being about 5yrs old. Not bad, only 2 batteries in 10yrs! Originally, AAA stated that my area is not covered so I made a quick call to a friend who works for them and lo and behold, I had a new battery installed in about 40 mins. It's not what you know, it's WHO you know!

Some might consider this immoral, but Napa has a 2 year no questions asked warranty on batteries. I buy a new battery, set a 23 month reminder on my phone(and write it on the battery), and go swap it out at 23 months. Napa has never given any issue about this.

I had a friend drive across the country in his 1980s 4runner with his alternator dead. All he did was plan his trip around Napa locations, then he'd stop and swap his battery out. He alternated(ha) between two batteries the entire trip, replacing em along the way. He had to do this, kinda, cuz nobody had hsi alternator in stock. Napa never gave him any trouble.

Batteries are insanely expensive nowadays so I have no qualms with this.



I busted the bolt off my intake pipe, again, so I had to run to ace to get new bolts for that. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I've had to replace this bolt, lol. It's VERY obvious when it comes off. That exhaust bang gets annoying.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Installed this Gem today and got rid of the Vacuum pump. Got optioned harness too...Excellent idea!

 

[Grsemky]

This morning was a productive one, I managed to install a mishi knock off radiator. No need to pull the crash bar or anything off the front end.

Tolerances are tight so if you're not used to working in cars you might struggle a bit...
Temps are phenomenal now, this is with AC on sitting idling

 

[isis]

I took my doors apart to do some sound deadening and speakers. Turns out the PO hacked the wiring, disabled the tweeters and put in some cheap pioneer 2-way gems. I had a pair of JBL mid woofers and they just don’t fit on the hacked factory ring. So I ordered some adapters to replace those, and some new connectors for the wiring so I can finish that tomorrow. I was, however, able to put a big chunk of sound deadening all the way up the doors through the speaker hole. I got a 20” x 18” sheet in each door. That should help a lot of things. Hopefully the connectors and mounting rings come tomorrow. I also have shifter bushings, rear subframe locator inserts, an intercooler, and ram-air scoop to do. The CTS-V is officially the driver for the next few weeks as I address the collection of upgrades I’ve accumulated since June. I accidentally bought rear side window louvers but they are for a FoST not a FiST so if anyone wants those let me know, it’s been too long to return them.