Ford Fiesta ST Tuning Stages Demystified - Driving a STealthwerx Stage 3 Mk7 ST (330bhp!)
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2019
- The little Mk7 Fiesta is a very impressive car. Fun to drive, cheap to run and very tuneable, it has become the darling of the young car enthusiast. As a cranky old man, I'm always confused by the many different "Stages" of tune available for these cars, and I'm never convinced that 300+ bhp from a 1.6 can be that drivable.
To confront my prejudices, I have come to STealthwerx in Norwich, and will be driving their Stage 3 car. Check them out on / stealthwerx
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So cool. Finally a “grown up” review of a tuner car. More please 😊👍
Yes, I'd like to see James do more tuner cars.
Great informative video. Such a fun little car. Iv been using STealthwerx for a good few years now and wouldn’t consider using anyone else. Oh and I am that 1 customer that has put 40k on my X47R in a year and can confirm it’s been great.
What's it like on fuel with all that extra power?
Still running fine? Im currently PumaSpeed stage 2"r". I wanna upgrade to the x47r too!
40k in a year? Respect, I’m probably gonna hit 30 in my EP3 lol
No reliability issues?
Excellent video as always 👍
Love the videos mate
Being once in the tuning business myself I can tell you that it's a form of art to make a car with almost double the power perform as you describe it: driveable.
Nice to see the NDR making a feature on the channel
I love cars that are abit of a handful it makes them more fun
Damn that exhaust sound so good
Great cars dont care what anyone says. Im stage 3 with Peron 300bhp on mine. 150k miles on the clock never had one issue. Will be upset when I eventually part ways with it. Been my daily for 5 years. 👍😊
Also 40 plus MPG. LOVE the car. Will get my mk2 RS in next 12 months and tbh I want to keep the ST, I don't want to sell it and someone ends up writing it off.
holy shit! I also own one and I only have 150k Kilometers on my car... not even miles and I'm afraid that I'm going to get problems with the engine even dough the car never have let me down... So you mean its save to go stage 2 revo?
@@Gronkhsau I think it would be safe yes as long as everything's done properly and you get the relevant hardware to go with it, intercooler etc. Mines been stage 3 since day 1 pretty much. In the 5 years of ownership the only issue up until recently was a seized up caliper. My battery did die 2 weeks ago ha but that's replaced now. I've just hit 160k miles. I Service it between every 6-10k miles. All my miles are motorway based. Maybe that's helped. But I also know someone at 50k miles and he's blown 3 engines 😂
Daaamn I really want that x47r, currently running Maxd Stage 2R
Starting to get convinced of the fact that I might need one of these in my life X)
That 3-CYLINDER will sound glorious --- can't wait to hear it
Let's watch this my friend : ua-cam.com/video/902-IBKO92A/v-deo.html
Interresting things starts at 4:50
Great little car's the st
More for the enthusiast than a daily commute they are a little harsh and cheep
I think in the future these cars are going to be fun collectors items at least in the us even if it’s just for a brief period
Sweet shirt big man. x
Interesting collection of old planes at 5:07, whereabouts is that?
Found it, City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
Performance bargain car. Good video.👍
Ive got a mk8 st3 done 11,000 miles in it now and love it drove it to Scotland and didn’t stop smiling all the way
I wonder what recirc valve they are using. Chirp sounds much nicer than the standard whoosh you get with an open intake and day GFB DV+
best review in the world
What a contrast to that Jag !
Just a little, but it's mad to think this makes 2/3 the power
What exhaust are you running in the video? Is it the Milltek non res version? I read below it was with a decat not with a sportscat? Which sportscat did you choose?
Janes cordon? Love the vids haha
Wished I didn't watch this. Now I want stage 3... How is the stage 3 in fuelconsumption compared to stock?
7.3krpm redline on a turbo motor is impressive! The main thing that puts me off turbo cars is the
7k rpm are quite easy with upgraded turbos. Stock turbos are little so people get low end torque for everyday use but the power drop completely at the top (around 6k rpm on stock fiesta ST)
@@lordofkiwi5144 the idea of a turbo sounds exciting, I'd love to try a car with an already decent sized engine, and a big turbo just for top end power, so you can drive around at low revs relatively efficiently when you're not in a rush, but then wind it out and progressively build mroe and more power as it builds towards the crescendo of a redline, and then get the satisfying waste gate as you let off. That's what I want from a turbo car
@chrisogrady28 big turbos are fun mate my astra is on a stage 2 turbo soon to be a stage 3, later on power delivery of course but great top end power 💪💪
Those pops are bound to get some attention from the rozzers! In America you'd probably have people ducking for cover! Nice car though, the stage 3 package was cheaper than i imagined.
The car was running decatted for the video, but was getting a sports cat fitted ASAP, which will reduce those a fair bit
Plenty of cars make more noise than this on the road without the po po's batting an eye lid. Besides, crackle is optional and you can always add a resonator to the Milltek to make it OEM quiet.
STealthWerx would adding a resonator to an aftermarket exhaust eliminate all exhaust drone and make it stock quiet? The only reason i haven’t went with a stage 2 upgrade is because of the louder exhausts, they sound great but just not for me, i had an older 99 fiesta 1.6 with a loud exhaust that i hated after a year or so of daily driving to work but i would definitely upgrade if the exhaust was quiet like stock. I’ve had the mountune MP215 for the past year or so and love it but i would like a bit more power now.
So StealthWorx or Mounune? The price is pretty good,
In the US i put 139k miles in 4 year on my hybrid/thrn big turbo fiesta. Then anotjer fella who is at 220k on his 2017 fiesta st (full bolt on minus big turbo)
This is great news to me I just bought one with 55k not even a week ago and I'm already in love
Planning on a big turbo sometime early next year
Dang, I have 82k on my 17 out em all on myself and I thought that was a lot of driving. 200 plus k wow
Insane power in a tiny tin can car, love it!! In the wet....hhhmmmm
"There is no big AIRTEC logo hidden behind the grill" - Exactly how i see most Fords in Essex
Unfortunately you are spot on and I live there, this is mainly a youngster's car and maybe some of these lads should get some driving lessons with a track day instructor before splashing out on this sort of stuff. James has much experience of cars like this but the amount of times I've seen these sort of cars getting out of their depth in the wrong sort of hands is frightening. Be interesting to see data on accidents involving fiesta ST's. I see a partially nasty one on the A128 in Essex a couple of months ago and that had airtec and Revo stickers.
@@TeamZSsxtheir a stupid buch of kids is what I say
Pricks
I have this car and I’m also running stage 3 at 340hp it’s so much fun!!! But boy does it drink fuel 😂😂
Mustang_S550 haven’t had a single problem to list a few upgraded parts but not all I’ve got a intercooler turbo(x47r) boost pipes fuel rail intake decat and exhaust but no forging needed unless I get the x57r turbo which I plan on doing as I want 450 hp 😂🤣
What’s it like on fuel now
Now u need to a review on the x57 turbo and see how that is to compare the x47r and how it performance
Would say it has, had, some chassis work too!?
What exhaust is on the stage 3?
Jay did they not come with a LSD from factory? i know the mk7 ST does why not the ST200?
No model Mk7 st came with an LSD. It's now an option from factory with the Mk8 but the Mk7 never came with even the option of an LSD
What do you recommend as a first car for a cheap fun car? A fiesta st, a Mazda mx3 or a Honda Fit sport?
Randomly coming across the video and comments but noticed you asked just a day ago. For me it was between the fiesta st and fit sport. I went with the fiesta due to it somehow (in my case) being cheaper than the fit sport and I'm loving it so far. The little car has some kick in stock form! Takes on the back roads with ease and will soon find out how it is on track. For the price you can't beat either but for more daily fun with some nice turbo noises lol I'd go fiesta 👍
Joseph Fraticelli thank you for your fast reply. The price is of course important for me. I’ll continue searching fiesta st over Honda Fit sport. Of course, if someone I know sell his fit, I’ll buy it (except if it was abused) but the fiesta is somehow interesting. It looks good and is lighter. I found an mx3 with 70 000 km on the clock (1994) for only 1500 CAD but I don’t need a car now. I hope that there will be more offers for the fiesta and for the mx3 later on. Have fun with your fiesta!
Stage 2 offers the option of a decat. This isn't meant to be accusatory, and I really don't want to sound like a killjoy, but with the law the way it is, shouldn't a decat be discouraged?
Use of a sports cat is actively encouraged and recommended, not just for legal reasons but for the environment too. My own testing has shown very little difference in performance between the two (which is why I had one fitted) so long as the monolith is 5 inch diameter it will do up to 400bhp on a 200 cell decat no problem.
@@Stealthwerx_Performance Thanks. :)
It’s not about BHP it’s about power to weight ratio
i just put in a reserve payment for an st
Can you drive/test an R32 Skyline? There’s a guy called Jimmy Broadbent (on YT) who has a VERY clean one. Maybe with some contact he’s willing to lend it.
I'm working on some more Skyline content as I type...
JayEmm on Cars Thanks man. Here’s to 100k by the end of next year...
How bout a CP9 Evo lancer and JZA80 Supra as well??
@@DRIFTCKOWN If somebody offers me them, I will. I did shoot an A80 Supra already, look in my JDM playlist
What is this cars 0-60?
Vbox verified 5.1 seconds
Arbitrary and unimportant, I know, but something I really dislike about these Fords is that they aped the Aston Martin grill.
It's a cheap move - especially as Ford used to own Aston.
how is this fieasta's color called?
ST200, Storm Grey
'Track slag' 🤣
Track slag :)
x1.25
I thought mountune were the people to go to
The benefit with a Mountune upgrade is that you get to keep your original warranty, although most people go with third party tuning companies since you can get a lot more power for your money
@@georgeacres4 I am afraid that's no longer true. Ford don't cover Mountune anymore, look at the June review on Pistonheads and they discuss it in the forum.
Although mountune make really good high quality parts, for the money you're better off going with Revo or some other company, mountune stage 3 for the fiesta ST only makes 280hp.
Cameron Wyllis Be careful stealthwerx will come for you
I wish us here in the USA were still getting Ford cars. All we get is the mustang which is great, but everything else is an SUV or truck. Total bullocks. So I left Ford for quitting cars and bought a Saab. I love my 95 and it’s fast.
'dyno'd to a dependable'....so they Dyno'd it for like 60,000 miles ?
Now that would be silly. Dyno is used to verify gains and stress the car to confirm the modifications are able to support the increased power consistently. It's been dynoed anywhere from 331bhp on a Dastek in braked mode, to 345bhp on a Maha, also heavily loaded, not a quick 10 second pull. I have done more dyno work than any other independent tuner and have a huge amount of data to back that up, so if there is anything you need to know, drop me a message some time.
@@Stealthwerx_Performance Exactly. He used the word 'dependable' as an inference of reliability not of actually having that much bhp.
@@bobfranks6445 I thought that too. 🤔
@@bobfranks6445 your English grades must be higher than mine :)
In this particular circumstance what I meant was the car should make 330hp consistently, it's not one of those setups where you only get good numbers on the first run and then it heat soaks and falls apart
I put 15k miles on my modified fiesta in 4 months not a year lol 😂
Limited slip diff isn't always better, just make you understeer.
If I was a younger man I'd be all over that car like a rash but at my time in life it would scream "mid life crisis" so loud that it would make your ears bleed!! 😂
Just do it! see a few middle ages men driving them - look like they have having a blast - My dad used to love driving mine when he got the chance
@Graeme W, I'm quite enjoying my mid life crisis car... 😊
Life is too short to care what people think, you want it then go for it.👍
@@ThexMJT Hmmmm I might consider it if my new job comes off, even a 2.0 mk6 would do....I'm 50 this month so I could call it my birthday present to myself lol
@@graemew7001 My dad was in his 60s driving mine. Do it!
@@Althemusicman1 Thanks for that mate, I've always cared too much about what people think.....time for change, bring it on 😂
300 BHP for the 1.6 Ecoboost. That's a hand grenade
It really isnt
Your man at stealthwerx cant make his mind up what tuners product to sell. Peron. Collins and now pumaspeed.. make your mind up 🤪
An extra 130bhp and no limited slip diff no-upgrade to suspension,brakes or beefed up engine internals not good
The car belongs to the tuning company - it isn't supposed to be a guide to other modifications, just a way to test-drive the engine mods with a somewhat neutral and more driveable setup overall. There's nothing wrong with your suggestion of upgrading further of course - except for the fact that it's completely irrelevant to this video and the car featured.
For another 5 grand or so you could add those things, the new mountune front brake kit alone is £2100.
I thought PERON and AET where the kings of st tuning they keep winning Time Attack and are highly rated by st forums!
SuperArd666 No no definitely stealthwerx apparently 🤔
😂 I know what your saying, support local businesses and that 😂 I know where I'd be spending my money PERON
Anyway I also drive f31 330d 👍 iv passed my chav boy racer day now it's just a dropped stage 1😂
AET hahahaha is that the company that said they wished one of their customers die of cancer???
It's a shit tune. If they knew what they were doing there wouldn't be that stupid popping, crackling and farting when you lift off the throttle.
You do know those are deliberate, and optional?
Hilarious , all the major software providers give you an option to have burbles , crackles or what ever suits you taste , even Collins Performance offer it now, it's what people want , if you dislike it then you dont have to have it at all. We are all different , personally I like a bit of crackle, adds character.
Bellend
Xerdoz the crackle map is optional you idiot
Complete Effin rip off to charge nearly £4000 for a fiesta stage 3 😂 Torquetronix in Northern Ireland are regarded as one of the best and you’d get a decat & Remap for £300 intercooler & Itg induction kit you’re still looking under £1000 🤦🏻♂️
Our packages are competitively priced and are proven to produce the goods in any circumstance.
STealthWerx Norwich Back to reading school for you I doubt.
STealthWerx Norwich The only thing that doesn’t add up is you charging close to £4000 when it states on your website you don’t do your own mapping 💪🏻 I’ve never heard of your company either. Off to Tesco’s to pickup some Sanitary towels you go
STealthWerx Norwich Any one with half a brain will know that there won’t be very many fiestas about when there’s 250,000+ Miles on them As a tuning company you’re a complete joke 😂
Mr330d What on earth is your problem? Not everything is a competition about price, as @jayemm explains clearly in the video. Value in the real world is what matters. And @stealthWerxNorwich’s maths is correct, as is their reading comprehension, based on what you wrote. Life isn’t a competition either. Well, mainly 👍
Only trouble is , is they look crap and you’d look a helmet driving it. Other that ridiculously powerful for what it is
look more of a helmet driving a shit old maroon TVR
@@dogboy4912 dont be silly
DOG BOY Hahahah unreal
Crackle is optional. What anti social yob chooses crackle?
Far to many corrupt MOT stations in the UK, we desperately needs roadside sound emission and poisonous gas emission tests.
Ok loser
Virgin.
Modern ford scene is very bland, retro Ford are cool but the new ones are just for little boys and fat men who cant afford a proper car so they get a stage 2 and put airtec stickers all over
Funny, my mates “proper cars” like m3s M2s and gtrs all can’t keep up on b roads so