Who knew FiSTing was so fun?
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Welcome to the club. Great little pocket rockets....
Yup, extremely fun cars. I love mine. Just wait till you start enjoying tossing it into corners. I have some crazy offramps/onramps here thanks to construction, and late at night, no workers around, I'm taking those at double the suggested speed. So damn fun!
I love mine as a commuter. I want something faster and part of me wants to make this car faster but I'm torn between the two.
Just up the turbo size. 300+ fwhp and 2700lbs is a blast.
Hell even at just over 200 crank I felt the fist is more fun to drive than a mustang GT.
i picked one up in Nov and I'm loving mine so far. These things are so much fun to drive.
It's my DD so I won't go too crazy, but so far I've added:
- Rezo gas pedal so I can H/T
- Boosted Designs dead pedal
- RamAir drop in filter
- Whoosh Street RMM, trans bushings, short throw
I've got rally armor flaps and Thermal Exhaust waiting to get installed, plus I picked up a used AP with some Dizzy tunes already on it - can't wait to try it out. Now I just need to find a local place to cerakote my exhaust.
It's my DD so I won't go too crazy, but so far I've added:
- Rezo gas pedal so I can H/T
- Boosted Designs dead pedal
- RamAir drop in filter
- Whoosh Street RMM, trans bushings, short throw
I've got rally armor flaps and Thermal Exhaust waiting to get installed, plus I picked up a used AP with some Dizzy tunes already on it - can't wait to try it out. Now I just need to find a local place to cerakote my exhaust.
Cerakote an exhaust.... is that for color or rust prevention??? Never heard of that before.
Welcome to the club. Mine was a DD for a few years and is now my dedicated autocrosser/track toy. If you have any questions let me know.
I did my downpipe(havent installed it yet) on the Fiesta and a few other exhaust components on other cars. The stuff is durable as hell. Think of it like a heat resistant powdercoating. I did a set of long tube headers on my 05 Mustang GT in cerakote and you could touch the things after 10 minutes of running it hard. They can coat just about any type of metal and its a baked on finish. I think it was designed for gun parts originally but it has spread to other applications.
It cost me $75 to coat my downpipe. So its not cheap but not terribly expensive for something that you would only have to do once.
A bigger turbo is in my future. I’m on my second FiST, and always looking for deals on a 2019. It is shameful that Ford ditched this platform...
Kevin, do you have any photos of the coated downpipe?
Congrats! The black wheels look good with the white paint. Any modding plans?
Congrats! Love the wife's FoST almost more than the Shelby. They are two different types of fun!
I'm just shy of 6' and 195lbs and the leg room is plentiful. It's the side bolstering of the Recaro's that give me trouble after about 30min. But, it's the gf's car and she's about 5'2" and 120lbs so it's perfect for her. FBO car too per her request. I converted her into a car chick. lol Taught her how to drive stick and away she went. Cobb catted DP, MRT cat-back (she drove the RS and wanted hers to snap, crackle, and pop too), Cobb IC, and intake. Numbers in sig are on a Mustang dyno. Broke the tires loose on the first two pulls. Definitely a rowdy little buggy!
Good to know, I have a few barrels and one of my wifes rifle cerakoted. Never thought of coating exhaust parts.
I may consider an E30 tune for occasional use during the summer months. From what l can gather, no major mods are needed and power gains are impressive... just kinda a PITA to mix fuel, but for weekend fun maybe it won't be so bad...
Congrats! What kind of gas mileage do you get?
My longterm average is sitting at 30.4mpg right now and I dont baby it ever. It gets incredible mileage for even having a heavy foot.
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