Mountune Will Boost The Ford Fiesta ST To A Mad 276bhp
Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, Ford will not make an RS version of the current Fiesta. Ever.
We’re now all cried out over the lack of Fiesta RS, but thankfully, there is an aftermarket solution from those lovely ladies and gents at Mountune. The Essex-based tuner is famous for its warranty-friendly Ford upgrades that give a modest yet welcome boost in power, but the firm does also produce a few more serious, non-warranty-friendly tuning kits. And guess what: one’s on the way for the Fiesta ST.
Speaking to Autoblog, Ken Anderson - president of Mountune’s US arm - mentioned that an incoming upgrade kit for the smallest ST is in development, with a Garret GT2554R turbocharger at its core.
Thanks to the fitting of this bigger turbo plus a few supporting mods, the hot Fiesta’s power will be bumped to a positively scorching 276bhp. It’ll go on sale later this year, so there’s still time to get saving. Just make sure you budget for a limited-slip differential too…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I can say to fanboys that a stock R34 Skyline GTR has as much horses as a Ford Fiesta ST
Unfortunately no.The 276 HP rating is a marketing thing
Its safe to say that in order to prevent this thing from understeering into a bush the driver will really have to “focus”
That pun seemed kinda forced lol.
I’m sorry. This car is just too EDGEy
Focus enough and he’ll Sierra everything in the rear-view mirror….
(God, I must be horrible at this…)
any idea if its coming to the UK?
Actually, Mountune is a UK-Based tuner, so, if you buy your Fiesta ST, or Focus ST/RS, you can actually go to the tuner, and then have the kit installed. Or so it seems, I don’t live in the UK.
So is this the MR265 kit that was announced a while back or something different?
To Skyline GT-R fanboys: now a Fiesta will scare you…MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
276bhp to those tiny front wheels?
I’m not only worried about loss of straight line traction but also that the engine might take over the steering of the car
It needs left and right brake pedals
they are 17”. That’s not tiny!
Richard Hammond will love this!
With these things its generally cheaper to do yourself and just get a good tune isnt it?
SBD Motorsport are have made a 1.6 eco boost kit that gets 301bhp and 308lpft of torque. No pricing on the site yet but it seems promising
I bet you it will most likely understeer and crash into a tree meaning you will die!