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- 2013 Fiesta S
To start, I absolutely love this vehicle. A 2013 Fiesta S I named Papa Jim, my first car. It's reliable, lightweight, cheap and easy to fix, and has quite a bit of suspension aftermarket support. Its the absolute bare bones model though, only option was AC. I still have crank windows in it.
My first "mod" was a new set of cleaned and painted junkyard wheels. Then came wheel spacers, lowering springs, Bilstein B8s, better brakes, Indy Firehawk tires, spoiler, tint, stock FIST exhaust, mudflaps, cold air intake, stereo, interior lights, taillights, custom shifter, etc, etc...
In America where our ECUs are locked, no base Fiesta will ever beat a Fiesta st except for one. This one. (hopefully)
I recently "purchased" a second Fiesta (I traded my pos 125cc Chinese bike for a Fiesta broken down on the side of the freeway) with the intent to AWD swap this car while doubling the hp. How you might ask? Twin engine. My plan was to remove much of the front frame area from the firewall forward from the donor car. This 231,000 mile car needs a bit of work though. I was told the clutch was bad, so I replaced it, and the noise sure as hell didn't go away so I think it needs a trans. However, I have every other part I need to complete most of the swap already. The car will have front suspension, brakes, etc., mirrored to the rear of the car. It will operate completely separately from the front motor using it's stock ECU and wiring harness. I'll have to figure out how to split signals from the 3 pedals and wheel speed sensors so the engines will operate in sync.
It doesn't seem like that hard of a swap, but I've only swapped motors in boats before so I'm not sure. I know its been done before plenty of times but never with this car. I'd love to be the first (I think) to have an AWD Fiesta.
I have the majority of the writeup on this forum:
https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/awd-twin-engine-fiesta.32538/page-3#post-515341
I will be bouncing back and forth between here and the ST forum to get more ideas.
Long Live the Fiesta!!
My first "mod" was a new set of cleaned and painted junkyard wheels. Then came wheel spacers, lowering springs, Bilstein B8s, better brakes, Indy Firehawk tires, spoiler, tint, stock FIST exhaust, mudflaps, cold air intake, stereo, interior lights, taillights, custom shifter, etc, etc...
In America where our ECUs are locked, no base Fiesta will ever beat a Fiesta st except for one. This one. (hopefully)
I recently "purchased" a second Fiesta (I traded my pos 125cc Chinese bike for a Fiesta broken down on the side of the freeway) with the intent to AWD swap this car while doubling the hp. How you might ask? Twin engine. My plan was to remove much of the front frame area from the firewall forward from the donor car. This 231,000 mile car needs a bit of work though. I was told the clutch was bad, so I replaced it, and the noise sure as hell didn't go away so I think it needs a trans. However, I have every other part I need to complete most of the swap already. The car will have front suspension, brakes, etc., mirrored to the rear of the car. It will operate completely separately from the front motor using it's stock ECU and wiring harness. I'll have to figure out how to split signals from the 3 pedals and wheel speed sensors so the engines will operate in sync.
It doesn't seem like that hard of a swap, but I've only swapped motors in boats before so I'm not sure. I know its been done before plenty of times but never with this car. I'd love to be the first (I think) to have an AWD Fiesta.
I have the majority of the writeup on this forum:
https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/awd-twin-engine-fiesta.32538/page-3#post-515341
I will be bouncing back and forth between here and the ST forum to get more ideas.
Long Live the Fiesta!!