A huge hello to everyone who follows the modifications section.
The help provided by people here is at par with international standards, and sometimes even better as there are people who have experienced the conditions in India and eventually know what is going to work here, and what is not.
As for me, it's only recently that I decided to become the '
enjin venjin' type (as @Navin rightly puts it)
I have never been the kind to race my car against the clock and gloat at 0-100 times. I still don't. I won't.
What I want, is something that is fun to drive and sounds that way too. Oh wait, I drive a Fiesta S.
Doesn't she do all this,
already?
Yes, most definitely a resounding YES.
The car is a super dream to own and drive.
Revving
her nuts off(don't mind the pun here
) is very very easy
She takes bends more gracefully than most of the participants at 'Dance India Dance.'
She does a far better job at adhering to the road than the Bombay Municipal Corporation does in adhering the sand gravel, asphalt, pavement and concrete components of the road itself (a look at the condition of today's roads in Mumbai should clear all doubts)
On song, her throaty rasp sounds like Poetry.
Then why this thread???
Because I am human. And humans are never satisfied.
I have decided to take it to the 'next level' with her (2nd base in
teenagers' lingo)
And why not?? She's a shade over a year old and has done only 10000 kilometers. She is now decently run in (not entirely, though) and deserves a good bonus for the year of screaming orgasms she's given me.
Let's cut to the crap.
I have a very measly budget (well, if they can call a small piggy bank stashed away in a room that) and I have the following aspirations for my Fiesta S.
1. Fully Synthetic Oil with performance (?) oil filter: I don;t know what difference a performance oil filter makes. Can someone tell me if it's a good buy? It doesn't cost much.
2. K & N 57i Air Intake System (filtercharger) : This, I already have bought.
3. Low restriction catback (?) exhaust (only perhaps) with performance headers and endcan.
1. About the oil: I am sick of reading about which oil to get. Just tell me the brand and the grade already. I will just go out and buy it.
2. About the K&N: I know there's a lot of people who say this kind of intake system hardly matters.
But that is where I pause and ask. Matters in what way to
ME?? I don't want a boost in my BHP (really, I kid not!) nor do I need to shave a few milliseconds from my 0-100 time. All I want is unparalleled drive-ability which translates to good low end response in the first and second gears (where the S can do with some help) and that rasp from the engine should sound like a growl. All that CAN be managed by the 57i, since it's quite a large conical filter and has been built specifically for the Fiesta. Which means K&N and me, both know that it's going to make a difference when installed correctly according to their instruction manual. I know there's talk about cold air intakes and SARs and WAI and what not. But this very thing from K&N is what we need in India, as this is not placed near the front bumper/spoiler, making it less susceptible to any form of water entering the engine by any means.
3. Free Flow: NOW, this is where I am going to put my foot down (literally,
)
This time I DON'T want a free flow exhaust for the music (noise is a term used by people who hate their car)
Well, actually by that I mean I don't want people around to hear the music this time around. I want something that sounds muted. VERY muted.
I need something that makes the right sounds when asked for them. Maybe after 3k. And I don't want F1 engine shrillness. I want a very deep note. Nothing from what I have heard in the last few years of my awareness of the few hundred exhausts I have experienced around me)
Something like waking up a monster from his sleep, but only difference is that this monster has been to finishing school.
The sole purpose of this exhaust should be to improve air flow. Period. In the bargain, if she provides me with bass (as if I didn't have enough of that already:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/sound-...-progress.html) I will be a happy one.
That brings me to the end of this post.
I am very excited to see what replies I have in store from me.
These are not very difficult queries in general, but this thread is more like a boy's room where we shall discuss these 'upgrades' in detail. And I can gloat over my car in the bargain.
Again.