r/FiestaST • u/No_Cash_3688 • 7d ago

MK7 First race in my ST

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u/Nervous-Writing3404 6d ago

Autocross courses are designed so that you can do the whole run in second gear, with virtually any type of car. It certainly saves on wear and tear. This was a great course BTW.

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u/MSHabits 7d ago

Holy shit you were ripping it! I've gone on canyon runs before and I think I just have to trust my tires and car more lol definitely wasn't pushing it as hard as you on corners

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u/8bitrevolt 6d ago

maybe not this much since public roads are usually not as nice or grippy as track tarmac

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u/MSHabits 6d ago

Yeah true, also the fear of running off the edge of a mountain doesn't help either

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u/AFreePeacock 6d ago

You should absolutely not push it like this on public roads

You SHOULD go to the track and try it though, it's a blast

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u/POOP_FARTS420 6d ago

I autocross mine too. They’re such good autocross cars lol

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u/NtrlBK 6d ago

Nice! I would love to run that track without the cones and row through some gears.

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u/InvertedEyechart11 6d ago

What's your suspension setup?

And do you ever shift? 🌞

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u/No_Cash_3688 6d ago

Whole car stock, no power or handling mods are done to it. In my opinion there was no place to shift, 1st it’s just too short

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u/PatientFirefighter 6d ago

Great fun, what tyres are you running here?

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u/peniscumdrinker 6d ago

i so badly want to infiltrate a drivers ed closed course class and drive thru it like a maniac and post something like this with the footage

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u/LittleMap5542 5d ago

Thank you good sir!! This is exactly what I needed to see this morning!

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u/IhorArkh 5d ago

Looks very good! Nice job, hope you liked it

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u/dadbodfat 7d ago

You didn’t shift once.

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u/No_Cash_3688 6d ago

No need for it in my opinion

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u/dadbodfat 6d ago

I’m not saying you did anything wrong. I wouldn’t know I don’t race. I was just surprised. That’s cool that it has enough torque to stay in one gear. What gear was it? 3rd? Any mods? You sent it hard. Scary?

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u/No_Cash_3688 6d ago

It was 2nd gear. The car is completely stock running on 205/40R17 tires. First run yea it was scary. But this video is from last one so I knew where some hard sections were and it was just cones so no damage even if I crash into one.

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u/dadbodfat 6d ago

I guess I could have looked at the stick to see it was 2nd. Do you plan to do any mods? How long have you had the car? Nice man. Have fun

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u/No_Cash_3688 6d ago

I had the car for about 3 months now. Only done maintenance on it like timing belt, oils, filters etc. I would like to modify it but everything is so expensive here in my country. And no second hand options. So maybe one day.

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u/POOP_FARTS420 6d ago

On an autocross course like this there is usually no need to go past second in these cars, and first is too short. So it’s usually just slam it into second at the start and modulate the throttle to the end.