Ken Blocks new Fiesta

[Micah]

Awesome article, brilliant video


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[aboythatskates]

damn. where do i go to get one?

[B3NN3TT]

Sweet. Ken Block is kind of a putz, but that Fiesta is BANGIN.

Ford is developing a production Fiesta ST, which will have the 1.6 turbo ecoBoost and making about 180 ponies. Still wrong-wheel-drive, but looks WAY cooler than the current model.

[nadthomas]

One of the guys at SpringZing was running a Fiesta with H&R springs and some sticky tires. They are fun little cars. If only more cars were available with a performance oriented AWD system.

[spridget]

Meh. I'll start paying attention to Ken Block if he becomes competitive in WRC. Otherwise he should stick to his day job of selling shoes.

[Hip]

One of the guys at SpringZing was running a Fiesta with H&R springs and some sticky tires. They are fun little cars. If only more cars were available with a performance oriented AWD system.

Ford UK are releasing a Fiesta based SUV 4x4 drive shortly. I can't see it being long before someone rips one apart to put into a hatchback and has a play.

[xTerror]

Anybody watch him at x games 17 on Saturday?

[jcraft323]

He along with Travis didnt race yesterday. Ken was having problems with his car so they couldnt make it for rally car but this is what he said about it

"Tough day today here at X! Last night we had a problem with the turbo, which we thought we had fixed, but reappeared this AM. We still tried to qualify for the Rally Car event, but with no boost and running on only 3 cylinders, we were quite handicapped. Still, we amazingly managed to qualify 10th (3.5 secs off leader). But, unsure if we could fix it for the main event, we pulled out to focus on Rallycross tomorrow."

and as for Travis, he will be using the newly designed hand controls so im hoping he will race. They had to duct tape his right foot to the floor of the car during rally practice this morning so it wouldnt bounce around after breaking it on moto X freestyle.

[xTerror]

He along with Travis didnt race yesterday. Ken was having problems with his car so they couldnt make it for rally car but this is what he said about it

"Tough day today here at X! Last night we had a problem with the turbo, which we thought we had fixed, but reappeared this AM. We still tried to qualify for the Rally Car event, but with no boost and running on only 3 cylinders, we were quite handicapped. Still, we amazingly managed to qualify 10th (3.5 secs off leader). But, unsure if we could fix it for the main event, we pulled out to focus on Rallycross tomorrow."

and as for Travis, he will be using the newly designed hand controls so im hoping he will race. They had to duct tape his right foot to the floor of the car during rally practice this morning so it wouldnt bounce around after breaking it on moto X freestyle.

I heard he was having car problems but i didnt get to see if he actually raced or not. And I saw Travis race today and for only having a few hours of practice with a hand throttle he looked decent.

[jcraft323]

Yeah Travis did great in his first race, he got off the start pretty shaky but did a good job bringing it back to win