Fiesta Division Performance

Starting to see some great results with the new S290 turbo

2023 Willunga Hillclimb Ford Fiesta ST S290 A run up the hill from this years 2023 Willunga hillclimb in our modified MK7 Ford Fiesta ST running the new Turbo Technics S290 turbo along with our Fiesta ...

Check out our fastest run from last weekend’s hillclimb

Backbone Hillclimb 2023 (Mt Alma) top 10 shootout Ford Fiesta ST S290 Day 3 A run up the hill from this years 2023 backbone hillclimb (formally mount alma) in our modified MK7 Ford Fiesta ST running our Fiesta Division Performance ne...

First hillclimb race day with the new S290 turbo is showing some promising results.

Backbone Hillclimb (mt alma) 2023 Ford Fiesta ST Day 1 A run up the hill from this years 2023 backbone hillclimb (formally mount alma) in our modified MK7 Ford Fiesta ST running our Fiesta Division Performance ne...

Now that we can finally release some details on it all..

We were lucky enough to help out with some testing on the new soon to be released Turbo Technics S290 turbo, which we were able to directly compare with their S280 and the Garrett G25-550 on a very similar setup.

Even though its early days, it looks to be a promising step up from what is an extremely well-matched turbo for these engines in the S280, if you’re looking to make a some more top end power but not give up too much response in the process this new turbo should be ideal.

We modified ours with the deletion of the IWG setup and matched it to one of our equal length exhaust manifolds.

Outright results can be seen below, on comparative boost levels the S290 holds power very close to that of the G25 up top all while coming onto boost 1000RPM sooner, on our setup the S280 would come on around 700RPM sooner than the S290 however was not capable of matching the other turbos for top end boost.

To answer a few common questions that are sure to be asked, these tests were all done with a standard engine, running on E85 fuel, using AUX fuelling and a standalone ECU

Bit of a follow up from our last post regarding gearbox oils and their importance with the IB6 Gearbox in the MK7 fiestas and alike.

We have been racing and using this platform for some time now and tried many different oils and combinations of setup in relation to the engine & drivetrain.

Over this time with various oils we have seen premature wear on synchro's, dog rings and even gears themselves, right down to catastrophic failure of gears and components inside the gearbox, on top of this the IB6 gearbox has always seemed to be a bit notchy between gear changes.

Whilst you can run any correctly rated oil in your gearbox and think that is that then deal with the performance it gives you, not knowing how much better it could be.

Since moving over to the BG Syncroshift II oil we have noticed a very big change in shift quality that no other oil we have run has been able to replicate, shifts are much smoother with less effort required to select the next gear and the gearbox sounds less clunky than it used to, what this means for the future is that the synchro rings will be working better and wearing less, along with all the rest of the components in the gearbox.

2x 1 quart bottles is adequate for a full fill in the IB6 and the oil is compatible with all types of L*D units that may be fitted.

Because it is a product we use and recommend, we are now stocking and selling it here in Australia, we have it available in 1 quart bottles and can organize to have it posted AUS wide.

if interested in pricing or want to place an order PM the page for details