HCS
42 posts • Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
HCS
Has anyone done anyting to their hcs engine to give it a bit more poke? Or is there anything to do to give it some more power?
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
I put a K&N air filter and a peco back box on my car, made it marginally faster, but you can't expect a lot from a 1.1 which is over 11 years old, only option really is a bigger enginer
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
Re: HCS
Yeah i have given it a good service. Flushed the engine out, new oil + filter, plugs, leads, fuel filter, flushed the radiator through aswel added new collant. Tappets have been adjust which is much quiter now.
Iv got a powerflow back box and it doesnt really sound much louder only a little bit and iv extended the cold air feed pipe.
Would a de-cat pipe make much difference?
And is it possible to increase the fuel pressure on these engines?
Iv got a powerflow back box and it doesnt really sound much louder only a little bit and iv extended the cold air feed pipe.
Would a de-cat pipe make much difference?
And is it possible to increase the fuel pressure on these engines?
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
dont bother with the extra mods i had a 1.1 fez spent about 300 pound on the engine i got a kent cam and and fitted k&n pepco system and fitted irdium plugs and ran on vpower got it to go alot smoother and was a different car to drive but for the money buy an si engine and fit that and trust me ull smile from ear to ear
then after 2 yrs fit a 2.0 mondeo engine i urge u ive wasted nearly 2k on mods that werent worth it and i could have bought an imported impreza for the same amount or got a 106 ralley fitted jenvyes and taken it to 170bhp lol
then after 2 yrs fit a 2.0 mondeo engine i urge u ive wasted nearly 2k on mods that werent worth it and i could have bought an imported impreza for the same amount or got a 106 ralley fitted jenvyes and taken it to 170bhp lol
2.1 Went BANGGGGG now a Ghia 1800
- HCS PIMP
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 1642
- Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 pm
- Location: leeds / gt harwood
Re: HCS
A decat might help but it would fail te MOT for not having one.
Its a 1.1 and you can't expect alot from it as i have already said, its prime days are long gone
Its a 1.1 and you can't expect alot from it as i have already said, its prime days are long gone
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
Re: HCS
mikey_b mines a 1.3
Was just wondering has anyone ever fitted a turbo to one of these engines?? Would like to see what it is like
Was just wondering has anyone ever fitted a turbo to one of these engines?? Would like to see what it is like
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
white diamond :Yeah i have given it a good service. Flushed the engine out, new oil + filter, plugs, leads, fuel filter, flushed the radiator through aswel added new collant. Tappets have been adjust which is much quiter now.
Iv got a powerflow back box and it doesnt really sound much louder only a little bit and iv extended the cold air feed pipe.
Would a de-cat pipe make much difference?
And is it possible to increase the fuel pressure on these engines?
You've taken it as far as is economically viable mate. You could start doing head work, cam etc. but you'd spend more than you would by just dropping in a Zetec.
You could pick up a rotten 16v 2i for a couple of hundred quid and swap all the bits over, that way you'd have at least a 50% increase in power (more like 100%), a nice interior, bodykit etc.
Or you could spend the same amount of cash on gaining something like an extra 2bhp from the 1.1...
Trust me, it really isn't worth doing anything else.
- Chris 2i
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 4370
- Joined: Thu May 13, 2004 10:39 pm
- Location: Swindon
Re: HCS
Well when i have passed my test zetec will deffently be going in!!!!
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
There isn't much difference between the 1.1 and 1.3 engine anyway mate
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
Re: HCS
white diamond :Well when i have passed my test zetec will deffently be going in!!!!
then concentrate on amassing the parts needed for that rather than modify the HCS, it'll save you a fortune in the long run.
- Chris 2i
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 4370
- Joined: Thu May 13, 2004 10:39 pm
- Location: Swindon
Re: HCS
The question gets asked soooo many times that if you searched you'd find plenty of results
I'll say the same as what I've put in all the other threads too, there's absolutely no chance of tuning the HCS, you could spend hundreds and get about 2BHP more if very lucky lol. Best mod for it is to bin the engine and put something else in .
I'll say the same as what I've put in all the other threads too, there's absolutely no chance of tuning the HCS, you could spend hundreds and get about 2BHP more if very lucky lol. Best mod for it is to bin the engine and put something else in .
- Tweek
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 9240
- Joined: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:22 am
- Location: Gloucester
- Your car: VW Golf GTD
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Zetec Turbo
Re: HCS
I was reading on a website about the hcs engine and it says there are low comp pistons avaivlbe for this engine if u wanted to turbo charge it. Is this true as i havent found any!
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
u can get them boot why bother
ud get max of 130bhp before it goes bang
get a 2.0 mondeo lump turbo that instead or have it
my 2.0 convo cost under 200 pound including oil ect
ud get max of 130bhp before it goes bang
get a 2.0 mondeo lump turbo that instead or have it
my 2.0 convo cost under 200 pound including oil ect
2.1 Went BANGGGGG now a Ghia 1800
- HCS PIMP
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 1642
- Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 pm
- Location: leeds / gt harwood
Re: HCS
I remember people on here going on about a car, that was a 1.1 that had everything done to it that you could think of and £1000s spent on it, it was as quick as XR2is but after a few months it when bang, because it couldn't cope.
Does anyone have a link to it, as i am sure it was on here?
I really wouldn't bother with doing anything else apart from the filter and a backbox that you have done, the 1.1/1.3s weren't designed to be tuned at the end of the day, as i have said already
Does anyone have a link to it, as i am sure it was on here?
I really wouldn't bother with doing anything else apart from the filter and a backbox that you have done, the 1.1/1.3s weren't designed to be tuned at the end of the day, as i have said already
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
Re: HCS
was my old car mate lol was a 1.1 with kent cams iridum plus, k&n, pepco, full syth oil new clutch, polsihed head rebuild head lol was rapid i raced a audi a8 lol may have been a disel but i beat him lol
2.1 Went BANGGGGG now a Ghia 1800
- HCS PIMP
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 1642
- Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 pm
- Location: leeds / gt harwood
Re: HCS
Got pics pimp?
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
Re: HCS
k&n yeh deffo sounded beautiful lol power wise poss made 0.8 bhp but the noise alone worth it lol i added a cold air feed (tumble dyer pipe) not worth it let me the past fool hcs are good solid engines not for big power just fun for running around
2.1 Went BANGGGGG now a Ghia 1800
- HCS PIMP
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 1642
- Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 pm
- Location: leeds / gt harwood
Re: HCS
LOL! You'd get nowhere near that! maybe 60bhp from a 1.1, 70 from a 1.3HCS PIMP :u can get them boot why bother
ud get max of 130bhp before it goes bang
- Tweek
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 9240
- Joined: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:22 am
- Location: Gloucester
- Your car: VW Golf GTD
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Zetec Turbo
Re: HCS
Tweek :LOL! You'd get nowhere near that! maybe 60bhp from a 1.1, 70 from a 1.3HCS PIMP :u can get them boot why bother
ud get max of 130bhp before it goes bang
I dont know where any of these bhp figures are coming from.
0.8bhp from fitting a k&n?
170bhp 106 rallye?
and so on. Estimated bhp increases arent worth the time of day, and those are so random is laughable.
For White Diamond, the best advise i can give you, to get any more performance from a 1.3 is to remove any excess weight in the car, this means seats,carpet,ICE,mats, the lot. Adding weight,like bigger wheels,subs and amps,xr2i bodykits will only slow you down. From experience removing all extra weight gives you a noticeably better power to weight,and does make the car feel quicker.
- hb69
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 4995
- Joined: Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:56 pm
- Location: Kent
- Your car: Fiesta 1.1 LX
Re: HCS
Iv got a K&N which i bought from halfords for £15 Now i need to get the crank case filter! I have a garrat turbo off a mk3 astra van 1.7 and i can get a manifold made for my car so one day i will try the turbo with a de comp plate see if it will actually work! what else would i need to do? Increase the fueling? Will need a custom inlet plenum?
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
HCS PIMP :was my old car mate lol was a 1.1 with kent cams iridum plus, k&n, pepco, full syth oil new clutch, polsihed head rebuild head lol was rapid i raced a audi a8 lol may have been a disel but i beat him lol
Any idea how much bhp increased?
old fords never die...............they just get faster!!!!!
- white diamond
- Senior Poster
- Posts: 240
- Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:20 am
Re: HCS
white diamond :Iv got a K&N which i bought from halfords for £15 Now i need to get the crank case filter!
You don't need a crank case filter thing, all you do is drill a hole in the bottom of the K&N filter, and put the already exsistant oil pipe into it, thats what the instructions say and it stops the stem valves drying out
| M1K3Y_B - It's A Ford Thing, You Won't Understand! |
dontpannic :Mikey B knows as much about directions as a chinchilla knows about tapdancing!
- M1K3Y_B
- Elite Post Master
- Posts: 7299
- Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:04 pm
- Location: Somewhere In West Sussex, England
Car: 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic
42 posts • Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
Twitter
The second 20th Anniversary article, a dive into the history of how the site came about is available here: https://t.co/kbCfZ4sf0R
17:44, 4th December 2021 Twitter Web App
To celebrate https://t.co/wXVkvJipaS being 20 years old this year, I've written a series of articles detailing the… https://t.co/B0vE0Y3KvP
17:42, 4th December 2021 Twitter Web App
Follow fiestaturbo.com on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/fiestaturbo/
Facebook
New article! fiestaturbo.com is 20 years old this year and I'm writing a series delving into the history of it. …
Saturday, 4th December 2021 12:49
Some awesome Escorts from the Fair - FORD FAIR 2021: ESCORT EXHIBITION - …
Sunday, 31st October 2021 17:05
All the best Focuses from Ford Fair - FORD FAIR 2021: FOCUS PEEKING - Which was your …
Thursday, 7th October 2021 22:21
Become a fan:
http://www.facebook.com/fiestaturbo/
RSS Feeds
Subscribe to the RSS feed
What is RSS?
RSS is a technology that lets you use special applications or modern browsers to notify you you when a site is updated. You can then read the updated content in that application or your browser.
To subscribe to these RSS feeds you need to copy the links above. For instructions on how to add it to the feeds you keep track of, consult the documentation of your RSS reader.