CAN YOU AFFORD TO BUILD A STAGE 3 FIESTA ST?! *FULL BUILD COSTS*

[@Spoolie]

My build cost for stage 3 was £2200 from stock. Used/universal parts and fitting it all myself! 👌

[@SMACKYOURB1TCHUP]

Spoolie ST decent that

[@scottritchie830]

Want to do me a favour hahaha ;)

[@renzburgos]

Not about the price it’s about the quality and durability, didn’t your engine blow up on you?

[@shunsloman9313]

Want a medal?

[@Spoolie]

@@renzburgos completely unrelated to the mods, but yes

[@hali2375]

I think you're the only KZbinr that has been transparent and real about everything. Thank you! P.s. could you do a build for a Diesel Car of your choice??? For the next series???

[@joshdeath2457]

Do a ibiza 1.6 tdi cr just cus I got one 😂

[@danhall5761]

H Ali diesel is dead

[@archiedoughballs6599]

Dan Hall really not tho are they

[@bigturbotfsi8238]

Dan Hall pd still shuts down tho

[@NomadJRG]

An e9x 335d build would be nice. Get it up to 500bhp

[@p9917j]

I've no intention of this build but commenting to say well done on making the video as relevant to viewers as possible and taking time to research actual costs rather than perhaps your personal-company subsidised prices. So many don't.

[@NomadJRG]

If you're not fussed about having a newish car. A great starting tuner car is the Saab 9-3 aero 2.0T. Can buy a decent one for £1500 and a simple noobtune map (£90) will take it from 210hp to 250hp. Fit a bigger intercooler and downpipe and you can map to 285bhp. Fit some deka 630cc injectors and a Kinugawa td04-20t turbo and we can map to 330bhp. All in sub £4k, £3k is doable if you're good with spanners

[@gm_nameless]

Absolutely love the break down of this build video Jamie. Great to watch and understand what's involved, including the price. Love this little ST and what you're doing with it too. Can't wait when the lockdown is lifted and you can get this little beast on the track. Looking forward to the big brake kit. Take care, keep safe!

[@pmozza]

Your honesty and enthusiasm makes this one of the best channels out there. Keep up the awesome content!!

[@B7TMY]

Best thing you can do to a fiesta ST is stage 3 trust meeee

[@officially_gassed]

Ayyyyyeeeee 👊🏽

[@steeldevil98]

Pretty poor results for nearly 4k though. 120 bhp increase for stage 3 sucks. You can get 75 bhp on a vag car with just stage 1 remap. Then there is the reliability. I bet this engine won't last another 10 k miles lol

[@Hemi-xd4on]

steeldevil98 vag cars are driven around by jihadis and sound shit

[@natpruden2141]

@@steeldevil98 the difference is for a fist that is an increase of power by 60 percent which is huge. A golf r getting to 370 ish on stage 1 is only a 20 to 25 percent increase, thats a big difference. Also a stage 3 fiesta will probably keep up with a stage 1 golf r just due to the weight difference. If you look at pure numbers on a remap things like bmws and amg v8s would be twice as good as the vag cars

[@carmad1287]

@@steeldevil98 Are you for real, the car is a 1.6 you thick plank, its 50% more power than standard in a car that weighs 1163kg.

[@rileykelly8318]

Just in the middle of building my Stage 3 Polo GTI, loving these videos right now!

[@aaronscott3727]

Riley Kelly same just need to buy a clutch and remap and I’m finished

[@level5822]

Got a ibiza cupra, same engine 1.8tsi, going for stage 3 as well with an IS20 turbo.

[@LITTLEEXPERIMENTCHANNEL1]

Riley Kelly them cars are rare my mates got one, look after that gem of a car.

[@StevoPvP]

@Jay Leno how many stock Rs are on the road, Rs are for people that can't afford s3

[@StevoPvP]

@@level5822 I'll be selling my IS20 sometime this year I'm going IS38

[@Cooderpede]

my stage 2 has probably cost me about £2k-£2.2k (sports cat not decat making a difference) will all parts being new and none fitted myself lol. great vid though Jamie, really informative and definitely gonna be following you going stage 3 soon! keep it up as always dude :)

[@thisispointless29]

Really enjoyed watching the build, makes a difference from a lot of youtubers who are all talk and end up flogging the car before they even touch it. Thing is I couldn’t justify spending that much on a Fiesta ST all to make just 300bhp, I’ve driven one with a X57 turbo (was cammed etc, around 350bhp? No sure exactly) and it was an absolute dog to drive, horrendous turbo lag and I’d guarantee most cars on the road would make a fool of it if you weren’t in the right gear at the right revs at the right time. You’d think it’d be great on a track but the engines are chocolate, cracked heads, head gaskets, random compression loss for no reason. Such a great car to drive though out the factory, just feels very well balanced. Shame the powertrain lets it down. Oh one thing, upgrade the radiator and fit a cooler thermostat, seen a few of these things with various upgraded turbos cook themselves, cooling system seems to struggle even at idle.

[@carmad1287]

I agree on the big power being a bit pointless but not heard much about engine problems at all they are pretty solid so wondering where your getting your information from?

[@_DaanP]

For brakes, you won't go wrong with the stock calipers and genuine discs. Just grab some Endless pads, braided lines and better fluid like Motul RBF600 for example.

[@shifty277]

One of my favourite types of videos. Love the honesty too. Its common sense you will be getting a hefty discount/maybe at cost and in some instances free parts for the car. Nice work on getting it cheap and customising to your taste performance wise. Thumbs up.

[@JordzyBrev]

Matadors are mid range tyre made by continental and I’m picking up an st180, probably be cheaper me fitting parts my self but only would need to get a remap done by someone

[@TomatoDrifter]

This build is what brought me to this channel and I can’t wait to see more of it. Your building a nice ass fiesta bro.

[@Shadowlee5]

I bought my 2015 ST stage 3 w rebuilt title, W 52k miles for $9,000 right at Covid when everyone transitioned to working from home and no one wanted to buy a car. Best deal ever! Only thing I had to do was tint the windows and added black rims for $1000. Car runs strong as heck. Will not even sell it for 15k now.

[@MikeWalliams84]

I love that this channel brings all petrolheads together, I'm sure people have their cars and they won't hear anything against it. But I do love the fact that for me it has brought me back into cars in a huge way. I didn't know I was out of the loop, Discovered this channel and community and have loved it. About the same time I bought myself my car i've wanted for ages and finally had myself in a position to buy it. That car was a MK 7.5 Golf R. Thanks to Jamie also making me like the car even more! All I can say is thanks! Bring on more petrol/diesel injection back into my veins! Hell yeah lads! @jamie Keep this awesome content going my man! :)

[@officially_gassed]

Amazing! Thanks for the support 👊🏽

[@gregbrock3274]

Greeting from Los Angeles, yeah,...I decided to go stage 3,...such a fun little car to drive, enjoy your channel,...subscribed,...keep em coming.

[@rh6777]

Nice vid! These gearboxes are actually Excellent. People running stage 2/3 even stage 4 on standard Gearbox & Clutch...first and second gear inherently is a bit clunky but there aren't any big known issues with the box on the mk7 AFAIK...nice deal on the replacement gearbox though!

[@jaspers7636]

For brakes I could reccommend EBC big brake kit 330mm from pumaspeed!

[@jaspers7636]

These have 4 braded brake lines, front and rear pads, race brake fluid. Best upgrade package if you ask me for the price it costs. Very solid brakes almost a better upgrade than a hybrid turbo!

[@dylanwatkins1019]

The fiesta st is way cheaper in the U.K. then there are in the states. like a good deal on a 2015 is like 10-11k

[@vuyolwethutshirana3144]

You should do this type of video more often, as someone who is looking to buy a second hand car and fix it up, it really help me have a lot more insight about doing some research on the car I'm going to buy and how much it would cost to modify it...

[@normanrichards3209]

Wow. No bully bull S£&t. Honest and straight up totals. Respect for the honesty. Many would gloss over and skim past the fugues to save face.

[@GCMYT]

Sick video, i need to get a similar one done for my Stage 2 Mk2 Focus ST..Keep safe my man

[@calebroy8957]

the gearbox issue happened to me as well where i bough a 06 subaru legacy gt spec b (jdm spec) and in the test drive the gearbox was great but it had not been heated up and when i had signed the paper work and drove it home once it had gotten to operating temperate 4th gear crunched but only when it was up to temp but lucky its got mechanical issuance.

[@merconomics3726]

Was gonna supe up my 8th gen si. Almost every super charger or turbo charger kit I can find is about 4-6k just for that. Not even including the exhaust, headers, fuel rail, Intercooler and tune. All in all it’s almost 10k to break 300hp reliably now a days.

[@denislav93]

Love the transparency on that breakdown. Simple and honest!

[@JREwing-lf7kj]

@officiallygassed bro this wicked like you didn't shy away form a product or something you know sometimes when people give breakdowns it ain't real breakdowns looool but this Great man and really gives u a better idea of what you Wana do and if is for you or not . Can't wait to see what's next. Stay safe

[@MaxSpeedMike]

Thanks for your in-depth insight on the costs bro! Great video.

[@robmarks4137]

Really interesting,I'm 57 got a Porsche 911 but wanted something a little more fun at lower speeds so bought a 2017 5 door minter in spirit blue,bean thinking about tuning as I'm still a boy racer.great video. Rob (ford fan)some of my past motors-1970 Twin cam escort,1984 RS turbo escort,2016 Fiesta st3 .cheers

[@OfficialKaza]

Before going big brake kit try braided lines endless pads on stock discs

[@danielanthony6141]

Thanks for doing this Jamie, being honest and upfront. Been waiting for this one to drop. I think that's still decent value, considering the end result. Great run down 👍👍

[@anonlincracing2484]

You spent more on your car than I spent on my whole build including buying the car and a stage 1+ with a stage 3 map being made and I went toe to toe down an A road up to 135 and a mk7 golf GTI couldn't shake me I actually nearly drove in to him it was that close not bad for a 21 year old mk4 👌 but love the FWD hot hatch scene absolute weapons on track

[@masterpiece1986]

Only found your channel recently, and I’m so glad I did. Really good reviewing style, and so relatable. Videos like this are really good and informative too, aswell as refreshingly transparent. I’m just praying you don’t follow certain youtubers and start raffling your cars.

[@Yenko1992]

I'm looking at a 2015 with 60,000 miles, it's in really good shape. I like small cars having lived in Europe, and if I'm going to get a small car, I want to have fun driving it! I wonder how this car will compare to a Cobalt SS that I used to own. It had been modded to approximately 250 HP. It was a blast to drive 🤪

[@Casavult]

Yes yes Jamie. Nearly 220K subs! Been here since 1K subs. Keep it lit 🔥

[@officially_gassed]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 thanks for the support bro

[@jasondrake1198]

Nice to hear that someone is honest about cost

[@Coopjab]

I’m Currently building my full E85 IS38 turbo GTI. These small cars are a blast to drive.

[@CrypticSiren]

Glad you're keeping safe bro! Keep up the great work 👍

[@rav8646]

Just in the middle of doing my stage 3 mito cloverleaf, I’ve spent near enough if not more on parts, forged pistons/rods etc so this vid is about right tbh 👍🏽

[@ianmartin7247]

Such a good video thanks new to the channel but bout time someone gave us the ins n out of price spot on!

[@Stedexbro]

Nice one mate, I’d say great value for the sound of a hybrid whistling away and power to weight 300 bhp! 👊

[@tylerscott2930]

Great video bro that made a lot of sense 🙏thank you for that LOT of information...keep grinding

[@magebook7132]

Great vid as usual, love vids like this, always nice to see a breakdown, i done the same thing, bought a used (ofc) mk5 golf gti, got to stage 2+ 280hp all those costs add up, glad not as much as yours though (as of yet) but got the tuning bug so ko3 hybrid/ko4 conversion next year....lol

[@TejDaGreat]

amazing video lad ! great to see some lock down content!!!!

[@hello7533]

Could you do the same thing for your previous cars too? Golf R etc. 🤞 good lockdown content and helps us lot budget our own improvements haha

[@SJ-pu3hq]

Best car channel in my opinion. Gone past the rest

[@rucsaalmohammed5204]

the waffling has been usefull to loads of guys around the the country nice to give people idea how much a stage 3 build costs another good video bro👍👍✌✌

[@jgwm3574]

Very comprehensive and transparent. Thank you!

[@xSharpReAcTiONz]

completely different car but I have a stage 2 218i, contemplating going stage 3 if it can hack it

[@RAFKHO101]

Just got my GTI MK5 stage 2, but hones in Australia its double the price pretty pricey when it comes to tunes, also thanks for the video appreciate the knowledge 🤞

[@paulharrison6408]

To get any toyo tyres that cheap fitted and balanced was a steal you sure? £75 for the second set sounds more realistic. Matador tyres are decent and made by continental iirc so not bad price tbh! Great channel love your channel Jamie. Out of interest what's your day job?

[@officially_gassed]

Your right for got to mention that was just for the tyres alone from demons tweaks, a further £10 fitting for each needed to be added on top.. And I’m a mobile mechanic for London fire brigade 👍🏽

[@paulharrison6408]

@@officially_gassed thanks for the reply Jamie. Top man👍

[@paulharrison6408]

@@officially_gassed forgot to mention earlier. You anywhere near dunstable? Just recognised dunstable from one of the cars on the channel few vids ago ..the Subaru impreza with the manual gearbox. Craźy 0 to 60 time with manual box!😀😀

[@saxovtr1234]

Love your honesty. Real car guy

[@greggsmith5391]

Iam 4k deep on my stage 3. On the x57 from pumaspeed. There is a few parts missing from this build . Great content as always tho bro 👌

[@nevada149]

i dont have this car, but massive respect for the video..... sick! you should do more videos like this, great content

[@darrenmitchell25]

Keep with this track car!! Got my own ST So it’s good too see fair play for the prices as well

[@ismail10_02]

I found an used Pumaspeed x37 turbo, I think I'm buying..!

[@GhostV8]

The exhaust on my s3 alone with a custom built 3 inch downpipe came to 1800 turboback

[@thomasmason8481]

Looking to take my ST stock to stage 3, by fitting it all myself and using second hand parts hopefully will be the price under £2K

[@singhtaaak]

Always good content 👍🏾

[@harrycossey1383]

Always

[@thomvanbentum5369]

I have started saving money for a st2 mk7 myself. Seeing this makes me cry haha. In the netherlands. A stock ST with about 50k to 100k km on the car. U can get a stock one for lile 14k euros. So that about 12k pounds? But amazing video!

[@mattsamuels3607]

Starting to become my favourite car channel 👍🏼😏 would be amazing to see more hothatches on 👌🏼

[@velocity766]

Will you ever release stickers like gas gang stickers for windows, would be a nice touch I’d add to my car

[@officially_gassed]

Coming very soon!

[@MO11NXZ]

Has anyone done anything to a seat leon 1.4/1.8 fr??? And what have you done to it what numbers are you pushing? Love to see a fr on this channel

[@ryze6318]

Extremely fun little cars, I work for land rover so I got my ST brand new through the JLR scheme so saved a lot of money with discounts. I paid the whole cost of the car within a year and fancied a change so I sold it after 12 months and bought an Audi S3. Prefer my S3 but value for money, the ST is superior.

[@slesperado]

Dang! It was more reasonable than what I had expected. I have a 2010 Audi TTS roadster. The tires for my car cost about $250.00 a piece :( An all-around brake replacement costs $2,200.00!

[@yomomma3988]

I've managed to bang 350bhp for under 3k 🤙 Happy to help those who are stuck on parts and what not

[@DirtyFiST69]

I'm interested to hear what you've done and where you've gotten your parts. I've already got a mishimoto intake, CP-e intercooler, RMM, and COBB AP. Been shopping around and waiting to see if any prices on turbos drop and which ones are out there.

[@Voldnarok]

what is the MPG difference driving in a city with heavy traffic like London fore example... difference between stock car to a stage 3 car?

[@alfieewles2383]

Would love to see your ST on the CarWow drag races/ up against Alex from CT's MX5??

[@sirzanny3694]

Everytime I see a word fiesta in your video, instantly clicked😂

[@jerome9268]

Great Video! This is exactly the kind of breakdown i was looking for aha

[@xy4859]

Cool and instructive vid. I have a fully mountuned stage 2 for the time being with some additional stuff here and there (struts, springs, engine mount, etc), I wanna go st3 but am worried about reliability and engine abuse. I like it where its at now with thee 230bhp roughly. Are you going to open up the engine and put cam and rods? Thank, peace out

[@JamesWilson-uk]

Love the breakdown and gives a better idea of how much someone will need to spend, plus the little packages now available 💥💥 you thinking of doing the same on the RS5 when you’ve finished it?

[@officially_gassed]

I can do for sure 👍🏽

[@burksterrrr96]

For the power gains alone its good value for money! Proper little pocket rocket 🚀

[@swev0382]

Thanks for the video Jamie ! Very interesting

[@MyNightmare669]

Hey mate.. thanks for your info!! Great car!! Do you know if it's possible to install the same stage 3 kit in a Focus 1.6 180bhp, ecoboost??

[@chickenchaser3213]

what's your camera set up mate video quality and lighting looks great

[@antonio4660]

Hi J. Love your channel mate!

[@veloce_jacob8762]

Yes Jamie!! Mint video as always 🔥💯

[@MrAudi220]

Nice honoust rundown bro,it's expensive but all performance parts are expensive,i payed 4800 euro for my cnc stg1 ported cilinderhead (exchange) with supertech valvetrain,fitting and shipping to Loba germany from belgium and back included.so yeah it's expensive to tune cars😅👍✌️👉

[@stefanoalbertini3508]

You're pretty good at this Jamie, bravo! how about bringing my Fiesta ST (last model) to stage 3? only problem is.. I'm in Italy :(

[@puddin2k11]

I’m in 2 minds on running stage 2-3 will I need a upgraded braking system as I’m new to all this don’t want to be getting ripped off 🤩

[@TruEGTI]

Hey Jamie, great update on the Fiesta! How about a meth kit. That would be a nice little add-on for a few extra ponnies! As always keep up the amazing work and I can't wait for the first RS5 Video!!!

[@silence9791]

How low is your lowering springs ?

[@187LethalSlug]

Probably had enough Fiesta ST's on the channel now, was hoping to get mine featured sometime but still got too much to do lol

[@harrycossey1383]

Love this video jammie keep up the good work

[@assassinxd5888]

Jamie are you ever going to make a video with a nissan gtr😁

[@officially_gassed]

Definitely 🤘🏽

[@tomreid1746]

@@officially_gassed how much does your insurance cost, considering the car is a Cat N? What was it stock Cat N, compared to modded Cat N? Thanks

[@TheConnord397]

I got one we can use Jamie 🙌😍

[@captainworstpirateiveheard9842]

What's the equivalent in the US? Mine is under two months old (19' bought new) and still under full factory warranty. Are there any tunes to keep the factory warranty? I daily mine and usually do a weekend mountain treks and just have fun on the on-ramps.

[@Hemi-xd4on]

Chris Vargas stage 3 in the U.K. is often full bolt ons with a turbo upgrade. Don’t worry about the warranty too much the motor, clutch and gearbox are all strong enough to put up with a more powerful tune

[@GhostV8]

s3 mk1 is my current build. This aint a cheap hobby currently in 6k still got 25-30 k left for full build including respray.

[@STEVEBHPDEVON]

Great vid and a powerful little car cheers steve 😀👍

[@thelucas1146]

Mate that's very good 9,800 for a full build, not bad at all considering some cars cost that much

[@AdrianIRL23]

What about the body work repair cost? That wasn't added to the purchase price.

[@jackhowkins2094]

What’s the insurance like on this with the stage 3?

[@josephtdi8764]

I thought it would be more than that, but as you said a 300bhp 2014 car for £9,800 is great! Can’t believe you got the car soo cheap!!

[@dominican11ful]

Great video and info mate thanks 🙏🏾

[@goracks69]

As a Canadian, it’s so weird hearing you guys calling a turbo swap, a “Stage 3.” In North America, we use Stage 1-3 to denote tunes and accompanying mods required for the chosen stage. So a Stage 3 FiST here means stock turbo, but tuned, bigger intercooler, bigger downpipe (if not full exhaust), intake, RMM, and a tune. It turns our cars into 220hp 300lb•ft torque steer monsters. Check out Matt Farah at The Smoking tire as well. He compares a turbo swap FiST to our “stage 3”. He said the torque steer is actually better with the bigger turbo, cause it takes more time to build the boost, so you dont get all the torque at once. It’s an interesting comparo, and def makes me believe the UK “Stage 3” is way better than our “Stage 3” for FiST’s

[@jamie3499]

Stages are exactly the same over here, they denote level of tunes and supporting mods. Minimum for a stage 3 Fiesta ST over here in the UK is an uprated hybrid/big turbo, intake, intercooler, exhaust, down pipe and tune. Many stage 3 Fiesta STs over here make easily 350bhp. A stage 2 over here typically uses all the same hardware as a stage 3, but with the stock turbo. They typically max out at around 250bhp.

[@charlenedonoghue4968]

Thank you for this video J uch appreciate your channel

[@therooster_]

What car was that at 0:20?

[@kieranhaldane1411]

I’ve got a SKODA Citigo just passed my test, 1.0mpi any suggestions what to do to it, I had same problem, with my back rear tyre got pulled over in this lock down changed tyre and it’s still happening

[@dannylindsley713]

Get them spoiler risers fitted Jay £38 . I had them fitted on mine and it just makes the car look so much smarter. I'd love too stage 3 mine but my pockets ain't as deep as yours 😂.

[@carmad1287]

Ultimate chav mod lol.

[@dannylindsley713]

@@carmad1287 not really just makes the car look better .. but thanks for your input

[@lilbill1947]

What is the insurance like??