So I had the Injen Short Ram Intake fitted to my Fiesta ST yesterday, this one - http://www.injen-europe.com/ford/fiesta-1-6l-4-cyl-short-ram-air-intake-system.html
Instant loss of power (my ass tells me 30bhp), doesn't feel to be boosting as much. Anyway, the weirdest thing happens, about 70 miles later and 2 drive cycles I'm pulling away from some lights and I think "oh what, this feels a bit sharper" ... Throttle is more responsive, can hear it sucking in, the famous TSSS noise is sharper and faster rather than a longer quieter tssssssss and most of all she seems about 15bhp (again, my ass telling me, no dyno) gain over stock, so I'm enjoying the extra power and all noises that came with (the spool, the suction, the TSSS) then a orange spanner light and a warning "Engine Malfunction, Service Now" and limp mode but when I turn the car off and on, I have the power back and running faster than stock for all of 30-60 seconds until the warning comes back, car off and on and she's fine, then it comes back...
I had a code reader on her today and the technician didn't write the code down for me he told me that there was a MAF sensor fault but he cleared it and now I'm back at the start with my ass telling me there is a 30bhp loss and also my ears telling me there's not as much boost as there was with the stock intake.
Any ideas?
Dan.
Instant loss of power (my ass tells me 30bhp), doesn't feel to be boosting as much. Anyway, the weirdest thing happens, about 70 miles later and 2 drive cycles I'm pulling away from some lights and I think "oh what, this feels a bit sharper" ... Throttle is more responsive, can hear it sucking in, the famous TSSS noise is sharper and faster rather than a longer quieter tssssssss and most of all she seems about 15bhp (again, my ass telling me, no dyno) gain over stock, so I'm enjoying the extra power and all noises that came with (the spool, the suction, the TSSS) then a orange spanner light and a warning "Engine Malfunction, Service Now" and limp mode but when I turn the car off and on, I have the power back and running faster than stock for all of 30-60 seconds until the warning comes back, car off and on and she's fine, then it comes back...
I had a code reader on her today and the technician didn't write the code down for me he told me that there was a MAF sensor fault but he cleared it and now I'm back at the start with my ass telling me there is a 30bhp loss and also my ears telling me there's not as much boost as there was with the stock intake.
Any ideas?
Dan.