GTE vs Fiesta

[BigStan]

Just a quick question, how would a standard GTE stand up against one of those fairly new Fiesta Zetec or Zetec-s ? Not the newest one but the one before !!!!

Cheers

[coxie]

am i right in thinkin the zetec-s ur on about is the 1.25 zetec .. there rather nippy and are gud for there engine size but even so a gte etc shud clear em off rather well

[DISCO GSI]

i think it would be ok off the lights as the nova should have better torque but the festa might have more top end ! just put a valver in it and dont tell anyone that will show them !

[Philsutton]

pmsl, if your on about the 1.25 zetec you need slapping. They are utter shit, i had one for a week an broke it. Speed wise a 1.2 corsa would be laughing at it. Also the new 2lt one probably wouldnt put a good fight with a GTE, i was looking at the spec for it an its very depressing for the power it has.

[DISCO GSI]

im sure they done a 1.6

[Jack]

i had one for a week an broke it.
Why does that not surprise me? :lol:

[Philsutton]

not my fault they dont build them very well, it fell to pieces on the motorway. Had to wear goggles so i didnt get an parts of the dash going in my eyes

[DISCO GSI]

my lass is getting rid of the saxo "thank god " and is getting a new festa in a couple of weeks but its tne 1.4 ! im not expecting much but at least its a step up in the world for her

[NovaloadedAgain]

I wouldnt be too sure about that mate. Get her into a corsa at least!

[DISCO GSI]

i wasent a big fan of the new corsa but i only drove a 1.2! it was a courtesy car at work and i broke it within about three hours ! i wasnt even being that harsh on it ! :twisted:

[NovaloadedAgain]

I had a 1.2 SXI on a 53 plate-It was very nice altho too slow for me-Check in my profile. Gotta be better then a fiesta etc!

[Nick]

just put a valver in it and dont tell anyone that will show them !

if you mean don't tell your insurance, your a cnut.

[Philsutton]

what nick means is that you also so wont be paying 2lt tax therefor you will be abusing the trees without paying the price. A serious offense in the tree huggers world

[DISCO GSI]

thanks phil for a minute i thought he called me a **** ! which isint very nice as if he had just asked if that was what i ment i would of said i ment dont tell anyone round town and let them find out for themselves off the lights !! and before some of us get all moral on me when i say off lights i mean on the track not on the road!!

[Nick]

lol i did...

there's no-one worse than idiots who convert and don't pay the proper insurance, tax i couldn't really care about.

but you didn't mean that, so it's all good

phil, zip it you sign hugger !

[DISCO GSI]

cool 8) are you going up to cruise west cumbria on sat in kendal?

[Philsutton]

it was more of a slap than a hug, nothing sensual about the way i touched that post unlike your trees its a stroking hugging motion

[Nick]

nah

sorry it's just full of pathetic chavs, there's much more constructive things to be done rather than go to "cruises" not my scene.

I know some Decent cars from the kendal area, may be there, so have fun.

where bouts you from ?

[DISCO GSI]

i work in kendal and live near windermere ! i dont think im gona go as ive got a 21st on sat night ! if some of my mates are going then i might stick my head in for a bit before hand ! anyway lads i finnished half an hour ago so im off home prob speak to you both tomorrow

[Nick]

it'l be full of people with scoobies on farm insurance.

[Adam]

The 1.25 fiesta is crap, a 1300/1400SR would put up a good fight with that.
But the fiesta is bout 75bhp, and that ain't bad for a 1.2 :wink:

The 1.6 ain't bad tho, bought 100ish bhp IIRC, would be a good challenge against a gte, but nova is lighter.
I would still go for the nova gte, easily :wink:

[BigStan]

when i said about the fiesta i meant the sporty one with those alloys and bodykit i think it might be a 1.6 ! the one that people with no taste in choosing cars buy and drive around thinkin they go fast !
Thanks for the replys so far !!!!

[Nick]

the 1.25 zetec...

i made a mate of mine push it up to near the rev limiter and it threw a rod. New block cost about 1.2k from ford.

However it's pretty nippy and quick for what it is, i'm impressed with it. But turning the Air-con on makes it loose power big time lol

[Jack]

Oooo Nick, you racing chav, you :lol:

[Nick]

i was in the passenger seat, he'd never taken it over about 4k, plus it was setting out onto a mainroad which was a 60.

it was only a suggestion lol

[benji]

your talking about the fiesta zetec s. it's a 1.6 16v and has around 105 bhp. although i think they weight slightly more than a gte. i'm sure if you ask the gte owners on here they will all say the nova is quicker and if you go on a fiesta website and ask they will say the ZS is quicker.

[Adam]

your talking about the fiesta zetec s. it's a 1.6 16v and has around 105 bhp. although i think they weight slightly more than a gte. i'm sure if you ask the gte owners on here they will all say the nova is quicker and if you go on a fiesta website and ask they will say the ZS is quicker.
Yeah, i thought it was around 100ish bhp, so slightly higher bhp than the gte.
It would be a very close race, nova probably have it off the line, but who knows for top end speed.

[epo]

ive driven both the zetec s and the gte and are pretty evnly matched altho
the zetec s did seem quite quick

me old man has the zetec s and he puts his foot down sometimes lol just need to seem him out when am in the golf :twisted:

[Philsutton]

right ive just looked up the 0-60 times for the new fiesta 2lt 16v with 150bhp. It does it in mid 8 seconds which is very shit for what you would expect it to be.

[NickWalliams]

when mine was a Gsi it used to kill Zetec s's so a 1.25 hasnt got a chance!