Short answer, yes. They needed a better box as the Mk7 is boosted. It's torque that kills things normally, not power.

 

Higher power mods should be relative to the drivers actual skills........NOT their perceived skills

 

Stock Fiesta ST clutch is a white labelled AP Racing unit and built for up to 400nm. Past that, you'd be looking at something heavier duty.

But general consensus is that the 1.6 engine was built very well. Here is a break down of the engine:

https://dsportmag.com/the-tech/ford-ecoboost-1-6l-analysis-turbocharged-direct-injection-ccvtc/

 

Higher power mods should be relative to the drivers actual skills........NOT their perceived skills

Ha! Amen to that, which is why I would never feel it necessary to uprate the power on mine. 200bph is more than enough for me.

Another general consideration is that to my old fashioned outlook getting those sort of numbers from a 1.5 three pot is practically witchcraft already. Consequently i'd feel I was kinda towel flicking the gods of fate in the love spuds by trying to squeeze even more out of it.

But that's just me. The more technically confident, both in terms of driving and spannering?, and certainly for those doing serious track activity? ...yeah, why not.

As you say though, in all cases, in all cars, the highest risk of a failure is the driver.

 

Thanks for that. Sounds very promising
Thanks for that. Sounds very promising

 

Ha! Amen to that, which is why I would never feel it necessary to uprate the power on mine. 200bph is more than enough for me.

Another general consideration is that to my old fashioned outlook getting those sort of numbers from a 1.5 three pot is practically witchcraft already. Consequently i'd feel I was kinda towel flicking the gods of fate in the love spuds by trying to squeeze even more out of it.

But that's just me. The more technically confident, both in terms of driving and spannering?, and certainly for those doing serious track activity? ...yeah, why not.

As you say though, in all cases, in all cars, the highest risk of a failure is the driver.

One of the biggest reasons a lot of people map their cars is to remove the artificial torque caps applied to 1st, 2nd and 3rd. These were put in place by Ford to prevent excessive traction loss in lower gears and thus higher consumable usage (e.g. tyres).

If we are looking at the car in terms of rewarding driver skill, then one could say the ability to manage and put down power in lower gears without artificial limits makes a mapped car more suitable.