Question to car experts

[Reddog99]

It's actually designed to be a hill descent mode and is a button on the side of the shifter. The best thing to do for passing is to just floor it. The tranny will behave just like any other automatic transmission and downshift to the lowest safe gear. Using the button while going uphill will make the tranny downshift a gear, but is generally useless other than that.

If you want to prevent the tranny from upshifting, or cause it to downshift without flooring the gas pedal, then pull it back into "Low". This will generally maintain the engine speed above 4000 rpm so you can manuver in heavy traffic or travel briskly down your favorite curvy road.

Edit: the descent mode detects road angles greater than 3 degrees and will cause the tranny to downshift to provide engine braking. It might work a bit going uphill (causing a downshift), but I haven't really been able to figure that out yet for sure. I'm still experimenting...

[TRiumPH-RDR]

Originally Posted by Reddog99

... or travel briskly down your favorite curvy road.

I like the sound of that Thanks!

[4BangR-X]

OP, your best bet is to just put the accelerator to the floor. There are no aftermarket parts short of a turbo that will give you the power you are looking for.

[BRGT350]

Originally Posted by 4BangR-X

OP, your best bet is to just put the accelerator to the floor. There are no aftermarket parts short of a turbo that will give you the power you are looking for.

Sorry, that is incorrect. There are many options available for the 1.6L engine that can make it more powerful without forced induction. The Fiesta R2 uses a normally aspirated 1.6L with heavy duty internals, higher compression pistons, cams, heavy duty valve springs, tuned exhaust and intake, and special PCM tuning and produces 170 PS @ 7500 RPM. For more street friendly performance, Mountune has developed a kit for the EU market that drops 2 seconds off the 0-60 time and is still NA. Saying that there is no parts to help with acceleration other than a turbo is not correct. PCM tuning, intake, and a complete tuned exhaust can do wonders over stock.

[Chan]

Originally Posted by BRGT350

Sorry, that is incorrect. There are many options available for the 1.6L engine that can make it more powerful without forced induction. The Fiesta R2 uses a normally aspirated 1.6L with heavy duty internals, higher compression pistons, cams, heavy duty valve springs, tuned exhaust and intake, and special PCM tuning and produces 170 PS @ 7500 RPM. For more street friendly performance, Mountune has developed a kit for the EU market that drops 2 seconds off the 0-60 time and is still NA. Saying that there is no parts to help with acceleration other than a turbo is not correct. PCM tuning, intake, and a complete tuned exhaust can do wonders over stock.

For the most part BPUs just really make your car louder. The Mountune 140 kit is what? $2,000? You're halfway towards a turbo kit or $2,000 that you could've put towards a faster car.

[Iceracer]

I have had no problems passing cars. Just put my foot down, complete the pass and back off. Of course you have to take into consideration the low HP.
It might take a little longer. I am amazed at the performance achieved with only 120 HP.

[belovedson]

Originally Posted by Iceracer

I have had no problems passing cars. Just put my foot down, complete the pass and back off. Of course you have to take into consideration the low HP.
It might take a little longer. I am amazed at the performance achieved with only 120 HP.

thankyou ice for that.

going na 170whp is usually more expensive then forced inductions. 170whp na on an engined designed for mpg and without bigger displacement or fi sounds impossible.

wasn't the b16a the most powerful passenger 1.6 i dont think it made even 160whp.