Hello all .am new to fiesta  tuning . what are peoples thoughts on what's better induction kit or a good panel filter , ie    itg   k&n    .not bothered about induction noise  .have seen people  go on about heat soak .was thinking about making a cold air feed into bottom of air box  any thoughts  would be great

To put it bluntly, no noticeable difference from stock by any of them.

really !  not even replacing the oem air filter

In my ST I upgraded the box to the ST200 one, which is identical to Mountune's but without the K&N filter and the base is not aluminum.

https://www.sico-developments.co.uk/products/fiesta-st200-airbox?variant=24875163848

https://www.mountunestore.com/products/fiesta-b299fox-induction-kit?variant=831268737

There was a noticeable difference in engine response, especially at low RPM. Fuel economy also went slightly up. A few months later I put a K&N panel filter in, and again there was a slight increase in engine response and fuel economy but the ford paper filter does offer better filtration, something I am willing to compromise.

 

One thing about K&N filters from what I've heard is that the oil which you need to apply onto them could get in the engine. I've forgotten if this effects the engine or any sensors. My dad used to use K&N filters but stopped when he heard about this. I would love to put a induction kit on my 1.6 TDCI to get that tsss sound but wouldn't want to get involved with insurance until I've racked up more NCB and I reach 21 / 25 so insurance goes down and I'm not in the 'more at risk' age

Thanks for the reply guys. I can convert my standard air box to a cold air feed .Think I will do that first .

Then see about changing the filter    . have all ready changed all the orange bulbs to silver tech ones.

going to get a price for hydro dipping dash parts with carbon fibre dip

Do send pics if you ever get the things hydro dipped. I used to do a bit of carbon fibre wrapping. On my previous car I wrapped the mirror covers and air vent covers in carbon fibre. On my fiesta the door handles, mirror covers and door strips are in that plastic grey colour and I might just get them sprayed the same as the body like what they did on the ST and ghia

will do mate

 

I have the mountune airbox with cold air feed in the bottom in my Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost. It is also tuned to about 150hp/250nm.
I think there is a noticeable difference compared to stock. The turbo and engine revs faster and turbo lag is also reduced. I wouldn't be without it. I have had the KN filter installed for a year now, and I have no problems with oil from the filter affecting the MAF.