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08-07-2011, 12:39 AM
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| | Senior member Road burner Car: 'Lude'
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|  ST25 Good/Bad ??
Anyone owned a mondeo st24? I've been offered a swap for my v6 galant, I've had lots of mondeo zetecs & I've loathed them all.
The most important thing on my mind being the suspension, I'm growing tyred of the galants woolly handling & thinking a swap for an st24 would save me the £300 for coilovers...
The official power output & performance figures are pretty nuch the same.
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08-07-2011, 08:00 AM
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| | Administrator TC Founder Car: A4 2.0T Fsi Quattro
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
Drive it and see. The ST is quite different from a stock Mondeo and handling is quite sharp. Not sure how it will compare to the Galant though, the v6 in that is a nice engine.
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08-07-2011, 08:04 AM
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| | Very Senior Member Torque Junkie Car: Bora TDI PD 170/290
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
Lol, you mean st24, 2.5v6 called st24 cos its got 24 valves. Good chain-driven engine, so regular servicing is a must. Cheap to fix and service though and there's a huge modding community out there. Imo fords have always had the best handling mainstream cars, so the st24 should be good in that respect. Mondeo v6 should be a little quicker than a galant v6 | |
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08-07-2011, 08:34 AM
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| | Moderator Torque King Car: Saab 9-3SS T9
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
Agree with Yugguy on this, I have actually driven one once over a weekend and it changed my misguided thinking about performance Fords 
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08-07-2011, 11:22 AM
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| | Super Moderator TC Founder Car: Octy smoke machine
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
not driven one but a mates got one - he likes is older cars, and ex rally driver - really nice to be in when getting flung about
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08-07-2011, 11:54 AM
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| | Very Senior Member Torque Junkie Car: Bora TDI PD 170/290
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
2 and half grand would get you in this though: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2989534.htm
Nice big V6.. | |
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08-07-2011, 05:08 PM
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| | Very Senior Member The Torque Meister Car: VW,FORDS,NSSAN
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
The v6 in the mondeo was a porsche project which Ford purchased and sent to Cosworth to finish off. also it is half an Aston mrtin V12. Hell of an engine which is why I really really want a 220. My neighbour had a st24, did a few things to it and it was super rapido (He preffered it to the few st200's he drove but he only got 18mpg out of it (but like I said it wasn't stock and he didn't take it easy) There was a model before the st24 which was much the same but now very cheaper, I think it is the Mondeo Si...?
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09-07-2011, 10:10 AM
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
@ Aston - The V6 Mondeo is half an Aston Martin V12! Really? You learn something new on here everyday  I always thought of the AM engines as being handmade from start to finish by fine old craftsman wearing brown overalls and shirts with ties, never would have considered a link to a Ford engine in anyway! | |
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09-07-2011, 12:58 PM
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| | Very Senior Member Torque Junkie Car: Bora TDI PD 170/290
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
Lots of stuff gets shared. The v6 that jag put in the x type and s type was a ford block from the st220 but the cylinder heads were jag designed and built. | |
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09-07-2011, 02:08 PM
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| | Very Senior Member The Torque Meister Car: VW,FORDS,NSSAN
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| Re: ST25 Good/Bad ??
Yes it is a class engine with some big names attached to its development and use. And it amuses me how people knock mondeo's. PPC magazine did a huge piece on the st24 a few years back, It was a very enjoyable read.
Also a few years back my wife got me one of those Ferrari days as a gift, 3 cars and 3 instructors, I asked each instructor which would be the best affordable car to do a tour of the drivers roads of Europe in and two said the Mondeo V6, the other a cheap westfield. | |
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