Dreamscience tuned 265bhp Mk8 Ford Fiesta ST review! 

This car is all you'd ever need on a twisty B-road. Love it!

My mk8 is a very similar spec to this , I’ve got TRS stage 1 with overrun mapped to 3 seconds, it’s a bit antisocial, but can be turned off with a push of a button if you don’t fancy pissing everyone off! Wicked cars these are , and made even better with a tune

Hiya bud....I can't believe how awesome these sound!! Love it! Loved my old Fiesta ST MP215....still regret selling it at times! Great vid again mate! Hopefully out in a MK3 RS in a day or two

I have said in other mk8 videos I’ve watched…Ford did us a disservice by not bringing this on to us in the states. I have a mk7 and I would absolutely love one of these, along with the option of the 2 door. They are much more refined and more factory power options and modes.

Will tune mine after warranty runs out in 2 years. Crazy to do so before hand

This sounds seriously close to the Mk3 Focus RS. Alot more pops and bangs but still a good sound. Really sad these never made it to South Africa.

Great video and shows what these cars are all about. Dreamscience is the way I’m going to go, just waiting for a sale.

Bro I was enjoying your RS passenger side video man. Suddenly midway its gone. What the heck man.

Some great b roads near and around Hornsea bud, the roads from there to Withernsea is brilliant and that crest has caught me a couple of times next to that farm in Long riston haha

The MK8 Fiesta ST is really underrated

OMG those front seats look like a geography teachers tweed jacket.

Great car and it makes a great noise, apart from the excessive artificial crackles!

Great video👍 Love the roads round that area. Used to live out that way and great fish and chips at Hornsea 😁

Seems a very good car. Would just prefer the mk2 rs as don't have to worry about losing money on value. I wander how well this fiesta will keep its value. Seen a few for around 15k.

Looks like a fun little car, but can't believe they've chosen a car without the diff.... Mind you, didn't the Scorpion car also lack the diff???

Your grin says it all😁😁😁

As a MK 7.5 ST owner and generally speaking I do have to say I really don't like the look of it with the shape and outside look and interior seems to look not so great again either ... but perfromace and sound wise sounds pretty gnarly and cool, better than a stock MK 7 for sure. Not sure about that sort of power being pumped out though through a small engine and a cylinder less ...

Just a thought why did you not bring your rs back to scorpion if the exhaust is not quite right Love this fiesta thou great colour shame it was wet on your trip to the seaside hope you enjoyed the fish and chips 👍

Not much point in the decat if it’s still got the gpf filter. Good to see that cars are still nicely tuneable despite those blasted particulate filters.

Ι just got subscribed. I love ur reviews . Real and to the point . Salute from Greece

Happy MK8 ST3 owner here. Still driving stock, but car is nippy enough to make it a blast for everyday driving and the fun weekend rides. Very interested in feeling the difference between stock and a stage 1 or stage 2 map. If anyone happens to drive one tuned in the Netherlands, hit me up :D

Looks really good on that suspension/spacers 👍🏻

Sorry to hear you lost all your subscribers found out from road and race channel. Wasn't subscribed before but I am now!

Great review !

how much boost? i run the overrun v3 map and i have 1.6bar boost. Stock is 1.4bar

I've had 4 new focus St's from 2008,one of each gen and face-lift apart from the new one,run a pick up now so slow but go anywhere is the game now lol,just traded in the wife's tt and ordered a puma st,hopefully will be half decent.

Is the train driver recruiting process hard as people say ?

Anyone here who has removed the GPF filter and know what the gain in HP would be +/-? Thx

Got a question for ya... I see the 'rallyish' looking body styling kits on the fiesta st's about, don't look far off the focus rs mk3. They a different animal to drive or a great substitute?

Nice but it really needs that Limited slip diff

Does a remap on these cars make them a lot faster in the real world? Or is it more of a ‘feels faster than what it is’ kind of thing?

Why have they not upgraded an st3. From the looks of this it doesn’t have the proper recaro seats and it doesn’t have the proper led headlights you find on an st3. Would love to know the reason they didn’t use the st3 platform. 🤯🧐🤔

cars in general feel quicker in backroads

What tires are this running?

Sounds fantastic, these are the back roads near where I live! Excellent on a dry day 😂

I lost a lot of respect for the fiesta, the MK 6,7, I didn’t think much to the shape and performance, but this new fiesta is a very nice shape, not sure on the standard performance but that one seems good on power 🙂

Great colour great little car

Reliability?

Whats a deckle

Nice car but i hate those puerile noises it puts out.

If it has Launch Control, it’ll have the LSD

It's not even bangs it's pops

265 bhp out of 3 pot Jesus Christ defo gonna have issues with that along with heat issues how can a company think it's better to have 3 cylinder instead of 4 more cylinders less pressure and less heat

I miss the LSD day's... We are talking about the same thing right 😂

We got a dreamscience stage 1 map on our car, it is efficient and drives well but boost levels are way to high to be safe if you ask me... Mapped it boosts up to a max of 1.9 Bar, wich is way to much for these engines... I dont even get how the tiny turbo even gets to that level but yhea...

The pick up in the MK8 ST is helped massively by 3 the cylinder design. What I say next will sound a bit crazy. I owned a 6 month old ZX10R Superbike, and whilst I did - my car had to be downgraded to a Citroen C1. Whilst that car didn't ever qualify as being quick of course, the difference in acceleration you get because of pushing one less cylinder is remarkable. Until you experience the difference, it's hard to explain what is so good about it. I'm in no way shocked to hear the FST8 is so quick on the uptake. The engine will be lighter, and increasing the inertia of 3 cylinders takes less effort than 4.

I think I prefer the look's of this compared to a mk7. Especially in this colour

No performance pack 🙄

Why are people so obsessed with pops and bangs, it’s not real performance......and your driving a decat car on the roads.......

I’m wondering whether I should move to one of these from a Mk3.5 Focus ST. Hmm.

Nice fiesta ST, nice just subtle mods give it that great performance and no silly unnecessary loud exhaust👍🤟👏😀

So question: I'm looking to get a dream science tune for my 2018 focus RS. In Canada though we do not run 99 octane the the highest octane you can find is about 95. I run 91 octane here as it's hard to find anything higher. Question is can I run the tune on 91 or will it just not work or will it damage my engine?

What about reliability with that little engine?

Does dreamscience do maps for the Ford mustang 3.7 v6...... Have you ever done a video on the mustang. V6 or V8

Enjoyed this mate great video, got one of these same colour running the same sort've power only I've got the LSD quite a bit of other hardware so it's ace to see you having such a blast without all the extras!

I love the results Ive seen with Dreamscience. I live in the U.S with a 2016 RS. Is Dreamscience Imaps compatible with the U.S versions?

Can you tell me which splitter do you wear??? It looks fantastic

Jared, please hurry and get the Focus Mk4 ST overrun map out 😜

How long is the 0-62 time?

How much for all this?

These blokes from DS do know how to tune a car... Any numbers you can disclose beside the hp?? I've been looking for this one in particular...

Does the map cater for different ron types of petrol or does it only work with high octane fuel?

An ST2 with ST3 wheels? The seats definitely look like ST-1/2 to me

This isn’t true it dosnt not invalid your warranty as I have modified my fiesta and took it to fords twice and the parts was covered by warranty it all depends if the car came on fault due to the maps then it dose but if the fault came threw not map then it would cover by warranty

You do know you can flat shift in these from factory?

Great review mate. Looked a blast 👍

I love your channel. I like all the information you give everyone on the focus RS. Can you tell me if they sold the focus RS 2010 MK2 in the United States. I've looked all over the Internet and I cannot find any. I love that car.

My Mk8 ST had a Revo map and I was running at 260bhp and 4th gear was mega! I’ve now got a Mk4 Focus ST and a Dreamscience Ultima+ map and I love it! Just a shame my steering failed twice in the car and I told Ford they can get me a new one, so I’ve got my brand new ST coming next week. Hoping it’ll be more reliable!

How reliable are these cars once taken to stage 1 & 2?

That’s a lot of power for a 3 cylinder 1.5. Lots of extra wear and stress on the engine.

My overrun map kicks in after 3 k revs

Most uncomfortable seats I've ever sat in (are they concrete?) prefer mk7 looks but the standard one I drove was punchy as owt and sounded nice 👊

💤💤💤💤💤

Great vid Gary .....looked like a great car 👍🏼

Been waiting for this one mate! 👌👌

What's the point of xtra power when all it does is spin it all away.

Another top review mate 👍