Brandon M. Davis
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
I've had this installed for about 3.5 years and wanted to give a long term review. Install was very straight forward and didn't have any issues. Immediately noticed a sound difference and found myself accelerating at full throttle a lot more often. This of course caused my MPG to drop, but the sound was just too fun. HP gain wasn't really noticeable, but the car isn't really meant to be a sports car anyways. Would I do it again? Probably. I also installed an aFe Takeda exhaust that I bought direct, and combined with the intake the car actually sounds like it's fast. No complaints. I've only put about 18k miles on the car, so I haven't cleaned the filter yet. But from past experience with other K&N filters, they are pretty easy to clean and re-oil.
Paige
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021
This intake makes the 1.6l fiesta come alive. Throttle response is night and day different. The install is very easy but time consuming. Mileage overall I've seen an 8mpg increase. The noise from the intake between 2500-4000 rpm sounds like a rally car. Worth the only for a fun ride with better mileage.
JK Stockwell
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2021
I got an extra 6 mpg from this. So the people that say this won’t give you a mpg increase are full of crap.
Matthew Myler
Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2020
Did not fit my ST
Winzel
Reviewed in Canada on September 19, 2018
Ok, 1st of all the Typhoon is expensive. But the gains can be good. My set came with a hose that was too short, and not enough bolts to complete the job. The web site said 2008-2018 Fiesta 1.6 and the newer turbo were all the same.Hoping they send me the proper length tube.
viri
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2017
Some parts where missing in the package.
C.B.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2016
Product arrived nicely packaged, undamaged, and on time. Began the installation and was pleased with progress until the instructions began differentiating between US models and non US. They started getting a little vague on their details, so I had to improvise to an extent. Also, the pictures are in black and white, which makes clarification more difficult. Luckily, cold air intakes are easy and forgiving to install, so these things aren't really an issue.I don't care for the order the instructions have you install the pieces. If you follow them exactly, chances are that you will be backtracking and pulling stuff back out of the car to install a different piece because of hard to reach attributes. My advice is to read ahead a bit, and look at future steps, to try and assemble intake tube and airbox fully, before installing into the car.I was unexpectedly surprised to discover an included graph print out which displayed the power increase from stock, to this upgrade. Just a neat little addition to this purchase, thought I would mention it.
nerdburg
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016
This took me about an hour to install, just because I found the directions a bit confusing. I'm no mechanic though, so probably a competent car guy could do it in about half an hour or so. This was installed on my 2016 Fiesta SE and it was a perfect fit. The only issue I had was trying to get a 3/4 inch vent tube through a 1/2 grommet in the bottom of the heat shield. The car sounds great when you get on the accelerator. I can't say I notice much of a performance gain, but I'll take anything I can get with a car that only has 120HP. As with everything K&N, the kit is top quality. Over the life of the car, it is well worth the money.
andrew
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
2012 ford fiesta. This mod did add a slight, but noticeable bump in power. There is increased engine noise, and the expected "whistle" when the throttle is mashed. It utilizes the factory snorkel. I am not sure if MPG are really increased. While the trip computer shows increased MPG's, real life MPG's are suffering a bit since I am tending to dig deeper into the throttle than before.
Zed_Johnson
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2014
I went out on a limb and bought this last year for my 14 ford fiesta st. Took some fabrication but I was impressed. It sounds great and a lot less restrictive from the stock air box. I'm satisfied