Festiva Madness 3rd Annual Meet Saturday Oct 3, 2009 in Raleigh, NC

[V8Festiva]

Glad you got the BP on the road!!!
I've been driving a B6t car on and off for the past two weeks or so... gotta say, it is a bunch of fun! Still not quite as great as driving Skeeter, even if it is faster, but a lotta fun nonetheless.

Nate,

Had a lot of fun with it till Friday morning. The right side axle is popping out.

Went got new clips. Checked the lower control and replaced it with another arm I know was on my parts Festiva. It will click in the trans. If I pull real hard I can get it to pull out. Only if I pull with both hands very hard. It appears not to insert in the trans the last 1/8 or so like some others. I even used two other axles, same problem.

Strut seems to swing outward to easy?


I read the other axle thread just posted and my the BP car has all Festiva parts.

Put it all back in place Saturday and drove it slow up the street and the axle popped out again.


Dean
Raleigh, NC

[V8Festiva]

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Dean
Raleigh, NC

[gestiva]

thanks for the help with paces...
its her 18th birthday. so i want it to be something to remember.
will reserve a room in the next few days

[V8Festiva]

Well, now that you mention it....:p

Batstiva,

I have some bat art loaded on my sign plotter.

Get here early and will make some decals for your car.


Dean
Raleigh, NC

[eurotiva]

^^ I want one that says "vtec or boost, which would you rather have?"

[sam.1956]

^^ or perhaps also/even, "Things go better with Boost"

[eurotiva]

I used to have "it's all about the mpg." but that was in 05-06 way before the great gas hike of 08

[skeeters_keeper]

Dean - sorry to hear about the axle issues! has the frame been tweaked on that car? When I had that problem it was because I actually bent the frame, but as I recall that car looked really straight.
You could also check for excessive engine movement - snap the throttle open and closed and make sure its not moving far, I don't remember noticing any bad mounts, but that powerful BP could have turned an OK mount into mush

[V8Festiva]

Dean - sorry to hear about the axle issues! has the frame been tweaked on that car? When I had that problem it was because I actually bent the frame, but as I recall that car looked really straight.
You could also check for excessive engine movement - snap the throttle open and closed and make sure its not moving far, I don't remember noticing any bad mounts, but that powerful BP could have turned an OK mount into mush

I will check the mount,


Thanks

Dean
Raleigh, Nc

[Pu241]

Yeah, Skeeter makes a good point!
DJ had a similar issue and it turned out to be because the "frame" was bent/tweaked.
He just had an axle made that was slightly longer, problem solved.

[Sparky]

Sorry to hear about your axel issue, Dean. Amazing what 1/4 inch can do, eh?

[takeone51]

im deff going to make this meet, getting my stuff together as we speek...

[ladyblaster]

dean , just a note to let you know that brad is taking the weekend off so that he can drive zacharys festiva to the meet . that makes three dna altrd, orange crush, altered dna . cant wait . will is going to get the extra parts out this weekend . after we get back from pull a part .

[Sparky]

I have seats in the Baron!!!!!! That means I will not be driving the Aveo to a Ford meet again, barring any catastrophy. I found some fairly nice LX seats in an '88 at a different JY than the ones I frequent...I must get out more!

[eurotiva]

^^^GOOD C'mon y'all Florida has a few crew coming too.