Off Road Festiva...seen in sand dunes!

[n9emz]

Me and a buddy have kicked around the idea of building a Festy/Sammi 4x4....but just for shits and giggles. motodave made some good points. Sammis spend about as much time on their sides and tops as they do on rubber, and such a Festy would suffer the same fate.

There's the expense involved, as well as the time. Off roading isn't cheap unless "relatively" becomes your operative word. If you're interested in wheeling off road, I'd suggest a Ford Ranger-based vehicle and you might want to take a look at this site: The Ranger Station

I keep my Festys on the road and my Bronco II provides the off roading thrills.
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[mattswabb]

Came across this pic, no other info on it.

[FB71]

that's not Woody's Norm, is it?

[Guest]

Thats Norm!!

http://people.montana.com/~wwjd/sparky/

[motodave]

info on that CAMO Festiva

I saw those same exact tires at Walmart. They were 12" tires and were 24" tall and 8.5 inches wide. The rim had to be 5.5 inches (not the 4" stock Festiva wheel) So, the CAMO guy in the picture had his stock wheels widened. The trouble is that I wrote Carlyle Tire and they said that their ATV tires are not street approved. An ATV weighs around 400 lbs and with a rider....a max of 600lbs to roll on. the Festiva is a 1300 lb vehicle. This setup is fine for going slow in the dunes, but we all think he dropped it off a trailer and didn't drive there.
I found some 14" wheels to bolt directly to the stock Festiva pattern (not the Aspire) I can get the manufacturers stock number if anyone wants it?
When my project is done, I'll put a photo on this topic.
later,
Moto-Dave
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[FB71]

actually, a stock Festiva is 1726lbs.

[Tim]

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[stillpushin08]

Found this video of him on youtube. He posted a comment on there sayin he just threw in some chevy one ton springs, put tires on the stock wheels and flipped them backwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_mZ5Sf3zyU

[urban festiva]

i am the fat guy responsible for the ,what i call "the URBAN FESTIVA"

some one found my you tube video and told me to check out your site...

it took me a minute to get around to it ....but i did....and i got caught up with this particular thread...and let me say....you guys are waaaaaaay over thinkin this one.....

here is the car in question


i will tell you in detail how i did this...but you must understand i know my methods are near insane and well beyond safe....i trailerd this car everywhere and only drove it on the streets around my neighbor hood...(ok i took it on the freeway once on a dare)....but just know, you can duplicate this car for under 400$....but it is not safe!...and i knew that....you should to

ok so.........


lets start from the bottom.... the tires are the totally stock rims 12inch...not widend...but bolted on face down....this requires a couple large washers glued to the rim and you have to shave the lip off the brake caliper with an angle grinder......the tire..as someone said, can be bought at wal mart for 50 bucks each...there atv tires and rated off road and suggested psi for the tire is 7psi but i had it at 15...the ones int he rear are slightly bigger...to stop rubbing up front, i gracfully re molded the front fenders with a sledge hammer.

now for the lift....i would even call it a lift....it was more like ....retard engineering......i jacked the car up off the ground until the tires were off the ground....then removed the stock coil over springs and replaced them with coil springs from a chevy 1 ton.... they were about the same lenght from top to bottom with no pressure on them...but the stock ones compressed down when you lowerd the car back down and the 1 tons....didnt buge...the tire stays in the same spot jacked up off the ground or on the ground with all the weight on it. and yes this makes the ride like a board....the fronts were pretty much the same cept i had to put a come-a-long on the axle and pull up to compress the spring enough to get a bolt on the top of the strut.....like i said not smart or safe....but that wasnt the idea behind this car....

we re-did the clutch and i added some roof lights, a gps unit, a cb, and a nice camo paint job .... it actully does quite well in sand and i passed a few sand rails on some more flat parts.....AND I HAD AIR CONDITIONING!

i planned on totally destroying it in glamis....but it lived through all the torture..and made it back....it is sitting in my back yard with a broken front driverside axle (took a curb at 45) and now waits for the day i get enough free time to toss in a 350 small block and a jeep locker rear end.....witch will most likely be done....very crude and unsafe....

that just who i am... anyway...nice forum and if anyone has any questions on how to make an unsafe buggy...let me know

eRic

P.S. what do you think my chances would be for festiva of the month?

[FB71]

dude, that is friggin' AWESOME!!!! I may have to duplicate that, albiet in a slightly safer format...

[scitzz]

I vote for him!

[rigidchop]

over thinking the lifted festy

this has been done to a fiero http://www.pisafierohq.com/rebody_kits/jalapeno/ read this they kinda explain how they did it. i have used the same technique on a renault alliance is the past. but we used air shocks on the rear. and didnt use very large tires. 185/80 13. a 31/10.50 is a pretty large tire for a car that is underpowered. the lift would probaby make it unsafe for on road use. of course off road it would be a blast, if it was muddy. i have also seen 31/10.50's on a corolla, but the stock steel rims were welded inside 15 inch rim. hope this helps.

[Maxtiva]

Nice car urban festiva !!! I vote for your car for FOTM.