ATV Festiva

[GenevaDirt]

you mean on the pm's? If so, that happens from time to time. It passes. We are working on the issue. (slowly)

[Movin]

Wolfstiva?

So how much you planning on lifting it? I know more than 3inches takes a lot of work on most front wheel drive cars, but 2-3" with the taller tires should do wonders.

I like it but it is bad Juju here, the wolf part. We that live here and love the outdoors believe that the forest and wildlife should be managed for the health of the whole, too political...

Yes, I am shooting for 3", maybe more with cv and ball joint mods later.

[Movin]

you mean on the pm's? If so, that happens from time to time. It passes. We are working on the issue. (slowly)

I was trying to update my profile..
I tried out the pm and it works fine.

[GenevaDirt]

looks like you got it all updated...

[rockin86ranger]

Something you might think about is a little bit of a spacer on the subframe,it will gain you some room for the tires to flex but it may require some reinforcing to be safe to drive on the street.

So how about Flexstiva, i think it sounds good and flex refers to the offroading aspect

[Movin]

Humpstiva?

Nice knobbies!

How about Knobbystiva?

Karl
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After a few beers..

[Movin]

Something you might think about is a little bit of a spacer on the subframe,it will gain you some room for the tires to flex but it may require some reinforcing to be safe to drive on the street.

The space problem is the struts, The golf struts with the coilover kit should give me enough room. Rather than control arm inner mount drops I would probably build new control arms, for clearance.

So how about Flexstiva, i think it sounds good and flex refers to the offroading aspect

Not bad have to think about that one

[rockin86ranger]

Im just thinking 3 inches of suspension lift might cause some binding issues with the cv shafts while offroading, but it's hard to say until you try it. but custom A-arms would be sweet too

[Movin]

If it does I can rotate the rear mount down a little. I haven't looked into Porsche or offroad cv shafts but there might be some possibilities there.

I keep rethinking the coilover spring... front, 650 lbs and 4 inches of compression
( 3 loading the strut and one more when the car sits on it) .96 mechanical advantage factor. The nearest higher spring rate is 175 lb, that is pretty high compared to estimates of what stock is from our site.

The rear at 450 lbs , same preload and compression, same .96 factor works out to 110 lbs, but often I have the trailer, 115 lbs ?? I want to get this order off tomorrow..

[rockin86ranger]

Spring rates deffinately aren't my specialty, have you considered doing a slightly lower spring rate in the rear and then adding air shocks or helper bags. Then you'll have better flex/ride empty and be able to haul a trailer.

Of course it's front wheel drive so who cares how the back flexs, just drag it lol. So i think i would go for the best riding spring that works best for towing. Might be able to save a few dollars on the back springs and just lower the spring pocket/strut tower, or use a spacer.

[Grey Vw]

650lb and there won't be any compression lol

[Movin]

I don't want a pogo stick to ride! The ready to go weight, with chainsaw, straps,chains, winch, sheaves, ice box, saw gear and me, is 650 per in front and 450 per in the rear.

[Movin]

Spring rates deffinately aren't my specialty, have you considered doing a slightly lower spring rate in the rear and then adding air shocks or helper bags. Then you'll have better flex/ride empty and be able to haul a trailer.

Of course it's front wheel drive so who cares how the back flexs, just drag it lol. So i think i would go for the best riding spring that works best for towing. Might be able to save a few dollars on the back springs and just lower the spring pocket/strut tower, or use a spacer.

If concept proves out I will figure out a air ride suspension, long travel cv,
and heim joint lower a arm. No sway bar.

[Movin]

650lb and there won't be any compression lol

Now I keep thinking about what you [B]didn't[B] say!

I just ordered 125 lb instead of the 175 lb
and rear I got 80 lb instead of 110 lb

It should still be a good lift, the springs
will be compressed 3 inches to mount and the
car will compress 2 1/2 inches more. With the coil over
I can always go up 3 inches or down another inch.
Parts will be here Monday.

[tderonne]

SKID PLATE!

I had a Festiva set up for rally. It had a 1/4" plate of aluminum that went from a bar between the tow hooks back to about the front of the cat. Protected the oil pan, trans, downpipe.

(It had some long coilovers, they did fine, something like 250 lb/in in the front and 150 in the back. Just had some tall 13" rally tires. Ground clearance wasn't really an issue with the skidplate. It did well in Colorado one summer, but really lacked power/gearing at altitude to do steep climbs. There's probably pics in some archive somewhere.)

Here it is a few owners before me: http://www.comicozzie.com/gallery2/v...96-03.jpg.html