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Alright! This is my first forum post of any kind in a long damn time and my first here!
The Festiva easily in my top 5 bucket cars! This gem popped up on marketplace a few days ago and my lovely wife was sick of me pouting everytime I missed out on one, so she offered to loan me her tattoo fund. I was extra pouty this time, because Copart REALLY gave it to me good on this pos, with over $325 in fee on a $325 bid... yeah I'm still pretty salty about it.
I've wanted to do a BP swap in one of these for so long! I used to be pretty deep into the 1st gen Proteges back in the day.
My old Protege from the early 00s. Running MS 2.0 with B6T rods and a HX-30. BUT the 90s Mazda/Ford stuff is getting REALLY hard to find these days!
Now that's got the old gears turning... I was planning on swapping the D16Z6 (mad vtec yo!) into my EK rallycross/stage rally advanced sweep car but let's be honest it'll probably get stolen or wrapped around a tree eventually and the Festiva has way less rust. So I think I'm going to giver a go!
I'm going to try to document everything and keep it all here as best as I can. Facebook has all but killed off a lot of the chat forums and it's make information harder to find. Don't get me wrong, I'll still be putting pictures up there and Instagram, but I want to have all the details here.
So far the loose long term plan is to set it up to be a good corner carver and maybe get back into autocrossing. 13 by 7 wheels with some good rubber, maybe 130 wheel hp, the standard coilover package, and better seats. But I have to add, progress will probably be fairly slow. I have 2 other project cars, 3 kids, a garage with as much space as I have free time, and about $50 a week for a budget if I'm lucky. Plus I still owe my wife her tattoo fund lol!
The Festiva easily in my top 5 bucket cars! This gem popped up on marketplace a few days ago and my lovely wife was sick of me pouting everytime I missed out on one, so she offered to loan me her tattoo fund. I was extra pouty this time, because Copart REALLY gave it to me good on this pos, with over $325 in fee on a $325 bid... yeah I'm still pretty salty about it.
I've wanted to do a BP swap in one of these for so long! I used to be pretty deep into the 1st gen Proteges back in the day.
My old Protege from the early 00s. Running MS 2.0 with B6T rods and a HX-30. BUT the 90s Mazda/Ford stuff is getting REALLY hard to find these days!
Now that's got the old gears turning... I was planning on swapping the D16Z6 (mad vtec yo!) into my EK rallycross/stage rally advanced sweep car but let's be honest it'll probably get stolen or wrapped around a tree eventually and the Festiva has way less rust. So I think I'm going to giver a go!
I'm going to try to document everything and keep it all here as best as I can. Facebook has all but killed off a lot of the chat forums and it's make information harder to find. Don't get me wrong, I'll still be putting pictures up there and Instagram, but I want to have all the details here.
So far the loose long term plan is to set it up to be a good corner carver and maybe get back into autocrossing. 13 by 7 wheels with some good rubber, maybe 130 wheel hp, the standard coilover package, and better seats. But I have to add, progress will probably be fairly slow. I have 2 other project cars, 3 kids, a garage with as much space as I have free time, and about $50 a week for a budget if I'm lucky. Plus I still owe my wife her tattoo fund lol!
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