My first engine swap build thread

[freshtiva]

Oh yeah I found one festiva @ the J/Y, it had new halfshafts, control arms, and sway bar bushings. It was in good shape really. 214,000 88 four speed with factory air. I wanted to bring it home with me. I need to go get that stuff off of it at least..

[freshtiva]

Went to a couple of J/Ys today and found some wheels with the aspire bolt pattern. Took a while to find a car with all four wheels. I guess people bend a rim and then go to the J/Y and buy only one leaving an imcomplete set of three. Also wanted to get a 323 down pipe but only found one 323 and it was an 87 so it doesnt have the correct newer generation pipe. The one I removed from the older 323 was just like a festiva down pipe and different from what I need. Will the one in the ebay link listed below work ???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-95-Mazda-323-MX-3-Protege-Header-Pipe_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQhashZitem290309412102QQitemZ290309412102QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Since I got some wheels on the front I was able to move the jack stand around to the back and got the rear torsion beam off. That was harder than I was expecting. Score so far.
Marcus ...............3
Lower strut bolts ..1 (still soaking in PB blaster)

Didnt break any bolts and all the brake lines came free so all went well I guess. Ill try to get the aspire beam in before work tomorrow.

[eurotiva]

Hey thats gonna be 1 "fresh"tiva

[eurotiva]

We need to have a meet at his house.

[Damkid]

man.... I'd love to visit the festiva ranch but them I'm afraid I'd never want to leave! :lol:

Same here :lol:

[neanderpaul]

man.... I'd love to visit the festiva ranch but them I'm afraid I'd never want to leave! :lol:

[eurotiva]

Looks great man!! Nice progress report too. I hope you get it running soon. Then just add a turbo and that will be the sweetest festy ever!!!

[Festiva_Fred]

Looks great!!!

[freshtiva]

Nope, still have to put in a clutch cable and shifter linkage,( its an auto to five speed swap too ) and get a battery. Oh yeah, and add fluids, probably dont want to forget that .

[MONSOON]

Have you fired it up yet?

[freshtiva]

A rainy spring day off at the ranch (FTW) ....ahhhh !!










Not a lot of room at the rear of the engine compartment after the swap, maybe 3/4 inch at the closest point. Need to get to a car wash to degrease under the fender wells.

[FestYboy]

that right there is the cats patooty!!

[MONSOON]

It does look damn good Fresh!

[freshtiva]

Why heck no, Id be flattered !

[FB71]

Marcus, I hope you don't mind if I copy your routing on my 1.6 swap? I think it looks great!