My first engine swap build thread

[festivaWES]

I was asked to gut a 2004 pacifica for damage estimates on saturday. It had just as much turds as that 17 year old festiva

[freshtiva]

Im still wondering how they got under the carpet.

[festivaWES]

They'remice they can go everywhere.......We had to engine start that scion XB that i took tat spoiler off of and 1000 kernels of corn came flying out of the exhaust pipe.....it wasn't even hit in the rear.

[freshtiva]

More pics, rebuilt front hubs, inner and outer wheel bearings, inner and outer grease seals, new rotors, new brake pads, about $125 per side. What other car can you rebuild for that kind of money ? National bearings, not the cheap made in China stuff. FMS steering and suspension parts. Trying to build in some quality. New struts, etc , etc. If a part is off the car it get cleaned, sanded , primed and painted. If I could just keep the work area clean.






Rebuilt steering rack



Dont pay any attention to the picture of the full sport interior below.



Im not sure how that ended up in this post. :angel1:

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice Work!!

[cubstiva1]

wow, looks like you are "building in" a lot of quality, i know it will be a while but i can't wait to see the finished product. don't rush it, and keep the updates coming

[Slyder]

Great work! cant wait to see it finished.

[MONSOON]

Dont pay any attention to the picture of the full sport interior below.



Im not sure how that ended up in this post. :angel1:

Wonder who those came from?

[sasquatch]

amazing attention to detail!!! looking good

[freshtiva]

Aspire front steering knuckle rebuild and brake swap. All new steering and suspension components.





Found a new transaxle mount my other was busted.



Starting to come along



The far reach of the fire damage

[KingFish]

Wow, lookes great Fresh.

[91blufestiva]

Keep up the good work! And keep us updated.

[JoDan]

That car is going to be beautiful when it is done. Well, since I'm already here and saw those pics of the calipers, does anyone know if there is a kit you can buy to get new retaining pins and wires for the calipers?

[FB71]

it will soon be ship-shape and Bristol-fashioned!!!

[freshtiva]

it will soon be ship-shape and Bristol-fashioned!!!

Ive never heard that phrase before, had to go look it up. Thanks ! Hopefully it will run when Im finished. I found a really hard part to replace today, the boot that goes over the u joint and pinion on the rack and pinion. Any one ever replace one of these ? Its like pressed in between two sheet of metal up under the foot pedals. The one on this car had melted.