'92 BP G5MR build thread

[sc72]

How much are you asking, I can't find the post with the price, I bought one from you many years back, it works great and an easy install.

[David88]

Bump for the gas door popper.

[kumalaba]

do you think the hatch install would be more difficult than the gas door? i noticed gomez was interested also (possibly) if he wants it let him have it, if not lmk & i might still get it if the hatch release would be as easy as the gas door. im going to look at my hatch to see if i might be able to do this w/o to much trouble.tks danny that door panel is perfect you sent me.

[David88]

Here are some pics I found of the Mazda 121 gas door popper install.
Installing under the the floor brace.

The mounting holes are all there. You just need a 10mm bolt.

The wiring harness clamps even have provisions for the cables.

Routing the cables into the left rear quarter panel area.

This is inside the gas filler door. Note the latch clip has a ruber coated forked section ready for the cable end to attach.

Clip removed for drilling. Note cross hair mark for hole location.

Hole drilled and cable pulled.

Grommet pulled and clip installed. Just need to bolt the clip down and done.
I just fed the hatch popper cable around to the back but didn't get to hook it up. I ended up selling this car after my Dad died unexpectedly last fall.

[freshtiva]

Glad I got these parts finally. Maybe someday I'll get them put on.

Nice snag, maybe you could put them on tomorrow after work ?? :p

[David88]

Just a little update. We just had a salvage yard open here. Take-A- Part "self serve auto parts". I checked it out. Nice place. I just bought a complete Aspire brake swap. Hubs, rotors and calipers, sway bar, front springs, rear beam drum to drum and the steel wheels/tires. Very clean parts. This all came from a super clean '97 with 82K. I could see that the car had just had new brakes. The pads look new.
The car had no rust, no damage. Nice, spotless interior, clean motor, Solid exhaust and only 82K on the clock. I found out why it was there while under the front. Both output bearings on the trans were gone. I mean GONE gone as in, no longer there. It must have been making an awful noise. Too bad, Such a waste of a good car. I'll bet the owner got about $200 bucks for it. I would have given the 3 bills. Add 2 more for a trans, swap iit n a weekend and had a 2k car. Oh well. Glad I got these parts finally. Maybe someday I'll get them put on.

[Grey Vw]

Great work. The interior looks new.

[xaero_81]

That red interior doesn't match the green of your car, you should sell it to me. lol

[eurotiva]

Nice progress

[David88]

Well after about 9 months I finally have an update. The car is now running. I finished the wiring back in June. Installed the axles in July. Built the exhaust in August. Did the first start up in early September. I am now working on getting the Sport interior installed. I bought this from member FestivaGTX.




I also picked up some inside door handles and window cranks from a '89 Tracer a local J/Y.

[Maxtiva]

hey max i read your thread it was great! do you think your home boy would be interested in making more mounts, i could ship them, im still thinking about what im going to do for the tranny part so i thought id ask now before the time comes -thanks

Send me a PM with what you want.

[freshtiva]

Looking good David, keep it up and take lots of pics. Im taking notes.

[Damkid]

Sorry about that, thanks for the correction

No problem its what we're all here for

[timmay89]

Sorry about that, thanks for the correction

[Damkid]

The F-series is the tranny that comes stock with the Festiva

WRONG, the E series was the stock festiva tranny

F series is commonly found in the 323 NON-turbo models (88-89), the tranny is pretty much the same size as the G series but uses axles similar but thicker than the festiva axles, so no intermediate shaft

G series is the strongest tranny to put in a festiva, found in the Escort GT's, Capri XR2's, 323 GT's and you need to int shaft from the Capri or 323 in order for it to work