Kenny's B6t Festiva

[ELUSIVE]

Just read entire thread. A pleasure to read nice work!!

[rbrown]

it has some wiseco pistons in it, and some mild head work.

Cool. I understand those Wisecos raise the compression just a tad and Iwas was going to do some minor head cleanup.

[DON SVO]

Cool. I understand those Wisecos raise the compression just a tad and Iwas was going to do some minor head cleanup.

Depends on the piston. Wiseco/JE/Probe/Arias will make you anything. They have the piston design already in a CAD file. All they do is re-compute depth of the crown and upper ring land and they can CNC any compression ratio you want (within reason).

[rbrown]

Depends on the piston. Wiseco/JE/Probe/Arias will make you anything. They have the piston design already in a CAD file. All they do is re-compute depth of the crown and upper ring land and they can CNC any compression ratio you want (within reason).

I think the 7.9 is much too low on these motors.

I guess I migt drop them a line and see what they can do.

[FestYboy]

7.9cr is useable for race only and at 25+ psi of boost, and even then, it's not a fun engine. i'd stick with a 9:1 minimum to keep throtle response and off boost power. it makes the engine much easier to live with.

[KB Motors]

Just read entire thread. A pleasure to read nice work!!

Cool. I understand those Wisecos raise the compression just a tad and Iwas was going to do some minor head cleanup.

Thanks for the props man!!!!

and yes my wiseco pistons do raise my CR i believe its 9.1 now, and i agree 7.9.1 is way too low,

[KB Motors]

RESURRECTION!!!! of a dead thread

i been secretly working on my festiva the last couple weeks, i shaved my door handle on the driver side, also fixed all the dents and primed my door and fender, no longer blue.


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I Rolled Bedliner on the interior of the Festiva, i like the look and it works as a sound deadner too, here are before and after pics

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Just finished installing a gtx digital Cluster everything works and a trimmed the dash to fit, i think im gonna go buy a couple more trim pieces and see if i can cut them a little better

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085 by snestiva, on Flickr

[Prafeston]

Looking great man. I love the Festiva in Yellow!

Edit: Bummer, I just browsed through the thread and it looks like you are gonna eventually paint it black with the grill and gas cap already done. That will be cool too, but I was looking forward to a Yellow Festy!

[KB Motors]

Looking great man. I love the Festiva in Yellow!

Edit: Bummer, I just browsed through the thread and it looks like you are gonna eventually paint it black with the grill and gas cap already done. That will be cool too, but I was looking forward to a Yellow Festy!

its Staying Yellow now

[Prafeston]

HOORAY!!! Good to hear!

[KingFish]

Having a cluster like that is now my life goal!

[Prafeston]

Yeah, that digital cluster looks pretty awesome. Does it only work with the harness for that engine?

[TheresGabe]

OMG! I need that cluster! Where and how much can I get one for?

[KB Motors]

Yeah, that digital cluster looks pretty awesome. Does it only work with the harness for that engine?

no it works with the stock festiva harness, all i did was get the pinouts for both clusters, i popped all the pins out of the festiva plugs and put them in the corresponding spot on the mazda plugs, looks factory

OMG! I need that cluster! Where and how much can I get one for?

good luck finding one they only came in the 1988 and 1989 323 gtx, and not all of them had digital clusters,

[Damkid]

I have an analog GTX cluster in my festiva andi once tried swapping it for a digital one, the digital one is surprisingly bigger and was a PITA to install, only to find out the tach didn;t work so the analog went back in haha

Nice to see you still working on it