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figured I would start one of these.
It all started when I bought a 1992 escort gt to drive during the winter to keep miles off of my 88 Ltd Crown Victoria. I ended up driving the egt for about a month before I had a tire blow out and It rolled. The day after the accident I knew what I wanted to do with the escort, so i started searching for a festiva It took about 5 months but I found one for 300 bucks and drove it home. Over the next few months I started swapping the BP into the festiva, I got the swap all done and driving in september of 09 by october the stock festiva trans gave up. So I parked it and started searching for a trans donor, I got lucky and found a wrecked capri Xr2 at the junk yard, and I snagged up the trans, half shaft, and flywheel. While I was test fitting the engine/trans I figured now would be a perfect time to freshen up the motor. So I tore the motor down, and It will be getting new bearings, new gaskets, new valve seals and a valve job, I already have new clevite main and rod bearings, still need a gasket set and thrust washer set pistons and rings. Mods will include 10:1 miata pistons, Exhintake cam swap, cut intake manifold and maybe larger injectors. As far as the festiva itself goes, I did an aspire swap up front, and removed the rear seat brackets,I plan on running 14" wheels, Not sure what style yet. I still need to make trans mounts, find a new trans cross member and weld in new metal on the radiator support. Once Im all done I may paint it, not sure what color but it will definitely be the 50$ rustoleum paint job.
the donor before:
After:
festiva when I bought it:
festiva swapped:
festiva now:
my workspace:
XR2 trans:
block:
It all started when I bought a 1992 escort gt to drive during the winter to keep miles off of my 88 Ltd Crown Victoria. I ended up driving the egt for about a month before I had a tire blow out and It rolled. The day after the accident I knew what I wanted to do with the escort, so i started searching for a festiva It took about 5 months but I found one for 300 bucks and drove it home. Over the next few months I started swapping the BP into the festiva, I got the swap all done and driving in september of 09 by october the stock festiva trans gave up. So I parked it and started searching for a trans donor, I got lucky and found a wrecked capri Xr2 at the junk yard, and I snagged up the trans, half shaft, and flywheel. While I was test fitting the engine/trans I figured now would be a perfect time to freshen up the motor. So I tore the motor down, and It will be getting new bearings, new gaskets, new valve seals and a valve job, I already have new clevite main and rod bearings, still need a gasket set and thrust washer set pistons and rings. Mods will include 10:1 miata pistons, Exhintake cam swap, cut intake manifold and maybe larger injectors. As far as the festiva itself goes, I did an aspire swap up front, and removed the rear seat brackets,I plan on running 14" wheels, Not sure what style yet. I still need to make trans mounts, find a new trans cross member and weld in new metal on the radiator support. Once Im all done I may paint it, not sure what color but it will definitely be the 50$ rustoleum paint job.
the donor before:
After:
festiva when I bought it:
festiva swapped:
festiva now:
my workspace:
XR2 trans:
block:
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