Psychobilly Festiva- '93 GL Sport BP/F5MR, one piece at a time

[Tommychu]

why not just get another bp head?

Cost. My machine shop charges almost double to do a valve job, decking, etc on a DOHC 16V head as opposed to a SOHC 16V and funding is kinda short ATM.
And since I no longer have access to the garage I did all my previous work in and I'm now doing all of this in the tire shop I work at, my resources are limited for fab work and I like the idea of having one less mount and no firewall chopping to worry about.

[Tommychu]

BP throttle body bolts on and is functionally exactly the same but about 5mm bigger. Once I get my intake back from the hot tank I'll be port matching it to that.

Is there such a thing as a #$%*ing B8ME cam that's not pitted to bunk at the tip of at least 2 exhaust lobes? I pulled 6 out of the boneyards today and they were all that way.

Also there is interference with the peanut shaped combustion chambers and my miata pistons, but it's not much, a quick shave with a carbide will take care of that.

[Tommychu]

Got my stuff back from the shop. The sticky on the intake that says INJECTION lost all it's ink in the hot tank so I filled it back in.



(also SMOKING KILLS k?)

[anomoly40]

Awesome!

[Tommychu]

NEW TRUCK WOOOO!

Also, swapping the Festy this week. Finally.

[Zanzer]

Sweet truck! Also, LOVE the sticker on the intake. You should TOTALLY have that ball milled into an aluminum plate and stick it on there :mrgreen:

[Tommychu]

Sweet truck! Also, LOVE the sticker on the intake. You should TOTALLY have that ball milled into an aluminum plate and stick it on there :mrgreen:

Ball milling isn't ghetto enough. I might do the old 'vinyl cutout+sandblasting' trick though.

Truck's got issues, I can't get the insurance inspection signed off for a while because the "mechanics" at my shop are "overbooked" (lousy parts changers- I did 30 hours of OT on my last paycheck doing zoom boom and backhoe tires and they're whining about having to work 3 hours OT a week doing tie rods and brake pads). End result: the festy WILL be swapped and back on the road by monday-a week from monday at the very latest or I get a bus pass.

The good news:

It won't take much to get there now.

[Tommychu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khDeSdJZaak

[Tommychu]

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