Daniel's TruckStiva Build Thread (56k warning)

[daniel_cogar]

I paid $60 for mine and it's in better shape

lol :nono:

[htchbck]

got the final axle last week and modified it and the drive train is complete....went to the jy today and got a set of shift cables from a Hyundai elantra, snagged the shifter as well and modified the ends a little bit and it shifts now through all gears and is very tight, the elantra shifter seems shorter, so I now have a short shifter lol.

I'm curious what ya'll are doing to mod the axles, I'm assuming you mean somehow shorten them to the width of the festiva? Because the protege G axles are too wide. I'd love to be able to somehow mod a pass side escort/protege axle to work in a festiva, so I can use the escort halfshaft with the BP instead of having to mod up the Capri shaft to it.

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What is 52 lb/min? Isn't that like almost 400 HP?

[Damkid]

What is 52 lb/min? Isn't that like almost 400 HP?

1 lb/min = approx. 10hp on a theoretical perfect day

[Christ]

1 lb/min = approx. 10hp on a theoretical perfect day

So yeah, it's capable of something like 400 reliably.

I prefer to count it as 7hp/lb/min, to get a minimum line instead of hoping for unobtanium.

[Damkid]

True but I look at it as flywheel HP, so after drivetrain loss etc it'd work out closer to 7hp per 1lb/min

[Nerd Racing]

I paid $60 for mine and it's in better shape

edit, it was $50.

Thing only had 60k on it and was pulled from a bus that had a cracked manifold. The new manifold came with a new turbo.

[Nerd Racing]

Hatch my friend, I'm just making my wheel base wider to accommodate

[htchbck]

Seems like the easiest way to go. But Daniel said he kidded the axle, I wanna know what that's all about!

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That's a lot of power for a used 1.8

[daniel_cogar]

edit, it was $50.

Thing only had 60k on it and was pulled from a bus that had a cracked manifold. The new manifold came with a new turbo.

we both did good compared to ebay, and what i've seen them go for

[daniel_cogar]

That's a lot of power for a used 1.8

u lost me on this one lol used? who said anything about that

[daniel_cogar]

Seems like the easiest way to go. But Daniel said he kidded the axle, I wanna know what that's all about!

if you use original (not rebuilt) axles from a bg protege or gtx you can take the outer stub off and flip the tripod and put a g series type stub shaft back on the end and your done, the trick here is that you have to use the factory axles not rebuilt from a bg protege or gtx. Believe me there not easy at all to come by. I looked forever for the 3 pieces and have a decent amount of money into them alone.

[daniel_cogar]

[daniel_cogar]

update: got the car sanded down and primed and got the bed cover fiber glassed. all that's left is a little body work on the doors and it should be getting paint this Saturday.