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  • I was hoping to have it on the ground by this weekend but I see that there will be more need for steel and strength in some spots so probably not for another couple weeks for the rear end.
    89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
    94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
    2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
    1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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    • Progress is progress!!!! Looks good!
      1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
      1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
      1991 blue L, 5 speed.
      1988 red L-plus-all stock.

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      • More sub frame progress:





        I just have to get some longer bolts and some 6" Carriage bolts to go through the unibody. then I can bolt it in place and cut out what I need to allow the upper control arm to move up and down. After that I'll pull it all back out, weld up where I cut, replace the floor sheet metal, cover the sub frame, run the new brake lines, and get everything final aligned, and drill and pin the sub frame so it doesn't move.
        89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
        94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
        2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
        1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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        • Wwwwooooohhhhh! Looks great keep your eye in the prize
          1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
          1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
          1991 blue L, 5 speed.
          1988 red L-plus-all stock.

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          • That's looking like your almost there! Cheers for the hard work man, It's so awesome to see people not afraid of a sawzaw!

            John
            93 Probe GT-Twincharged-11.992@115mph 10lbs
            -11.940@111.66mph 14lbs(Slipping clutch)
            123.7mph highest trap
            95 Probe GT-RWD-4.8LS-Turbo in process-10.240@135.3mph, Turboed, 3300 race weight

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            • aw man, so where's the spare tire gonna go now?!

              lol, j/k! missed you at the meet maybe next time you'll have this runnin!
              2008 Kia Rio- new beater
              1987 F-150- revived and CLEAN!!!
              1987 Suzuki Dual Sport- fun beater bike
              1993 Festiva- Fiona, DD
              1997 Aspire- Peaspire, Refurb'd, sold
              1997 Aspire- Babyspire, DD
              1994 Aspire - Project Kiazord
              1994 Aspire- Crustyspire, RIP



              "If it moves, grease it, if it don't, paint it, and if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

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              • I'm working the best I can on it, being far away and the weather being colder. Short days kinda suck too. But... its nice to see an end in sight with the rear half of the swap. Front end SHOULD be easier... Although... the way I plan on doing things it will be much more than an aspire swap and BF GTX axles...etc.
                89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
                94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
                2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
                1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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                • Started doing some sheet metal work to get the floor pan back in.

                  poster board templets FTW!



                  How I'm going to route the sheet metal over the sub frame:



                  I flipped the frame around and checked and its symmetrical, so I only had to do one side:



                  Unfortunately they only had 16 gage at work so I bought a 1/3 sheet. I'm going to sketch up the templet and see if I can get it laser cut and bent up at work.



                  Finally looks like I'm getting somewhere... Might actually get to roll the car around again before the end of the month.
                  89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
                  94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
                  2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
                  1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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                  • Pretty sweet man..where you putting the speakers?
                    2008 Kia Rio- new beater
                    1987 F-150- revived and CLEAN!!!
                    1987 Suzuki Dual Sport- fun beater bike
                    1993 Festiva- Fiona, DD
                    1997 Aspire- Peaspire, Refurb'd, sold
                    1997 Aspire- Babyspire, DD
                    1994 Aspire - Project Kiazord
                    1994 Aspire- Crustyspire, RIP



                    "If it moves, grease it, if it don't, paint it, and if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

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                    • it's getting there man!!

                      1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
                      1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
                      2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

                      1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

                      If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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                      • 1991 Mercury Capri XR2 "GTXR2" BPT Swapped AWD Conversion

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                        High Flow B3/B6/BP VAF Adapters for sale!
                        Bolt-on Weber Carb Adapters!

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                        • The rear plastics are going back in the stock locations. I'll probably eliminate the rear carpet and just put down bed liner back there.
                          89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
                          94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
                          2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
                          1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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                          • lol, let me know if that kills all the road noise. I'm plugging the rear outside air vents, the air gets in one way or another, I don't think they're necessary.
                            2008 Kia Rio- new beater
                            1987 F-150- revived and CLEAN!!!
                            1987 Suzuki Dual Sport- fun beater bike
                            1993 Festiva- Fiona, DD
                            1997 Aspire- Peaspire, Refurb'd, sold
                            1997 Aspire- Babyspire, DD
                            1994 Aspire - Project Kiazord
                            1994 Aspire- Crustyspire, RIP



                            "If it moves, grease it, if it don't, paint it, and if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

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                            • good work NR!

                              -"Hairlipstiva" 1991 GL 5spd (swapped from an auto), rolling on Enkei 14x6 +38 with 195/45/14 Toyo's, Jensen MP5720 CD deck, tach install, LED strip in cluster, down position rear wiper, FMS springs, Gabriel shocks on 4 corners, Acura Integra short shifter
                              -Escort GT 91 donor car with BP, G5M-R tranny to be dropped in the little guy...
                              -Aspire brake swap COMPLETE!
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                              • Thanks guys, I may head over and finish up the poster board templet tonight so I can see if its something that can be bent up at work.
                                89 Festiva L Carby 4 Speed... RIP. Evicted and Scrapped. I HATE MY FAMILY
                                94 aspire 3 door Red -- Former BP, V6 KLDE swap underway! RIP... Rotted and Flooded out...
                                2012 Mazda 2 Touring 5 Speed... It's Very, Very, Very green... Daily Driver
                                1964 Barracuda 360 V8 Push Button 904 Auto, New Money Pit

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