Festicle and xaero

[Hot_Wheels]

ok so this garage will be dedicated to the festicle and xaero_81 old b6t festiva. The festicle was starting to burn oil and the body is a little to race car for me. So I bought Donny's festiva which he started doing a nice b6t swap on. I was planning on parting the festicle out and putting the semi built motor into Donny's car. Well my buddy Dan caught the festiva bug and decided he wanted to buy it and own a turbo festiva.

Mods list for Festice
stock b6t
rocketman ECU
EGT g25mr
full Alston race cage
323 bf A control arms
civic coil overs
civic/del sol radiator
probe intercooler
fuel safe cell
Wilwood master cylinder
capri xr2 knucles
egt calipers
Galant rotors


xaero_81 festiva
Weisco pistons
Cat rods
ported polished miata head 1+mm over sized Super tech valves and springs
mx-3 custom intake with sheet metal upper
Fidanza cam gears
webb cams 505 cams
Boundary Engineering oil pump
ebay stage 3 clutch and lightened flywheel
AEM EMS pnp for miata
Kia trans w/straight cut 3-4 PAR gears, has plate mod (ferdis old trans)
LSD Mfactory diff
Toyota COP set up
EBay FMIC
BMW VTPS sensor
miata daisy rims
aspire swap
GarrettGT2560? Tag is missing seems to be a Ball Bearing not sure on trim
Tial wastegate

Things need to buy
Shocks/struts
coil overs
sump for gas tank
fuel pump
IAT, EGT, sensors
Jeep idle air controller set up
material for turbo manifold
material for custom A control arms


Clinton a former FF member who has built numerous turbo festivas is in charge of the fabricating, wiring and tuning for both Festicle and xaero_81. Yea we took the lazy way out but he know the wiring like the back of his hand.


Festicle custom tubular cross member to fit KIA G/ G25mr trans

Mazda 323 bf arms installed (Clinton's fabrication work)


random festicle shot


cross member







mystery T25 Garrett for Xaero


Cat rods compared to my K1 rod (for bpt)

[Grey Vw]

Woah! I had no idea Xaeros car had that much work on it.

[Hot_Wheels]

i guess i should clearify, the stock b6t is going into the black festicle. The built motor is going in Xaero's car. The engine is currently at the machine shop getting new rods installed, balanced and assembled. I will pick up the short block probably next weekend and start assembling the long block.

[TominMO]

That red car is dangerous! Please don't drive with newspaper on all the windows!

GL with the project.

[Nerd Racing]

Does that car have increased caster over the OEM suspension? I am running into that right now with my A-arm swap. I'm building in adjustment to the mounts but I am trying to get a feel for how much adjustment I will need.

[Hot_Wheels]

small update. Pick up the bottom end from the machine shop. Installed ARP head studs. Installed my ported head with super tech 1+mm valve and upgraded valve springs. Used copper SCE head gasket. rebuilt HLA's . Im stuck at the cams at the moment, I have a set of Web regrind cams, i didnt think there was anything wrong with them but my brother seems to think there messed up. The tips of the lobes are shiny, it doesnt have a through wear pattern like the stock cams had. My brother thinks that maybe with the stock springs there was some valve float, causing the tips to be the only point of contact? Any opinions? should i be concerned? Should i just run them? I will take some better pictures later. I was thinking of sending the pictures to Web cams to get there opinion. Im not sure what would cause this.

[sasquatch]

its "shiny" at the tip of the lobes cause thats where the valve spring has the most pressure on the lobe, on the "ramp" of the cam the contact patch of the lobe and the HLA is much bigger so it dosnt show wear as much... its normal...

[Hot_Wheels]

its "shiny" at the tip of the lobes cause thats where the valve spring has the most pressure on the lobe, on the "ramp" of the cam the contact patch of the lobe and the HLA is much bigger so it dosnt show wear as much... its normal...

hmm also they seems pitted towards the edges, you think thats normal?




Out of all the cams ive had seen(1.6 gtx,bpt 1.8, bp05 ect) i never seen it like this. But i was also thinking these are regrinds, i belive the weld the tips and regrind them, so the dissimilar metal just may look shiny? ill get a better picture tomorrow. Also you can see the edges seemed chipped?

[Hot_Wheels]

small update, well after doing some talking with a engine builder on miataturbo i decided it maybe best to send my head to him to go through the valve train, replace the guids, re cut the valve sears and guide throat. Heads all boxed up and will be shipped Monday. I bought a miata/honda hybrid intake manifold. so back to the waiting game.

[russian]

So for a 323 A control arm, do we use the front mount as is? What about the sway bar?

[Hot_Wheels]

no sway bar, use the stock location and make a u bracket.

[Hot_Wheels]

Small update, I lost my fabricator so i had to find a new shop willing to take on the project. Well i think i found a great guy he has lots of ideas and is really interested in the project. here is some progress from today, I will be going out there Friday to drop off some parts and help out.

[skimsucka]

^ whats the purpose behind moving the axle shaft mount out like that?

[Hot_Wheels]

the xr2 mid shaft will not line up with the block properly using the Kia g25mr trans, so you need to modify how it bolts to the block, its at a different angle. i would have preferred it closer to the block but this is still going to get the job done and is nice and straight.

[skimsucka]

the xr2 mid shaft will not line up with the block properly using the Kia g25mr trans, so you need to modify how it bolts to the block, its at a different angle. i would have preferred it closer to the block but this is still going to get the job done and is nice and straight.

gotcha I thought it was regular cable g5mr , thx for answer