My n/a super b3 build

[Huli]

Re: My n/a super b3 build

I just finished coating my 14s with hammerite black paint! Getting the tires on tomorrow.
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[drumnerd33]

Ok thats what i was thinking also.

[Prafeston]

Yeah, ascents on the interior and engine bay should match your orange wheels if you asked me. The main color. Brown would be good for body, engine, seats, main interior trim. Orange would be good for wheels, valve cover, other smaller ascent on the interior.

[drumnerd33]

Well called the local machine shop today and the block is ready they just havent finished the invoice on it yet... so now just have to squeeze together the money to pick it upbanana time

[rmoltis]

theres nothing that is wrong when you are doing something you enjoy. and chances are most people wouldnt know whether a cars paint color was from a specific make/model. unless its an automotive painter. i would try and match my color scheme with the color you choose for the body. if you paint the body orange match the color on your engine, and then use that same color to match on the interior. pick a main color then a secondary color. the main color will look nice all over and the secondary color would be used to breakup the color inbetween places and parts where you want definition. but yet again all this is just my opinion. everyone has their own ideas so if people suggest some ideas take what you want from everyones ideas and discard the rest because ultimately it is all about what you would like personally.

[drumnerd33]

LOl i know but its always a question like.... welllll is that just wrong or who gives a craphmmmmmm

[Prafeston]

Match your wheels as close as you can. Who cares what factory orange you have to use. It's your car. Most people probably won't even tell. I doubt if you popped the hood some one would just go off in a rant to you about how you used a Dodge orange on a Ford car!

[drumnerd33]

Thats a good idea... never thought of that:thumbs_up:

[DriverOne]

Paint is paint. Do what you like! Yank the valve cover, wrap it in aluminum foil, and paint it the color you want. Stick it on the top of the engine, stand back, and see if the color looks good. If it does, cool! If not, it's easy clean up and you haven't wasted a bunch of time re-priming etc.

[drumnerd33]

Here is a good question for everybody since there is alot of people paying attention to this right now. im going to be painting while i build, cuz now is the time to do it, i want to eventually do the exterior of my car a chesnut metallic brown and wrap my wheels in a carbon fiber orange vinyl (why? because i can.. and it will make my car stick out..lol) so i kinda wanted the engine to stay within the colors of the scheme of the car. So i was thinking the chrysler hemi orange engine paint... but is that like total sacreligous cuz its a ford/mazda/kia? I looked at the ford orange but its very red.

[drumnerd33]

^Lol yes its true i have also posted on that thread.

blkfordsedan only prob here is that i am running a 32/36 weber on mine so im not dealing with any of the efi/maf sensors. im going to be tuning with a wideband afr gauge and also have a vacuum gauge.

[Prafeston]

I just want to let it be known I tried to stop this before it started on page 8! There is literally already a thread going on building vs. swapping if you want to hash it out over there: http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...lding+swapping

Has this not been hammered away at enough on this site? I feel like this has come up in like 3 different threads..

Sure you can go the easy cheap way...and most of us probably would. But some people like to be different. Does it really need to be hashed out again? Some people like coffee others like tea...some people don't like either. Just enjoy what you see in here!

[blkfordsedan]

Not to jack the thread, but when the time comes, I want to hear from Matt about tuning the factory EFI/ECM/VAF setup for a 100+ HP N/A B3. I suspect those of us who have ported heads, headers, cams, etc. are probably leaving some HP on the table.

[TheresGabe]

Lol yeah I know he does have the pic but not the same. He was telling me it seemed like the 5 speed was a little stronger then the 4 speed cuz when you read people grenading there tranny it seems to always be the 4 speed, but I honestly don't know a whole lot about our transmissions... I have tried to search and learn but have a hard time finding info. I'm still confused as to which tranny the 5 speed is and which the g series that everybody talks about cones from...

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Anybody with information on this? I've owned both... It's my understanding that a 4-speed stock Festiva tranny is identical to a 5-speed Festiva tranny, just minus one gear correct? No additional strength to a 5 over a 4.

[mattdickmeyer]

That's probably a large factor. Guy I work with blows axles in his stock Rio because he launches hard off every light/stop sign/parking lot/whatever. And I saw diff pin wear in a trans that I know was beat on once in its life.

What clutch are you running at 100hp/L?

Stock replacement.