My n/a super b3 build

[bhazard]

You will find that sticking with "festiva size" tires will make the car feel a lot more peppy than a larger tire like those 14's.

I went from a 205/50-15 to a 195/45-14 on my bpt car and I will never run the bigger stuff again.

[drumnerd33]

Well part of that is the gearing... The larger tires make it feel like you have no power cuz it's geared wrong.... The aspire transmission will fix that problem, yes you are adding unsprung weight with larger tire/rim and larger brakes... But it's all for a purpose, larger tire/rim gives better handling, better stability at higher speeds. Bigger brakes give you better stopping power, and cooler brakes. Like I said earlier my brakes actually work fine but I smelled my brakes after hitting them hard to not miss an exit on the highway.... That's not good at all considering I hot them hard but only for like a few seconds and they got hot that quick

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[drumnerd33]

This galant swap? Is it the vr4 I think I read a little bit about it... What all does it entail?

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[bhazard]

They call it the vr4 swap even though you don't use the vr4 rotors...I believe you use the 266mm rotors which I think was 10.5" vs 10.2 for the xr2. But they are WAY thicker like at least 50% thicker maybe.

You turn down the hub ears on a lathe or grind them down, get longer studs for a b series pickup, and fit the rotor over the hub instead of behind. Then use an escort gt caliper.

They're truly huge for the festiva. Maybe I still have pics of mine.

[drumnerd33]

Is it over kill though? Cuz even the Capri size is considered over kill

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[bhazard]

Yes. Why do you think I switched to an aspire swap?

[drumnerd33]

Lol well yes I see that, only reason I didn't want to do the aspire swap was the lug pattern

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[greywolf200]

The Capri swap is cool at first....and cooler when you do the galant upgrade to them. But then you realize you can't run 13's anymore and you pretty much tripled your unsprung weight up front for brakes that aren't really any better on a festiva than aspire brakes.

But yeah if you think Capri brakes are "massive" check out the galant upgrade for them.

I already have a set of 14" wheels that I love and want to keep and have also been considering the Aspire transmission swap when I run across one.

[greywolf200]

You will find that sticking with "festiva size" tires will make the car feel a lot more peppy than a larger tire like those 14's.

I went from a 205/50-15 to a 195/45-14 on my bpt car and I will never run the bigger stuff again.

That is a big jump in tire size. I'm considering going to 165/50-14 next time for that reason.

[greywolf200]

Lol well yes I see that, only reason I didn't want to do the aspire swap was the lug pattern

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[Cannibeasty]

So any dyno runs as of yet? I'm really curious to see what the b3 is capable of N/A!

[drumnerd33]

Not yet and I just broke my cam gear last night... So gotta put a new one on to get it running again and hopefully didn't bend any valves

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[TominMO]

Not yet and I just broke my cam gear last night... So gotta put a new one on to get it running again and hopefully didn't bend any valves

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How did you break a cam gear?
Valves shoudn't be affected because non-interference.

[drumnerd33]

Don't know why it broke... And yes it's non interference when stock but I have a .513 lift on my cam so my valves stick down more and my head is decked 23 thousandths so it may not be non interference any more

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[TominMO]

Ooooh yeah, could be an issue. Is your cam gear the stock steel one, or do you have a lighter aftermarket aluminum one?

With my MPG cam, it is even more non-interference! Lower cam lobes.