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Hello All,
I think this is my first post on here so please look past my lack of knowledge on the quirks of these cars, and I will try to get this thing to the point.
Few years back I bought a 1988 Festiva for a commuter car because of a 110 mile round trip to work and back was breaking me in my 4Runner and Subaru. Well I loved that little car but I got a better job 2 miles from the house so since I didn't need the Freshtiva anymore so I let my down on his luck brother-in-law drive it and in 1 month he proceeded to run it off the side of the interstate (surprisingly very little damage) and blow a head gaskets leaving it on the side of the road for a week. Needless to say he's not driving it anymore. I am buying another house that is closer to the wife's work but makes my commute about 30 miles one way, so I am going to try to resurrect the Festiva.
I am moderate to high skill level mechanically, I hold a mechanical Engineering degree, and work in engineering for Nissan North America, but I know jack squat about Ford Festivas. I have went on Rock Auto and bought an engine rebuild kit(no pistons and rings), Exedy clutch kit, water pump, belts, you name it, and it already has a a new fuel pump, battery, starter and alternator. So I am wanting to just refresh the stock set up but I am tripping over 15,000 engine swap threads and turbo builds on here but I haven't ran across any just general engine freshen up threads. This makes me think I am going about this all wrong, if you guys are the knowledge base and no one is takng the same direction that I have it makes me think I may have wasted about $250 on a buncha rebuild parts online.
So all that being said my question is: Am I wasting my time and money on the idea of breathing life back into the 230k mile 1.3 liter?
Just for the hell of it here are my other 2 money pits...
2012-08-20_16-35-37_696.jpg
I think this is my first post on here so please look past my lack of knowledge on the quirks of these cars, and I will try to get this thing to the point.
Few years back I bought a 1988 Festiva for a commuter car because of a 110 mile round trip to work and back was breaking me in my 4Runner and Subaru. Well I loved that little car but I got a better job 2 miles from the house so since I didn't need the Freshtiva anymore so I let my down on his luck brother-in-law drive it and in 1 month he proceeded to run it off the side of the interstate (surprisingly very little damage) and blow a head gaskets leaving it on the side of the road for a week. Needless to say he's not driving it anymore. I am buying another house that is closer to the wife's work but makes my commute about 30 miles one way, so I am going to try to resurrect the Festiva.
I am moderate to high skill level mechanically, I hold a mechanical Engineering degree, and work in engineering for Nissan North America, but I know jack squat about Ford Festivas. I have went on Rock Auto and bought an engine rebuild kit(no pistons and rings), Exedy clutch kit, water pump, belts, you name it, and it already has a a new fuel pump, battery, starter and alternator. So I am wanting to just refresh the stock set up but I am tripping over 15,000 engine swap threads and turbo builds on here but I haven't ran across any just general engine freshen up threads. This makes me think I am going about this all wrong, if you guys are the knowledge base and no one is takng the same direction that I have it makes me think I may have wasted about $250 on a buncha rebuild parts online.
So all that being said my question is: Am I wasting my time and money on the idea of breathing life back into the 230k mile 1.3 liter?
Just for the hell of it here are my other 2 money pits...
2012-08-20_16-35-37_696.jpg
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