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  • 1988 Stock 1.3L Rebuild

    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...
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    Not at all. If you are happy with the amount of power it has stock then i say go for it. How many miles are on it? One thing you need to check is how far out of round the cylinders are and get the crank miced to make sure you can just replace the bearings.... It is definitely better to have everything machined so its brand new but if you follow the stock specs and make sure everything is in spec you could just freshen it up.

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    • #3
      From the looks of your two other money pits you already have a classic ride and a fun speedy ride. Might as well breath life back into a nice economy ride!
      -Rafe-

      Things I have for sale.
      Random Festiva Parts
      Festiva Non-Swoopy Power Drivers Mirror

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