Ian's B6T Festiva build

[ryanprins13]

A nice bright glossy white would look amazing against the aqua!


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[Advancedynamix]

Very cool! Those tires are worth more than the wheels if they are in good shape. Finding quality 175/50-13 tires has become a chore.

[fastivaca]

are you going to refinish them?

I'll clean them up properly when I have them all and see what needs to be done. I may end up painted the whole wheel white which should look good on the aqua car.

[dliverance]

are you going to refinish them?

[fastivaca]

May have some new wheels and tires for the project.

13×6 +38 EXIM wheels with 175/50-13 Sumitomo HTR200 tires. Have one of them and should have the other three towards the end of the month.



They're a similar style to my current ones but white and an inch wider.

[kumalaba]

she looks great! glad you are having so much fun. when shadetree did my swap i couldnt stay out of it. i ran a spec stage 2 clutch and ran her very hard & she held up

[fastivaca]

First long drive in the Festiva out to Rosebud AB



Car ran great!

[fastivaca]

Since I've got this car on the road the two questions I've heard most are "what kind of car is that?" and "did you just paint that?" Heard a new one today... "Do you want to sell your car?"

[fastivaca]

Well, I certainly enjoyed them....htd

Thank you!

What a beautiful car! Great job Ian. Have you been enjoying the extra HP? How is the clutch working?

Thanks Charlie. I've really been enjoying the added HP not to mention the additional torque. There's one long steady hill with a 60mph speed limit that I drive quite often that I would usually have to downshift into fourth to get up with only me in the car. With the new engine I can make it up in fifth with three adults in the car with ease.

To be honest , I was a little concerned about the clutch because I was put in the disc from the old car. However, the Spec Stage 2 pressure plate and newly surfaced stock weight flywheel is holding up very well. A couple of times I've had a bit of a shudder downshifting but not worried about that. Overall I'm really happy with the project. I've ordered the proper VDO oil pressure sender that will operate the gauge I've installed and still trigger the oil pressure light.



The A/C will get properly recharged shortly and there are a few other little things to sort out.

Looking forward to Westiva next month and our road trip to Montana and Wyoming in August.

[Advancedynamix]

What a beautiful car! Great job Ian. Have you been enjoying the extra HP? How is the clutch working?

[greywolf200]

Well, I certainly enjoyed them....htd

[fastivaca]

Just a few more photos for your enjoyment...











The euro tail lights were picked up from The Festiva Store!
The Festiva emblem was purchased from forum member CapriTypeR.

[Icedawg]

The rich condition is normal on the b6t. Tweak will dip down into the mid 10:1 range sometimes. The b6t fuel injection runs in open loop at WOT, so it'll always run rich when you pin it.

Agreed, mine runs at 10.3 or so under WOT, and 14 to 14.5 at idle or when cruising around at 1/4 throttle.

[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, this syndrome also tends to develop a weird muscle memory that integrates the right foot with the face muscles. Pushing of the toes typically generates a foolish grin in a pavlovian manner. The effects can be rather permanent.

The rich condition is normal on the b6t. Tweak will dip down into the mid 10:1 range sometimes. It only seems to be a problem with fuel mileage. If you want to conserve fuel, drive under 4k rpm and avoid using more than 3/4 throttle. The car will still be fast, but it'll run in the mid 13's on your 02 meter. It should cruise (low throttle no boost) around 14.5:1, but over 4k rpm it'll run in the low 13:1 range. The b6t fuel injection runs in open loop at WOT, so it'll always run rich when you pin it.

[fastivaca]

Where is the car running rich? My b6t cars always run rich under boost.

Exactly where you mentioned.... while under boost.

This is my first turbocharged car so I'm getting used to new noises etc. One thing I've noticed is that my right foot seems to get sucked to the floor quite often 😊