Pedro the Festiva's build thread.

[sketchman]

Nice. Watching for sure.

[moz]

I don't think I would have moved to AZ if I was from Australia. I've heard the climate is very similar. Even Fiats and Alphas don't rot here though, but we don't have an ocean or Kuala bears, so you win.

Lol!
Come here any time mate!

[Twistiva]

Wow! Pedro looks to be in amazing condition! Used to live in Tucson. 2 tours at Davis-Monthan. I should have scoured the entire city for Festys back then. Twistiva's an 88 carb and I'd love to buy some parts off you but Twistiva is running fairly well (other than an oil leak/transmission leak) so I'm not sure what's worth buying. My only 'engine specific' complaint is it stutters when the outside air temp is super cold. Somebody told me it might be carberatour icing?

Good luck on your build. Everything you do on Festivas turns to gold so I'm sure it will look and drive perfect when your'e done! :thumbs_up:

[Advancedynamix]

Don't mean to gloat, but that's the standard condition of most non beach cars in australia.

With the exception of Italian cars. Alfa and fiat will rust even if kept inside a vacuum sealed room

I don't think I would have moved to AZ if I was from Australia. I've heard the climate is very similar. Even Fiats and Alphas don't rot here though, but we don't have an ocean or Kuala bears, so you win.

[Uhuzit]

With the exception of Italian cars. Alfa and fiat will rust even if kept inside a vacuum sealed room

I couldn't have said it any better. :ia:

[moz]

Don't mean to gloat, but that's the standard condition of most non beach cars in australia.

With the exception of Italian cars. Alfa and fiat will rust even if kept inside a vacuum sealed room

[Advancedynamix]

This car is so cherry that the engine and trans mounts were still in great shape! And they look to be original! I'm amazed by the condition of this car. The original owner gave or willed it to his granddaughter, and it had a leaky VC gasket, cam seal and front main seal. The leaks must have lead to the car running out of oil at least once pretty bad, which is what took out the crank. I bet the cam and head are junk too. It's really to bad because the ports were really clean and all the components on the engine are in excellent shape. the car ran great too, before I let it sit for a year and the fuel pump quit. Oh well, it'll be better with a B6D.
Check out these mounts.

[fastivaca]

.... but we all know what happens to goals in the car world.

You speak with much wisdom Mr. Charlie,sir!!!

[Damkid]

That's just crazy

[Advancedynamix]

Number one reason to move to Arizona: These Nuts

Not just that these nuts are nice and warm in the sunshine of a beautiful December day, or that these nuts get to relax while most are being busted shoveling snow. Nope, the best part is how nice and clean my nuts are! When was the last time you saw 25 year old exhaust manifold nuts that looked like these?

That's pretty common in these parts. I like my nuts to still sparkle after 25 years of heat and action. Mmmmhmmm.

[Advancedynamix]

[Advancedynamix]

If you Carby guys need anything, let me know. I'll let it go cheap cheap (pretty much shipping and handling). The fuel pump went out on it from sitting dry, and the carb may need a cleaning from gas sitting for a year, but it all looks like new. I can't justify scrapping this nice carburetor setup, but I don't have space for it. PM me if you need anything.

[Advancedynamix]

I think you're gonna miss Tweak's power

^^if he doesn't already

The power is missed already, but I know I'm going to miss that traction and drivability most of all. I have a feeling this car is going to be a handful to drive with the engine in the stock location and these spindly little axles. Tweaks new owner prefers to drive tweak in the rain over his B3 festiva with the same tires and suspension because, in his words "Tweak hooks up sooo much better." I can remember that same scenario with Babe. Babe would burn out and TQ steer more than Tweak with it's little 200K mile (just broken in) carby b3. lol. But, I miss driving a Festy and this engine is better than that "knocking on heavens door" b3 that Pedro has now. I have a good collection of G series transmissions and turbos so this could go well. There is a PNP megasquirt box for this plug style. It's like a legos expandable pack. haha For now lets just pull this seemingly pristine Carby B3 out of this engine bay!

It comes out today. This engine is like a well preserved time capsule. Everything was untouched and immaculate. every plug was in it's its proper place and there were no crispy wires or broken plugs or rusty bolts. I love Arizona for this and the old people that live here and maintain their little retirement cars.

[Damkid]

^^if he doesn't already

[bhazard]

I think you're gonna miss Tweak's power