Pedro the Festiva's build thread.

[Advancedynamix]

Beautiful

I'm taking a guess that you'll be doing the lower rad support mod to this one as well?

Thanks Chris!
I plan to move the engine forward in the chassis and instal my next generation of front lower support one mod at a time. For now the car will be mostly stock, but with a Capri engine and grey interior. I want to document the difference with each chassis mod. I have a feeling this car will be a handful with the B6d in the stock location and no front reinforcement. My 89 festy liked to spin and TQ steer more than Tweak and that was with a whopping 55 ponies. This thing will probably put 120 to the ground. Hmmm. Should be an interesting experiment. I want to see what makes the biggest difference in traction and driveability.

[Damkid]

I definitely look forward to seeing the results you discover since I'll want to follow your footsteps on my next KL festiva build.... Current one is gunna go RWD lol

[Advancedynamix]

WRD (wrong wheel drive) will be a fun experiment too! Driftstiva! Is there a build thread on this yet?

[Advancedynamix]

Correction WWD. Maybe its WWDKD (what would damkid do?).

[Damkid]

Lmfao I like that

[Uhuzit]

I like the way how you do that; love for details. I wish I ha so much patience.

[greywolf200]

I'm onboard, looking good. Getting inspired to fix mine for spring.

[Advancedynamix]

I've made some progress, and need to update this. I'll post a ton of new pictures later this weekend.

[Damkid]

:thumbright:

[David88]

:happy1:

[Advancedynamix]

Here is the stock 88 Festy harness out of Pedro. I've decided to just use it to power all the chassis stuff (lights, wipers, radiator fan, gauges and coil). I pulled it all apart and took out all the wires that I won't be using. I'm going to build a separate harness for the engine management. This way I can just unplug the engine management down the road if I decide to put a tunable system in, like Megasquirt or The Russians system.

I installed all the wires and untangled a bunch of stuff. Then, with all the wires going where they needed to be, I rewrapped the harness.

I then took the harness back out to finish wrapping it and make some alterations for the new unplug-able fuel injection.

[Advancedynamix]

I modified the stock engine mount to clear the DOHC timing cover. This mount also now drops the engine 1/2" for more hood clearance. I made some spacers to lower the tranny crossmember too.

[Advancedynamix]

Now for the good stuff!






I built the basic long block and wrapped it up to transport it out to the car (in a storage lot on the other side of town). I'll build the rest of the engine at the car.

[Advancedynamix]

The engine mount uses 1 3/8" spacers between the original festiva engine mount bracket and the block. The mount was modified to accommodate the spacers and brings the engine back you it's original location, except 1/2" lower for hood clearance.

[Advancedynamix]

Pedro now has twice as many cams, twice as many valves and an extra .3 liters. There is still a ways to go before the car is running. I will put the manifolds and other bits on next weekend and then I can build the engine harness.