Pedro the Festiva's build thread.

[jhntu]

advanced.. I was meaning the festiva.

[Advancedynamix]

I got it off eBay. They are all made by Deka. It's a etx12 size powersports battery. You could use an etx14 for more power if you wanted, but it's bigger.

[jhntu]

I helped, but had to use parts supplied by sponsors and I didn't tune it. We rushed to get it ready for UTGP and it showed. The car is reliable now, but it wasn't easy to tune the factory management for that setup. The last tune was done at Bluewater Performance in Denver CO. They seem to have gotten it right. It's scary fast. We'll have it out on the track again soon.

Would love to one day be a passenger.

https://youtu.be/cmuyj4HtZWg

[bhazard]

I got it off eBay. They are all made by Deka. It's a etx12 size powersports battery. You could use an etx14 for more power if you wanted, but it's bigger.

Yeah mine is the ext18L. Its a bit big to fit in the same area.

[TominMO]

Yeah mine is the ext18L. Its a bit big to fit in the same area.

Where do you guys get the connectors for your battery cables for these AGM batteries? They don't seem to have them at Advance Auto for instance.

[Advancedynamix]

Where do you guys get the connectors for your battery cables for these AGM batteries? They don't seem to have them at Advance Auto for instance.

Just use heavy duty copper 1/4" ring terminals and crimp and solder them. I use a blow torch and high temp electrical solder. Then heat shrink the crimp and about 1" of the wire with heavy duty shrink tubing for strain relief. They sell heavy duty raychem shrink tubing at home depot, and NAPA can order the copper heavy gauge terminals with 1/4" hole. Electronics suppliers can get high temp solder and the blow torch can be fashioned from pieces of brightly colored paper. Oh... wait, no, that's an origami swan, get the blow torch from Home depot too.

[TominMO]

Just use heavy duty copper 1/4" ring terminals and crimp and solder them. I use a blow torch and high temp electrical solder. Then heat shrink the crimp and about 1" of the wire with heavy duty shrink tubing for strain relief. They sell heavy duty raychem shrink tubing at home depot, and NAPA can order the copper heavy gauge terminals with 1/4" hole. Electronics suppliers can get high temp solder and the blow torch can be fashioned from pieces of brightly colored paper. Oh... wait, no, that's an origami swan, get the blow torch from Home depot too.

I'll just get The Professor to make me one out of coconuts.....

[kumalaba]

^lol

[Advancedynamix]

Pedro passed emissions today! The b6d swap runs cleaner than the Carb b3 ran in Babe. This is always a relief when running a fresh build through smog. Now on to the fun stuff.

[Dragonhealer]

Now on to the fun stuff.

Yes! I want to see the Origami Swan!

[sc72]

^^^ LOL

[Advancedynamix]

Project Origami Swan.

Time for the fun to begin.

[gergorian]

Aww man. Looks fun! Couple of Questions. What wheels are those and what are the specs on them? Also, what studs did you press in? One more. What bump stops did you use as well?

[sketchman]

Righteous! Righteous!

Just had an eyegasm.

[rmoltis]

Project Origami Swan.

Time for the fun to begin.

Great collection of parts.

Looks like you have everything.
Even a couple things I didnt.

Adjustable shock setup, wheel spacers, and wheel studs.

I do have those drilled rotors sitting here new in box.
But decided against them.

Awesome setup can't wait to see the results.

Where are the new twist beam bushings at :toothy7: