Just another build thread

[dliverance]

Since I plan on destroying cones with the car, I think I might also add an abs splitter so the autoxing doesn't destroy the lip. With my side skirts, rear mud flaps, the front lip and the spoiler I haven't installed, I think I'm done with exterior work for a while. In the future I want to get a passenger mirror and lower spoiler. I might also make a quad hella headlight setup thats one piece with the grill.

[dliverance]

I got the old motor pulled a little while ago. That was fun. As soon as I got it out I sprayed and scrubbed the bay. She was filthy. I'm about 75% done with the cleaning but since I'm tired, it's time for a break. I still need to look into what sensors need to be kept and what I can do away with. Here's the pics.

[wwwdotgov]

The engine bay cleaned up nice. It'll be cool seeing a dual carbed engine once in place!

[Advancedynamix]

This is getting good!
I'd vent the catch can to atmosphere. Sometimes it gets messy if you vent it to vacuum with carbs like that. The vacuum will spike under heavy decel and could suck oil right out of your crank vent.
I routed a vent pipe out the fender on my b6t car and that works well.

[dliverance]

Thanks guys. Thats kind of what I'm thinking. A line in from the vc, a line out to the manifold and a breather of some sort.

[dliverance]

I'm looking to do some work while I have the engine out. I want to replace my steering rack and bushings, control arms and the radiator. I was looking at the festiva store and they have this advertised for the 90-93.

https://squareup.com/store/the-festiva-store/item/rebuilt-festiva-manual-steering-rack

Is there any reason I can't use this rack? The other option I have is a depowered aspire power steerign rack but I haven't looked into the details yet. I wouldn't mind having a tighter ratio since in autox, steering is critical.

[dliverance]

here's the aspire rack I'm looking at

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-1997-Ford-Aspire-Power-Steering-Rack-and-Pinion-Complete-Assembly-/272066367342?fits=Model%3AAspire&hash=item3f586b4f6e:g:X84AAOSw6EhUSpWC&vxp=mtr

[theastronaut]

I asked this in the quick ratio rack thread in the suspension section. Should be able to find an answer there.

[dliverance]

Ah, didn't know there was a thread for that already. I'll go look now

[dliverance]

I just realized I never made a new member thread or discussed any of my past projects so I think now might be a good time for an introduction. Over the past few years I've had the pleasure of building some pretty awesome and fun cars. In the past 16 years I have owned some 40+ cars. I've always had a passion for driving and I've always loved figuring out how things worked. My first car was a 1982 toyota celica gt and it's been history ever since. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of everything I've owned but here's a few of my projects from my photobucket.

[dliverance]

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[dliverance]

here's the complete list
1986 civic dx blue
1987 crx si purple
1986 crx black
1992 civic hatchback teal
1988 crx blue
1988 crx black b16 swap
1989 crx silver
1988 crx white stock
1989 crx white jdm front b16 b16 swap
1982 celica gt blue
1972 celica blue
1974 celica silver
1977 celica green
1994 celica coupe black
1994 celica hatchback auto
1995 celica hatchback red
1995 celica hatchback gold st205 body parts
1988 camry burgandy
1991 miata green
1991 miata silver
1992 miata smurf blue
1996 miata lightning blue
1999 miata green turbo
1999 miata silver mazdaspeed swap
2001 2.5rs silver widebody
2001 2.5rs blue
2003 wrx silver
2003 wrx black
1995 mazda rx7
1991 infiniti g20 red
1996 infiniti g20 green
1992 infiniti g20 white
1999 infiniti g20 pearl white
1996 dodge neon
1991 ford probe lx
1996 ford probe gt
1996 bmw 328is
1989 240sx maroon
1989 dodge colt gold
1984 nissan d20 yellow
1987 nissan d20 4x4 red
1991 cheep cherokee green
1994 ford ranger black
1998 ford f-150 green
1988 ford festiva white

[Festiver]

Damn that's alot of awesome cars

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[Advancedynamix]

I like how you've improved a good portion of the cars you've owned. It looks like they have left your hands in better condition than you found them. Clean builds too. The FD has always held a place in my heart, as well as the 2.5RS. Thanks for sharing!

[dliverance]

Thanks guys.

The 2.5rs is such a great car. It behaves like an fwd until thrashed. They pack great torque and I loved the sounds. It was definitely one of the more fun cars to autox.

As for the FD, that thing broke my heart miserably. I sold my turbo nb to buy it and it was already in rough shape when I got it. I spent the next year building it and it cost me so much time. I went from the stock twins to a single turbonetics 60-1 with custom v mount and a crap ton of other mods. The motor was freshly rebuilt by a reputable builder but after I got it tuned, I wanted to dyno it. It puked an apex seal on tra hehe dyno with 1500 miles on the motor. Just past the break in. I love the idea of rotary engines but I dont think I'd ever do that again. Here's a clip of the first start up.

https://youtu.be/7s3Rujj0CEs

The fd is actually why I decided to go with smaller cars again. I lost 17k in that build and almost 1000 hours of my own labor. With my festiva, I have the same passion as I did with my FD but for a fraction of the cost and headache.