Just another build thread

[theastronaut]

Festivas have the most effective theft deterrent offered by any car. Lol

(Getting out of the car to go in a store)

Sister- "You're not going to roll the windows up and lock the doors?!?"

Me- "Umm... Who's going to steal a Festiva?"

Sister- "Good point."

[Advancedynamix]

Exactly. Plus, explaining to every person who rides in it that they have to actually push the lock down manually and hold up the handle to make it lock is exhausting. Lol. That's one thing I don't like about the early cars. It requires a lesson to teach people how to lock the door. Ain't nobody got time fo that!

[dliverance]

All done




Started up right away no problems. Might double up on the 14awg for the acc and main. We'll see.

[firebush357]

Looks Good, Did you relocate the dimmer switch or remove it? I put LED lights in my cluster and the dimmer switch comes in really handy because it can be blinding at night.

[dliverance]

My dimmer switch is tucked in the back. I plan on relocating it to the cluster bezel eventually

[dliverance]

I am getting a little bit tired of driving around with no audio. I think my next project will be pyle pfa200 or pfa300 tucked away somewhere to power the two rear speakers. I don't need much. That and my phone will be a great replacement for the missing stereo. It lets me mount an aspire cubby in the old radio's place too. Projects projects projects.

Good news is that I'm back on stock sized wheels now. What a nice feel. Next paycheck I think I'm ordering my motor for the swap.

[bolokid]

The push button looks good. Nice work. Can't wait to see what you come up with for the cargo cover.

[dliverance]

I haven't updated in a little while but progress is being made. Right now I'm in the works of buying my engine. I found a 125k mile b6d for 275 and I'm arranging pickup for tomorrow. I'm also talking to a member on here about a 5 speed tranny. After that I'll start mocking everything up. I'm hoping that once the motor gets here I can compare sensors and the distributors. It would be nice to just move everything from my 1.3 to the new motor but I dont think it'll be that easy.

[dliverance]

I'm having a really tough time trying to figure out the distributor part of this swap. Right now the best solution i have is to rewire the b6d dizzy to my current wiring and keep the vacuum advance. What i would like to find is a mechanical advance (centrifugal ) that fits the b6d. Going to be a long night of research.

[shorestiva]

The 6d disty does have some mechanical advance along with the vaccuum. bp disty with spark only megasquirt?

[dliverance]

I'm wondering if the mechanical only b6d dizzy will do the job.

[theastronaut]

I ran centrifugal advance only on my '64 VW with dual Dellorto carbs. You do give up a little bit of part throttle response and mpg but it's not a huge difference. You will want to verify exactly how much advance it has though. You might be able to "adjust" how much advance it has by bending the limit stops if it's anything like the distributors I've been inside.

[Advancedynamix]

Your B3 distributor will fit in the b6d. You can shave a little off the retaining cap to lock it down, since the typical clamping ears don't line up.
Quite a few people are running b3 distributors on their b6d engines.

[dliverance]

Your B3 distributor will fit in the b6d. You can shave a little off the retaining cap to lock it down, since the typical clamping ears don't line up.
Quite a few people are running b3 distributors on their b6d engines.

This is the best thing I've read all day.

[fastivaca]

.... have to actually push the lock down manually and hold up the handle to make it lock ...

You don't have to hold up the handle to lock a Festiva, at least not on Canadian ones.