Slicks on a festiva.

[hofficergrover]

That sway bar would that work ok for a street car? Really liking it as well, but my cars will see the street allot more than a track.

[Dr_Dseries]

i am going to run the festiva brakes to start and i will have a chute for extra insurance in case they decide to you know not agree with my demands

[GenevaDirt]

the Capri swap does not take all kind of parts....I know something has to be changed but so does the Aspire swap ....Arty is running it with no issues and it keeps the stock bolt pattern....but you do have to run 14" rims or better I believe.

[Dr_Dseries]

geez i am really going to push this d series. I am currently debating spending a bunch of money on a air/water IC setup or buying bigger injectors and a a1000 and running alcohol. I think the chargepipe situation will dictate that as its going to be a front facing turbo setup.

[Damkid]

I am telling you guys I am confident I will have the worlds fastest fwd festiva

Sounds like competition :evil4::evil4:..... i'm planning to boost my V6 this winter


I wouldn't be surprised if i try that sway bar thing on my festiva, i really do like the look of it

[Dr_Dseries]

would pry make it wayy better esp for a v6 car because the wheels would be on a set path and would not be allowed to go forward and back messing up the caster when around turns. running a setup like this also gives me a great spot to run limiter straps so when i lauch i will come to 0 camber and stay there. I am telling you guys I am confident I will have the worlds fastest fwd festiva just to show up all these civics. I know its going to be powerd by a honda motor but never the less once the chassis work gets all setup and it goes straight and fast whose to say a really nasty bp cant be dropped in and run similar times. I would love to see a festiva hang with some of these cars in the 1320

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji8Llm-nZSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj5qj_mWg1Y
but due to much less weight it would need much less power.

If I pull it off all of you get tickets to every event I will be at. Most will be southern WI but others will be all around the country

[Damkid]

Hmm thats sure neat looking, but how would that effect it for handling?

[Dr_Dseries]

this is how they mount on a civic but use your imagination and see how they would fit on a festiva

this would be 100% better than running a swaybar and soft rubber bushings

[Damkid]

That sway bar thing is interesting, do you have any installed pics?

[Dr_Dseries]

solid rotors are actually much better for drag racing as they have less tendancy to warp run after run. and even if they last one weekend and I have to replace them big deal. I also have a pretty sweet swaybar well not really sway bar setup for the front suspension of these little cars based on a tried and true design of honda traction bars. Involving welding solid bushings where the factory bar goes through then running a long bolt through with a bracket and a heim joint and solid rods to a cross member bolted to the framerails that wont allow the front suspension to flex forward when the car launches.



Some thing along these lines to completely eliminate that wacky swaybar stabilizer bar setup

[Damkid]

The festiva brakes will work, they suck but they'll do, to change a festiva rotor you need to take the hub out of the spindle cause the rotor bolts from the back side, it's a stupid design, the aspire rotors bolt from the outside, much nicer to work with, the festiva rotors are solid where the aspire rotors are vented

[Dr_Dseries]

so festiva brakes just suck plain and simple. not even with a pad swap? they only need to stop once every hour. I have 1/4 mile to slow down from the first 1/4 mile. I just figured they were better than expected I have ran some pretty small brakes on drag cars and been ok. I guess i will have to look in the jy its just the 4x114 wheels are much cheaper than 4x100 and the slicks i have pry wont fit because there 10" wide. plus one of the rims is pretty bashed when the car hit the wall

[Damkid]

Do the capri swap then.

Aspire brakes require less mix-matching of parts then the Capri swap, besides there's more info on aspire brakes

[bhazard]

Do the capri swap then.

[Dr_Dseries]

i guess i will just have to upgrade the fronts then. The rears I dont really care about and i am going to run skinnys anywho. I do have a friend who can machine me some brackets for mounting civic calipers on festiva hubs but I want to keep weight as low as possible on this car.