Accepting entries for May FOTM

[Damkid]

Lets have another month like march with LOTS of entries!!!!!

[xanthinic12]

starting off april strong, due the thought of cancelling FOTM

Name: Paul Barrera
Location: Miami, Fl-West Chester, Pa
Year, Make/Model: 1991 Festiva GL
History of Car: hand-me-down car from my sister. drove it down to miami, still alive.
Current modifications: B6 swap, full Exhaust, tint, wheels and tires, redone interior, new speakers, 6" subs, head unit, painted brakes. relocated battery,sattilite radio
Planned Modifications: coilovers and body kit whenever I get around to it.

[25Horseplay]

I love the picture of it going into the truck!

[quaddawg]

My Festy Solo Page http://home.fuse.net/Stanford_Motorsports/Festiva.php

Andrew Stanford
Cincinnati, Ohio
1989 Festiva L Autocrosser

I have loved Festivas since I bought my first one back in 2000, I got it because I was broke, and it was cheap. I had always LOVED tiny little cars, so I was smitten immediately. Unfortunately it was an abused little car, and didn't last long. I searched for Festivas at every opportunity, and bought and sold another one a few years later.

Once I read about engine swapping them, I was on the hunt again. When I found this car on Ebay (being sold by a member here!) I was intrigued and talked the fellow out of selling it on Ebay, and letting me come give him some cash.

He had done a JDM B6 swap on the car and had stripped it and had it prepared for SCCA Autocrossing. The car needed a bit more work, and I almost sold it.. right here on FF.COM! BOY am I glad I didn't.

I decided to go ahead and take it to an Autocross, and that was all she wrote. The mods started up again, and before you knew it, it had 8" wide Hoosier racing slicks on it and it was on it's way!

Every week I fell more and more in love with my little car. Others started noticing it, and my plans started growing!

I did an interesting Suspension build up, and it is documented with a sticky right here on FF.Com.

NOW, the little car has gifted me with a First place D modified points regional points championship, a shelf full of first place event trophies, and I am starting my second season of autocross as we speak! I am now the Solo Chair in the Cincinnati Region SCCA, in charge of ALL the autocross in the city. I just put on an Evolution Autocross school and we drew students from all over the midwest, with nationally known championship instructors coming in to do the teaching!.
The little car was one of the hits of the school. And all four national champions took turns driving it on the course, everybody had a blast, and they all came away with a real respect for Festivas! They are STILL talking about the way my little car hooks up! All this because I fell in love with a little car... and also because all of you were nice enough to welcome me into the Festiva community... and THANKS FOR NOT BUYING MY CAR WHEN I TRIED TO SELL IT!!! I just got off the phone with Danny Popp, and he was STILL talking about the drive he took in the Festy! Check this link and see what he drives, and what records HE holds... for him to even MENTION my car is a thumbs up for Festivas everywhere! http://www.raftracer.com/

A good Autocross friend had an extra 5 point, it is out of date for tech for road racing, but it doesn't matter for autocross..


It is a wrap around style for the shoulder straps, so I installed a cross bar on the B pillar. I will incorporate this into my cage when I get that far, but for now, it actually stiffens the car a bit, as well as giving a great anchor point for the harness.

The top of the side bars are bolted into the lower of the stock seat belt mounting optional holes.. the bottom is tack welded for now, and I will through bolt the B pillar at some point, for extra strength.

Everybody tells me that a harness is going to really help me shave some seconds off my times... since once you cinch yourself in, you don't have to use the steering wheel to hold onto.. I can't wait to find out!






As of right now, the car has:

JDM B6 carb motor
Weber/Holley 32/36 carb with custom two piece adapter for a hogged out intake manifold.
Genie header
2" exhaust
No cat
Flowmaster import muffler
Pacesetter Adjustible shifter
MazdaSpeed Strut bar
Brembo slotted rotors
Excedy Clutch
Battery relocated to right rear
Diamond racing wheels
Hoosier Road Racing Slicks
Mazda 323 application KYB's front, custom modified perches welded
Ground Control Coil adjusters
Eibach springs 350# front
KYB AGX adjustible rear shocks Mitsubishi application
Ground controls and Eibachs out back (250#)
Full compliment of FMS High Durometer trans/engine mounts
FMS High durometer competition strut mounts
ALL emissions removed
Stripped interior
Accel coil
Magnacore Plug wires
Pacesetter Adjustible shifter
Full gauges added
Mazda RX7 Steering wheel
Custom B-Pillar bar
5-point racing harness
Summit Racing Sport Seats with custom welded mounts
and a full compliment of custom race numbers and stickers
Stanford Motorsports (my company...) Sponser stickers all around..

I plan on a Phantom grip LSD in a 5 speed next.
As far as the motor, I will be adding an FMS Competition cam
Shaved head, and better springs, possible vale train lightening and porting as needed to make it all go!

Pics!!!

[collegeboi]

good competition here.

[Damkid]

Wow 2 entries and it's only april 2nd

let's keep it going!!!!!!

[Maxtiva]

Should-I submit my car again ?

[scottxd45]

Wow I think I know who I'm voting for now! You have A LOT of work in that thing. Also you have some weird looking deer in Canada. Doesn't look like the deer in Indiana that's for sure.

[xanthinic12]

is may the month of the B6, finally beating out the bp's and b6t's

[Damkid]

Should-I submit my car again ?

since it was last year when you won, you're more than welcome to submit again

[Maxtiva]

Yes but I have 77 pic in my FOTM for this month.

[Damkid]

Yes but I have 77 pic in my FOTM for this month.

i know we all love pics but wow! thats a lot of pics!

[Glease]

Man, those seats are sooo nice.

Drool.

[25Horseplay]

I should enter my green car!

[Maxtiva]

If you submit your green car I submit my car.