February FOTM Winner

[Damkid]

The winner for February FOTM is.....................






































skimsucka!!!! Congratulations!! Don't spend your winnings all in one festiva :lol:

Here's his entry again

Hello all Im RJ a 21 yr old full time electronics engineering student working 2 jobs - Pizza delivery and terrazzo/marble floor restoration

CAR 88 LX
B8-ME(Eurotivas motor)
Cat Delete pipe
traction bar
festy 5spd tranny
suzuki swift 4 puck clutch
stainless oval muffler
mallory inline fuel pump wired to stock efi relay moutned with protege fuel filter mount
sabb single din cup/coin holder in origional radio location
Kicker ds40 to replace all stock speakers
Kicker shallow 10 under passenger seat (Hidden)
Kicker kx 400.1 amp under driver (Hidden)
Jensen vm9411 7in single din dvd ipod flip out
KYBs all around
Ground Control Coilovers
FMS hi durom mounts all around
13 American Racing estrellas wrapped in Summito 195/60/13s
walmart Fog lights
Cruise control
int. wiper/cruise stalk
A/C
Rear wiper
split rear seat
pwr mirror
limo tint all around
Tilt steering
cargo light w/switch
escort dome light
Dash clock


My Festiva story

I became very interested in saving gas and low emissions naturally caring about the environment being a surfer right when gas was sky high I got motivated and started looking into all the small cars out there geos , tracers and such but a Festivas character, open roominess and Mpg were a combo others didn't seem to have . Making my decision on a car I started to look on craigslist eBay classifieds.... nothing. On my way to work one morning I was passing through an intersection and a small car caught my peripherals and I thought no way one right here under my nose. It had only been the second day I was looking for one and I went to work all day thinking about it. I got off and went to the home and found it was an 88lx and left a note at the owners door. I had to go back the next day to try again to contact the owner and they were home a Latin couple that didn't speak much English after debates and figuring things out about the car i came the next day and picked it up for my ripoff price of 700$ I know I rushed it I just wanted a festiva bad ahaha. I brought it home and went through the bucket of bolts and small parts that it came with(just wonderful) the tranny cross member was also hanging and a fuel leak, also I was told a clutch was put in and tranny needed to be bolted back. Anyhow that night figuring out where everything went and doing basic tune up on liquids the car was running at 1:00 am in my garage ! this was only the beginning , I worked on the car for the next month repairing frame rust behind fenders passenger and driver as well as removing the windsheild and installing a new cowel and front seats 4 hrs each of resolve and bissel machine ! I then proceeded to do my first body and paint job with spray paint and it came out great for 45$ as youll see below . Things became much easier after finding FF.com and got me more addicted or should I say infected with the festiva sickness. I had tried to contact some close florida members with no luck, one day i got a pm from Eurotiva asking if i was down to meet up with him at local drag strip i was more then ready to meet another festiva owner . After meeting greg he encouraged me and others to go to FM3 which i was nervous because my car had carb motor with 350,000 miles on it ! As most of you know his encouraging words lead to the successful FL convoy of 8 round trip to FM3. After FM3 and driving gregs car i had my mind set on a swap and dilligently began to search for a swap canidate and i came to the B8-ME for its plug and play no modification bolt in type capability. After months of serching for a complete protege dx with no luck and much frustration talks between me and greg lead to me purchasing his comlete motor tranny clutch set up! this was only one piece to my puzzle because i was swapping a carb car sooooo... greg let me steal the efi "auto" harness wiper tank and efi dash off the betty boop car we scored in miami and i got some here and there pieces froma local junkyard, as well as my inline fuel pump from hofficergrove. Over the past week and a half with work and school I completed my first engine harness swap with no major complications. If you want power and an easy swap B8 all dayy I love my car and get many compliments and looks frequently

Also the latin couple I despise now completely played me I found out and talked to there neighbor that GAVE THEM THE CAR !! ahhhhhh- he had use it to tow behind his Rv and guy before him lived in Melbourne fl and used as dd for couple months and before that my festy was towed behind a school bus for a company that delivered them based in PA , four guys would drive four buses and tow festy behind one and then pile in the festy and drive back to base.

Thanks to all i have bought parts from and or have answered my questions along the way

Eurotiva
Levitan
Hot_Wheels
ejptofast

and every one on FF.com...........................................E njoy all the pics cya all that Sunshine meet











































oops Boat was behind me lol



Before all suspenion stuff





After suspension and B8 swap sorry its dirty no time to wash































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Fuel pump and bracket


Clearence ac compressor and waterpump pulleys


Motor mount





MUFFLER oval














Turbo COMING VERY SOON!

[wybnrml]

Congrats, looks like a well deserved win!:thumbright:

[eurotiva]

No turbo.....I'm surprized you won....J/K Congrats RJ

[batstiva]

Alright, this Florida stuff is getting out of hand.

Kidding, Congrats Skimsucka!! Well deserved win!

[eurotiva]

Alright, this Florida stuff is getting out of hand.

Scott, just wait We're just getting started.........it's just Jan

[Damkid]

Once my car is complete i'll throw an entry in for some good florida competition

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice car, congrats!

[batstiva]

Scott, just wait We're just getting started.........it's just Jan

Until I saw that March FOTM is going to be for beat to crap, but still on the road Festivas, I was all set to throw my new one into the mix. Always April, that's my birthday month anyway.

[eurotiva]

Until I saw that March FOTM is going to be for beat to crap, but still on the road Festivas, I was all set to throw my new one into the mix. Always April, that's my birthday month anyway.

Florida is gonna keep the heat going this year

[JPT]

Maybe, just maybe (if life will give me some time to myself), Cape Cod will do something about this Florida stuff. :p

That's all I'm saying right now.

[getnpsi]

Sticky heat!! Maybe I'll bring 2 festivas back from the grave this year! We'll show the sunshine state (that gets rain all the time) what's up! But no secrets! The second I bring one home you'll all know about it! With my new fancy phone i can let you know before it's home

[pr0nst4r]

Congrats RJ!

<-- wants to bring the heat soon.

[skimsucka]

thanks every one and to my competitors don't be discouraged complete your cars or just keep wrenching at it and enter again

the rest of this year is going to be crazy

[Charlie1717]

thanks every one and to my competitors don't be discouraged complete your cars or just keep wrenching at it and enter again

the rest of this year is going to be crazy

Nope I quit. Screw festiva's who likes them anyway. Maybe I'll just get it stuck in the mud and run it over.

I can barely joke about that

[Damkid]

the rest of this year is going to be crazy

I sure hope so :lol: