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  • Festiva420
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    Thanks man

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  • gestiva
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    Now thats awesome! looks like a cross of the gratefull dead and ghost busters

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  • Damkid
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    Originally posted by NobleVision View Post
    How 'bout my Festiva (Poketiva)?
    Sure thing, just be sure to make up a short story to go along with your pictures

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  • Festiva420
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    Got an update on my festiva!!

    I got the ghostbusters logo airbrushed to my hood a few hours ago, its one bad looking festiva
    Last edited by Damkid; 09-05-2010, 07:02 AM. Reason: language

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  • NobleVision
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    Orange and Black you say???

    How 'bout my Festiva (Poketiva)?





    My alma mater (OKlahoma State University) has the perfect Halloween colors - Orange and Black.

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  • timmay89
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    Originally posted by wybnrml View Post
    I think they were a stock graphic design. Spiko has the same one on his car. I like it!http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31126
    Ya they're stock. Thanks. I was pretty happy with finding the car.

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  • wybnrml
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    Originally posted by Britstiva View Post
    Hey timmay.... those graphics are cool! Are they stock or something you did later on?
    I think they were a stock graphic design. Spiko has the same one on his car. I like it!http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31126

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  • Britstiva
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    Hey timmay.... those graphics are cool! Are they stock or something you did later on?

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  • kumalaba
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    ^

    Originally posted by timmay89 View Post
    Hi Everyone,
    This is my first Festiva of the Month entry. I didn't want to enter until I had swapped enough into the car, and I believe I have a great story for all of you!
    This is my festiva. I got it in October 2009. It is a 1989 auto festiva. Basically the worst festiva to do any swap in, but I didn't know that at the time. So I paid $500 for the car and drove it home! Here is it home.


    In December I found my BP engine, and spent 2 months rebuilding it with some needed help by Sasquatch.


    By February the Bp swap took place, in the course of 10 days (Olympic Break). Since the car was a 1989, I had to swap the wiring harness with that of a 1990+ car. Due to time constraints I kept the auto tranny, being one of the few people with a 1989 auto Bp car.


    I later did a battery relocation to the trunk, as space was limited. Helps with cornering with better weight distribution

    By May I did the aspire swap, where I fully rebuilt the brakes following the guidance of Freshtiva. I found some nice Honda Del Sol wheels which fit perfectly with no spacers and used 185-60-14 wheels. This was a great swap and made a big difference.
    The Before:


    The After:




    Sorry for the dirty car in the pictures. I didn't feel like cleaning the car after doing the aspire swap.

    Come July I did the swap from auto to G series standard. I found someone selling a 323gt tranny and cv axles. I went for it! Doing the swap auto to g series was difficult, making tranny mounts and all, but it went well. By the end of July I had the swap fully finished! I must say the new swap runs alot better in standard than in auto. I wish I had a recent picture of it as I just cut polished the car, but I don't have one on me. I will post it as soon as I can.

    Overall I love the Festiva, and am looking into creating another one with a turbo swap shortly. Thanks everyone for reading this.
    great job!

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  • timmay89
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    Hi Everyone,
    This is my first Festiva of the Month entry. I didn't want to enter until I had swapped enough into the car, and I believe I have a great story for all of you!
    This is my festiva. I got it in October 2009. It is a 1989 auto festiva. Basically the worst festiva to do any swap in, but I didn't know that at the time. So I paid $500 for the car and drove it home! Here is it home.


    In December I found my BP engine, and spent 2 months rebuilding it with some needed help by Sasquatch.


    By February the Bp swap took place, in the course of 10 days (Olympic Break). Since the car was a 1989, I had to swap the wiring harness with that of a 1990+ car. Due to time constraints I kept the auto tranny, being one of the few people with a 1989 auto Bp car.


    I later did a battery relocation to the trunk, as space was limited. Helps with cornering with better weight distribution

    By May I did the aspire swap, where I fully rebuilt the brakes following the guidance of Freshtiva. I found some nice Honda Del Sol wheels which fit perfectly with no spacers and used 185-60-14 wheels. This was a great swap and made a big difference.
    The Before:


    The After:






    Sorry for the dirty car in the pictures. I didn't feel like cleaning the car after doing the aspire swap.

    Come July I did the swap from auto to G series standard. I found someone selling a 323gt tranny and cv axles. I went for it! Doing the swap auto to g series was difficult, making tranny mounts and all, but it went well. By the end of July I had the swap fully finished! I must say the new swap runs alot better in standard than in auto. I wish I had a recent picture of it as I just cut polished the car, but I don't have one on me. I will post it as soon as I can.

    Overall I love the Festiva, and am looking into creating another one with a turbo swap shortly. Thanks everyone for reading this.
    Last edited by timmay89; 09-03-2010, 01:49 PM.

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  • kumalaba
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    ^

    that car super & trailer & grill crazy! i luv it!

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  • Gforcefd
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    3 desktop computers, and none of them are hooked up, rewiring the house and I worry about power surges from the 60 amp service currently in there. Okay so here is what I have. Here is the link to the original FOTM try when the car was still orange. Since then I have got the megasquirt in and running, turbo setup installed, car repainted, tow hitch installed, engine bay cleaned up. Only things I really have left to do on the car is put in the bigger fuel pump, finish up boxing in my receiver hitch (goes through spare tire area), and find a yakima roof rack for it.

    Enter your Festiva, Aspire, 121 or Pride. Everyone has a chance, enter as often as you like!


    Here are some pictures of it as it sits now:
















    This is what is being built to go on the trailer hitch:






    The grill pulls out on extra long slider rails so it clears the rear hatch mostly, need to make metal rings to space it off from the shelf so it doesn't catch anything on fire, but I can pull the grill out too to use it, so that is always a option if I am worried.
    Last edited by Gforcefd; 09-03-2010, 05:50 AM. Reason: add pics

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  • festivaWES
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    OG curb feelers!! Awesome!

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  • 91_festy_Gl
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    Them nightshaded corner lights look killer. Nice ride.

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  • Aaronbrook37
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    Originally posted by Gforcefd View Post
    ^Nice car! I will try and type something up tonight if I remember for mine. I bought a house, so finding pictures may be difficult.
    That's why I always carry my computers right-side-up, so that the pictures don't fall out when I'm moving them around and stuff.

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