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And the winner for October FOTM goes to.................
timmay89!!!! Congratulations!!!
Here is the entry again
timmay89!!!! Congratulations!!!
Here is the entry again
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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.
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.
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