Accepting Entries For May FOTM

[Damkid]

2 more days til voting!!!

[fastivaca]

Good lookin' car fastivaca!

Thanks Martin,

We're probably going to be down your way around the end of the first week of June; perhaps we can meet up!

[Grey Vw]

Good lookin' car fastivaca!

[runner406]

Lol my car is no where near that stuff haha mine is getting fuzzy dice lmao

[yelo festiva]

not again

Your right Danny, another tough one.

[kumalaba]

man this is a tough one! i love em both!

[neanderpaul]

Alright! :thumbright:

[fastivaca]

My entry

I know I'm in tough on this one but in celebration of ten years of ownership thought it would be a good idea to enter.....

My Festiva is a 1992 GL Sport 5 speed purchased in May 2002 with 100,100km, probably close to 400,000km now. This is my second Festiva; my first was a white 92 GL Sport that was written off after being rear ended while stopped at a red light.

I used to subscribe to Motor Trend and remember reading their Festiva article back in ’88 and have liked the Festiva since. Part of the challenge with this car is that it’s my daily driver so I can’t afford to have it out of commission for very long.

Mechanical:
- B6 swap (’86 block, ’88 injection) done in September '07
- FMS lightweight flywheel
- FMS clutch
- 2” custom exhaust front to back with performance muffler and Ractive stainless tip
- Modified airbox for K&N filter originally intended for Chev Beretta ( I might have a copy of the article that was on the original ff.com)
- Pacesetter short shifter with new shifter bushings and shortened shift rod.
- rebuilt cylinder; shaved and with mild port and polish.
- FMS performance cam
- Motovator header

Suspension:
- Tein coilovers all four corners (rears are on, front will be one in a couple of weeks)
- FMS stainless brake lines all four corners
- Adjustable strut bar
- Aspire front sway bar
- Replaced front suspension bushings, lower control arms etc.
- Aspire brakes all four corners. Used the thicker rotors from an automatic
- Currently running Federal 185-60's on 13" Toyota "basketweave" alloy wheels

Exterior:
- Clear, flush mounted signal lights
- European tail lights
- Mazda 121 grille, head and clear corner lights
- High mount LED third brake light mounted inside
- Body color door handles
- “Swoopy” power mirrors.
- Stainless steel hydraulic hood strut
- Tinted rear windows
- Tint across top of windshield.
- Bosch fog lights hooked up to factory switch.
- Rear wiper modified to park horizontally at the bottom of the window rather than vertically.

Interior:
- Seats from a first generation Toyota MR2
- Custom console with dual cup holders
- “Hot Wheels” floor mats
- Aftermarket steering wheel
- Custom clock install
- Tach cluster with 180 km/h speedometer
- Variable speed intermittent wipers
- Chrome interior door handles
- Chrome trim rings for window winders
- Mazda 323 rear view mirror
- Grab handles for front & rear passengers
- Factory air conditioning

Sound:
- Pioneer DEH-4000USB head unit
- Sony 5 ¼” speakers in the doors
- Clif Design 6”x9” three way speakers in custom cargo cover

Five of us made the trip in this car to Festiva Madness V last fall! 6000 miles in 14 days! We posted a blog about the trip... here's the link to the first post.




At FMV




This was taken before I installed the A/C



I'm hoping to get some rust repairs done this year. I have replacement front fenders and a rust free hatch to be installed. I'm also hoping to get a better flowing air intake figured out.

We're planning another road trip this summer down the west coast to San Fransisco and Yosemite then back up past the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.

I would also like to take the chance to say thank you to the members of ff.com. Your encouragement, help and advice (not to mention purchases of various and sundry Festiva goodies) have make this on-going project possible!

[kartracer46]

I like it!

[neanderpaul]

[Advancedynamix]

Lol, I wasn't trying to start trouble, just thought it was funny. I though about a few other people's cars that I would enter for FTOM, lol.:p

I voted for cream puff the last time you entered her, that trailer hitch is awesome! (Sorry Chris, you'll get my vote after that monster is on the road again).

[TominMO]

Hmm tough call, I like to see it when the cars that are entered, are currently owned by the person entering them, but if your still taking care of it, I'm thinking to let this one slide though, unless anyone has any objections?

Nope.

[Damkid]

Yes, it is still "under my care". I checked on it yesterday. How about it Chris? Do I need to withdraw?

Hmm tough call, I like to see it when the cars that are entered, are currently owned by the person entering them, but if your still taking care of it, I'm thinking to let this one slide though, unless anyone has any objections?

[neanderpaul]

I'm on it! Cream puff's new owner has ordered a roof rack from Joseph.

[htchbck]

Lets do a "cars we sold recently" FOTM! Then I can enter Chuck! Lol Paul it was a pleasure getting to do a little work on that car before the sale, hopefully I'll be doing some more on it soon. Just waiting on some... measurements from... someone... lol