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I'll throw in my new '89 L. I found it on OfferUp about a month ago, listed as a "three cylinder five speed that got 45-50 mpg"... ended up being a neglected trade-in at a used car lot that didn't know much about it. I had been driving my '88 Chevy dually daily since my '88 Festiva is apart for an engine swap, so I bought it to save gas.
With the help of a friend we swapped the Advanced suspension from my '88 onto the new '89 the same day I bought it, I did a quick alignment, and took it to the Clemson Sports Car Club autocross the next day. Ended up running 22th out of 52 cars during the timed runs, and I took another 1.2 seconds off my best timed run during the fun runs. Not too bad for not knowing the car very well.
I pulled the interior and pressure washed the seats and carpets, and super cleaned everything else while it was apart. The muffler was rotted out when I bought it so I picked up some tubing and a tractor muffler, packed the tube with sand so it wouldn't collapse while bending it with my Harbor Freight pipe bender, then finished it off with a Walmart 22oz stainless tumbler as the exhaust tip. The ghetto fabbed exhaust was a big hit with the Sloppy Mechanics page on facebook... :lol: Also added a tach cluster from Firebush357.
I still need to clay bar, buff, and wax the paint to make it look it's best. It's been a great daily driver over the past month, and I'm glad to be back in Festiva.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUT1NjLx1RM
With the help of a friend we swapped the Advanced suspension from my '88 onto the new '89 the same day I bought it, I did a quick alignment, and took it to the Clemson Sports Car Club autocross the next day. Ended up running 22th out of 52 cars during the timed runs, and I took another 1.2 seconds off my best timed run during the fun runs. Not too bad for not knowing the car very well.
I pulled the interior and pressure washed the seats and carpets, and super cleaned everything else while it was apart. The muffler was rotted out when I bought it so I picked up some tubing and a tractor muffler, packed the tube with sand so it wouldn't collapse while bending it with my Harbor Freight pipe bender, then finished it off with a Walmart 22oz stainless tumbler as the exhaust tip. The ghetto fabbed exhaust was a big hit with the Sloppy Mechanics page on facebook... :lol: Also added a tach cluster from Firebush357.
I still need to clay bar, buff, and wax the paint to make it look it's best. It's been a great daily driver over the past month, and I'm glad to be back in Festiva.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUT1NjLx1RM
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