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Originally posted by chrisofna
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I guess I'll enter my current acquisition.
I had a Festiva in January 2012 that my brother decided that, since I pissed him off, he would think it was funny to set the car on fire. It's a long story, but I have it leads into this.
I moved from Florida in April of 2012 and made a life for myself. Got a good job, house, built my current Cressida. But I was missing the Festiva life. In December of 2016, I bought a white 1989LX and modded the suspension, but the chassis was rusty, dented in every panel, etc so I was using it as a placeholder for my modifications. Then this car popped up, and I picked it up on January 1st, 2018:
1993, I believe it was an LX model but I'm not sure. This car was previously featured on Jalopnik for the "Nice Price or Crackpipe" segment. It has a BP swap, but it fell far from it's previous glory days. The previous owner beat it to heck and back. When I got it, the hub bearing on the passenger side was blown, which caused the axle to rip out of the out CV joint simulating a broken transmission. The kid cut a hole in the intake tube and couldn't figure out why he had an intake leak. It smokes pretty bad on hard throttle (probably from the hard life it was given) and the clutch won't hold in even 2nd gear. My plan with the car is fix all the problems and enjoy it on the back roads for now. I might cage it and turn it into a more track oriented car in the future.
Mods:
Advance Suspension
Aspire Swap
Ford Escort GT 1.8L BP
Escort GT Seats
BP IAC Block off plate
Miata Wheels with appropriate 165-55-14s
Planned mods:
3.5 degree camber plates (need installed)
G-series transmission swap
???
Link to the build thread for all the fine details:
Pictures:
Before suspension and tires
After Suspension and tires
I had a Festiva in January 2012 that my brother decided that, since I pissed him off, he would think it was funny to set the car on fire. It's a long story, but I have it leads into this.
I moved from Florida in April of 2012 and made a life for myself. Got a good job, house, built my current Cressida. But I was missing the Festiva life. In December of 2016, I bought a white 1989LX and modded the suspension, but the chassis was rusty, dented in every panel, etc so I was using it as a placeholder for my modifications. Then this car popped up, and I picked it up on January 1st, 2018:
1993, I believe it was an LX model but I'm not sure. This car was previously featured on Jalopnik for the "Nice Price or Crackpipe" segment. It has a BP swap, but it fell far from it's previous glory days. The previous owner beat it to heck and back. When I got it, the hub bearing on the passenger side was blown, which caused the axle to rip out of the out CV joint simulating a broken transmission. The kid cut a hole in the intake tube and couldn't figure out why he had an intake leak. It smokes pretty bad on hard throttle (probably from the hard life it was given) and the clutch won't hold in even 2nd gear. My plan with the car is fix all the problems and enjoy it on the back roads for now. I might cage it and turn it into a more track oriented car in the future.
Mods:
Advance Suspension
Aspire Swap
Ford Escort GT 1.8L BP
Escort GT Seats
BP IAC Block off plate
Miata Wheels with appropriate 165-55-14s
Planned mods:
3.5 degree camber plates (need installed)
G-series transmission swap
???
Link to the build thread for all the fine details:
Pictures:
Before suspension and tires
After Suspension and tires
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