eye of ra

[ivsito]

I was visting my family in New Mexico, driving around looking at the different places to live. Out of no where I SEE a festiva with a crazy paint job and lowrider rims. I couldnt belive it I was looking at the Eye Of Ra.
I was driving a family members car "not my 92 blue festiva, its back home in NYC" I tried to get his attention I ended up following him all the way to his house. " he must have thought i was crazy" I talked to Him and told that i knew his car from FF.com He told me that he is building a totaly built 1.3... now 1.5 engine that should put his car into the 11s.... He said that it was fine that i let the ff.com communtity know about his project that is still in the shop. it sounds like it will be the fastest 1/4 mile festiva out there??? well we will have to wait and see.
It made my vaction to see one of the most famouse festivas ever. I told my wife that my vacation is now complete and we can go back home :wink:

[scitzz]

I found this vid on youtube of this car, is it the same> Not a fan of the way it was wrapped in velvet though....

http://tinyurl.com/2mlcly

[SimonTuffGuy]

There is only one Eye of Ra...

We're all still waiting for Joe to come back with his built 1.3... He's been MIA for a few months now.

I think that if he's serious about building a car that'll break into the 11's, he needs to ditch the lowrider wheels and air suspension...

[ivsito]

yup that is it. It is not how i would hook up a festiva my self, But when you see that car in person you have a lot of respect for the amount of work that went into it. It was just the coolest thing to see it drive down the street.

[Festiva GTX]

There is only one Eye of Ra...

We're all still waiting for Joe to come back with his built 1.3... He's been MIA for a few months now.

I think that if he's serious about building a car that'll break into the 11's, he needs to ditch the lowrider wheels and air suspension...

It's not possible to break 11's sec on B5 1.5L engine... Unless it was an AC electric motor with heavy duty batteries.

[SimonTuffGuy]

Anything is possible with the right amount of time, effort and serious cash flow...

[neanderpaul]

There is only one Eye of Ra...

We're all still waiting for Joe to come back with his built 1.3... He's been MIA for a few months now.

I think that if he's serious about building a car that'll break into the 11's, he needs to ditch the lowrider wheels and air suspension...

It's not possible to break 11's sec on B5 1.5L engine... Unless it was an AC electric motor with heavy duty batteries.

It's not even a B5. It's a B3 punched to 1.5 unless I'm mistaken. Somebody hook up GTX with a link to the old flame war threads on Joe's car. I'm not a fan of the style of RA, but if I saw it I would surely crawl it just to take in all the work that went into it.

[Safety Guy]

Yep. Joe's car is "different."

But compared with the BMW-illac-edes SUV crowd, aren't we all?

I wouldn't do any of my cars like some I've seen, but I too appreciate the differences, and the work, creativity, or just the downright chutzpah that goes into them.

Now for my funeral, I want my "hearse" to be either a Chevette or a Festiva, with my coffin (yep, a pine box, CHEAP!) sticking out the hatch, and an inflatable middle finger on the roof to accompany me to the 'yard.
Graveyard or junkyard, preferably.

Karl

[batstiva]

His car is definitely different, but when you read about all the work he's put into it, and the fact that it was stolen once, and nearly totaled once, you gotta give him a big thumbs up for effort. Am very curious how it all turns out when he's done.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9723&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Would this be the one?

[scitzz]

Oh, definitely a cool car, and now even cooler to hear the back story! I loved the paint job, and it is a pretty cool theme! It may have been the grainy video, which may be thanks to you tube compression, but it looked literally wrapped in velvet. I PERSONALLY would prefer it tighter, if you follow me.....

[MONSOON]

Im gonna agree with others here and say it isnt how Id do my Festiva. But then neither is Maxtivas or Simons or someone elses. But there are things that theyve done to theirs that Id use in mine. And when I get mine done maybe there will be people that will say the same(I hope)
I dont think any of us got our Festivas for its drop dead looks or style. In fact I doubt any of us are really able to easily put into words why we love our Festivas. A person could say well its the tremendous gas mileage they get(I do) or the number of different Mazda motors you can put in em(I do) or any number of things. Its just something about them that we love.





And now I gotta do this cause the chain steering wheel popped it into my head.

Why do Lowriders put small steering wheels in their cars???


Easier to drive with handcuffs on.:lol:

[neanderpaul]

that's the thread batstiva, thanks. Monsoon, I think the festiva body is squat and tough with just the righgt sized wheels/tires.

[Maxtiva]

Easier to drive with handcuffs on.:lol:

Did you ever try ?

[MONSOON]

I dont have a lowrider so no I cant honestly say I have.
Its a Cheech and Chong joke btw.

[ivsito]

he took out the air suspension, the wheels he still had on the car. I am would think that he would have to change his lowrider wheels with all the extra power.
The engine is a 1.3 bored out to a 1.5 he said he has 3k already into it.
and I think that he said he was going to turbo it to. if he does that he needs to be careful to not blow up the now thinner walls in his engine.