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w00t! got the festy working last night. did a tranny swap, and didn't have to pull the engine out of the top of the car! took a day and a half... had a couple friends helping me... none of us had worked on a festiva before, so it took a little bit. plus frequent coffee/beverage breaks. we were all pretty tired from lack of sleep... myself cause i stayed up late to make more progress to get the machine closer to complete the night before(so there were only a few steps to drop the trans the next day) and my other buddy cause he's a night owl type (i used to be... worked a few years of graveyard shifts in my time). but it is a decent box from teh feel of things.
has good get up and go for a 1.3, and eventhough there are 235,000 miles on the clock, the engine seems like a tight unit. now i just need to replace the tie-rod ends (had to do a makeshift fix on one, cause the shaft mushroomed really bad), and another passenger side CV axle (the boot is ripped, and it clicks). then of course realign the wheels... get a good front windshiel (ie: no cracks), clean up the dings, and find a decent used hood (mine has some damage...warped section causing it to not sit level with the panels, evnethough the clips and everything still function). then clean up, give it a really silly painjob.... maybe do the aspire running gear swap... heh.... fun. maybe a really gaudy green paintjob with simulated stitches... heh... why not have a sense of humour about such a small thing? i would love to swap to a larger powerplant evnetually... but patience is a good thing. i as don't have the funds to pick up a larger engine at this time... maybe i can find a decent engine from pull-a-part of something (they seem to be the cheapest outta everything). but all seems to be going well).
has good get up and go for a 1.3, and eventhough there are 235,000 miles on the clock, the engine seems like a tight unit. now i just need to replace the tie-rod ends (had to do a makeshift fix on one, cause the shaft mushroomed really bad), and another passenger side CV axle (the boot is ripped, and it clicks). then of course realign the wheels... get a good front windshiel (ie: no cracks), clean up the dings, and find a decent used hood (mine has some damage...warped section causing it to not sit level with the panels, evnethough the clips and everything still function). then clean up, give it a really silly painjob.... maybe do the aspire running gear swap... heh.... fun. maybe a really gaudy green paintjob with simulated stitches... heh... why not have a sense of humour about such a small thing? i would love to swap to a larger powerplant evnetually... but patience is a good thing. i as don't have the funds to pick up a larger engine at this time... maybe i can find a decent engine from pull-a-part of something (they seem to be the cheapest outta everything). but all seems to be going well).
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