It's Official!!

[Damkid]

i took my time, but today i got my B6T festiva through a safety check and it is now 100% back in action and ready for Ohiostiva!! Whoo hoo!!!!

[JPT]

I'm VERY happy for you. Hope it makes up for the loss of the green car.

[Damkid]

I'm VERY happy for you. Hope it makes up for the loss of the green car.

its much faster and feels way more solid than my green car ever did, so i may miss my green festiva but my red one gives me great comfort

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice!! Congrats!

[Damkid]

^^Thanks

[Damkid]

In my other thread a couple people had asked for videos of the engine running, me driving it etc. well here's a short one of the engine running

[SimonTuffGuy]

Very nice Chris! Now, be careful, don't beat on it, don't break anything... I don't want to see you getting pushed in the highway again! :-P

Drive carefully! We'll see you tomorrow!

[cubstiva1]

can't wait to see your car tomorrow.

(edit) oh and you too.

[Damkid]

Very nice Chris! Now, be careful, don't beat on it, don't break anything... I don't want to see you getting pushed in the highway again! :-P

Drive carefully! We'll see you tomorrow!

LMAO :lol: thats funny!! but i've actually driven it about 1500 - 1800 kms since early last week :lol: i'm sure i got all the bugs worked out of it

1100 of those kms was a road trip up north to give a friend of mine a ride for work, and it had not one issue on the 12 hour round trip

[festymick]

well done friend i bet your'e releived....

[Damkid]

well done friend i bet your'e releived....

Very all in all its feel like a very solid car and has been very reliable too

[festymick]

would you mind sharing what sort of 'bugs' you experienced (if any)? Just curious??

[Damkid]

would you mind sharing what sort of 'bugs' you experienced (if any)? Just curious??

the biggest was the wiring, the main relay in the harness wasn't getting the signal to turn on, and the relay is one of the components that controls the spark, so i tried to give the relay the ignition power to turn on and off but was unsuccessful, so i opened the relay bent the connectors so its always on, and took the constant power and wiried it to the ignition power

other than that, i haven't really had any "bugs" with it, the cooling fan is somewhat insufficient but i bought one from FB71 that should be a lot better

[festymick]

I guess that shows how good you are at building cars then.
I've had a heap of bugs, all ironed out now!

Let's see some rolling shots!

[Festiva_tunner]

do you leave the relay powered all the time then or do you have a secondary shutoff?