how reliable has your b6 festiva been ?

[fattie]

just looking to see how reliable everyones b6 swapped festy has been ?

[Damkid]

i used a B6 for a while a few years ago and i would say they are as reliable as the B3

[skeeters_keeper]

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[festivaWES]

x3

[fattie]

ive been snooping around on the capri forum and it seems they have alot of issues with the distributor ? do we use the festy dist or the b6 one for the swap ?

[shorestiva]

for a b6d? If your wiring it like a b6t use the capri distributor. I never had a problem with the disty on mine. The only problems with mine were with the hydro clutch conversion.

[freshtiva]

ive been snooping around on the capri forum and it seems they have alot of issues with the distributor ? do we use the festy dist or the b6 one for the swap ?

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I used the b6 disty.

[festivaWES]

^^ I think you have confused us all that you are wanting to do a DOHC swap, and not a SOHC

[fattie]

its the dohc b6.

[eurotiva]

Thanks for being more specific I was about to chime in about reliability of my b8

[fattie]

for a b6d? If your wiring it like a b6t use the capri distributor. I never had a problem with the disty on mine. The only problems with mine were with the hydro clutch conversion.

what do you mean by "wiring it like a b6t " is that using the complete b6t harness ?

[eurotiva]

Wiring should be straight forward. You have the donor car so just pull the whole harness and use it.

[fattie]

Wiring should be straight forward. You have the donor car so just pull the whole harness and use it.

i would but i dont really wanna pull the dash and go threw all that. id rather splice a few here and there. everything i know about cars has been self taught and its not much lol.

[muscle_Car1]

Yeah you would be splicing alot & running extra wires IIRC

[eurotiva]

The harness just goes thru the firewall and then into the computer. I don't think you have to pull the dash but if you do you will have learned more before attempting this swap.