Road trip from PA with Casper

[TominMO]

Nice meeting you Tom and I'm glad you made it back safely. Simon said there would be no issues with getting it back to Missouri but being the pessimist that I am, I always worry. Sounds like you had a great trip. Good luck with Casper.

Mark (Simon's dad)

Thanks Mark

I've always removed the third brake light from my cars... I don't like the location or look of them... :-P

OK, but it's another reason for cops to stop me, so back on it goes.

[TominMO]

Tried to do a double-quote but as you can see it didn't work. How do you do it?

Never mind. :-)

[Damkid]

Tried to do a double-quote but as you can see it didn't work. How do you do it?

i always quote one person, then copy the quote, go back to the thread and quote the second person, and paste the first quote in with the second quote

[SimonTuffGuy]

You missed the end quote part... It would've been [/quote] where you just had [quote]



I'd like to see a small led brake light somewhere vs the stock piece... Just never got around to it!

[TominMO]

Tom= buying all the "famous festivas". Good trip and look forward to meeting you someday Tom.

I think I'm done buying Festivas..for a while ;-)

I'm planning on selling Red (1.6 DOHC Capri XR2 motor, 5-speed) as soon as I figure out the wiring issue. Not gonna try to sell a car that needs towing.

That'll leave me with:
Blue (stock EFI motor, 5-speed, various little upgrades)
Casper (omigawd--crazy fun)
white parts car, which I will probably keep for whatever's left, after scavenging it for Casper: body panels, good glass, lotsa little parts. In that case I'd sell the motor (long block only) and A/C.

I'll do an MPG run with Casper eventually, just out of curiosity. What's the best mileage you can get out of a car that will do 140 or better?

[TominMO]

You missed the end quote part... It would've been [/quote] where you just had [quote]



I'd like to see a small led brake light somewhere vs the stock piece... Just never got around to it!

OK, put in the end quote / thingy, worked! Thanks.

[FestYboy]

I've always removed the third brake light from my cars... I don't like the location or look of them... :-P

you know that's illegal in PA?

[SimonTuffGuy]

FestY - I've never been pulled over for it and all of my cars have passed inspections without them.

[FestYboy]

just thought i'd let you know

[freshtiva]

Great story, thats one more festiva for Missouri. What tranny does the car have in it ?

[TominMO]

Great story, thats one more festiva for Missouri. What tranny does the car have in it ?

Thank you for asking; this is post #400. It's a Festiva 5-speed. If I have Greg do the rear-turbo thing to this car (estimated HP = 240 :-) :-) :-) ), I'll have to upgrade to an F-trans. Or maybe a G.

Edit: ohgodireallywanttoturboitnow!

[freshtiva]

^ Hey, you should drive that up to the Des Moines Iowa meet next month on the 12th !! Check it out at the meets and events forum.

[eurotiva]

Whenever your ready Tom Vroooom, psssssst, vroooom ,psssssst

My best turbo impression! LOL

[TominMO]

Whenever your ready Tom Vroooom, psssssst, vroooom ,psssssst

My best turbo impression! LOL

Actually this motor is probably too high-compression to turbo...can this be compensated for with race gas, less ignition timing, etc.? IDK much about turboing.

[eurotiva]

We can make it work!!!