supd up DD? anyone?

[TominMO]

^^ this guy is about to have a suped up DD

BTW I will do a mileage run on Casper (BP swap) on the trip down, and one on Kittystiva (B6rt) when I get back to St. Louis.

[batstiva]

Yet another reason, as if I needed one, to get down to the Sunshine Meet. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.
Probably be a lot of this going on. drooldrooldrooldrooldrool

[92festie]

Yet another reason, as if I needed one, to get down to the Sunshine Meet. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.
Probably be a lot of this going on. drooldrooldrooldrooldrool

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[Zanzer]

75% of my cars are modified in one way or another and they are all DD's

My truck came from the factory with the coveted F4 351 Windsor roller block which means 85 up 5.0 parts will fit it. I swapped out the E7 heads for GT40Y aluminum ones with 1.7 roller rockers, a Ford Morosport E303 cam, Edelbrock upper and lower intake, BBK 75mm TB, and 75mm MAF meter, and 3:73 gears. I drive this truck back and forth to the beach regularly towing a large trailer. It's a 500 mile round trip and it's been very dependable for the last 2 years until the recent ECU issue.

My 98 Mustang has had the intake swapped over to the Ford PI unit. Custom grind comp cams, Accufab upper plenum, Ford Motorsport 75mm TB, lowered, poly bushings, Tokico shocks/struts, 4:10 gears, and a mild tune. I have all the parts to swap it over to a Teksid aluminum block and the full SVO top end; heads, intake, TB and all forged bottom end; Cobra crank, Manley H beam rods, Mahle pistons...just haven't had the time yet. Again, I drive this car back and forth to work and take it to the beach regularly.

Alot of it depends on how you do it, the quality of the parts you use, and the quality of the work you do.

The best advise I can give is that if you are going to have a project car then it's ALWAYS a good idea to have dependable backup car. That way if you run into any unexpected snags on the car you're working on you don't have to cut corners in order to get it going just so you can get to work on Monday. It gives you alot of freedom to do what you want to the car and do it right the first time. I'll be swapping my Festy over to a B6-ME in the near future but I will also have at least one back up DD car so if I run into any issues I can let the car sit until the problem is resolved. That way when the car is done I know that it will also be a dependable DD that I can jump in and take anywhere without any worries.

[fastivaca]

My B6 swapped Festiva is my DD and has been since Sept '07! No problems specific to the swap... just the regular stuff.

[No Pstns]

BP swap with stock tranny DD and weekend racer!!!
Why build it if you cant drive it!!

[Claude]

ahh thats what I like to hear....i dont plan on going to the strip anytime soon but yeah i do want to be able to show it off once in a while....anyway thanks for all the input guys ive just been pushed that much closer to doing this swap...and yeah i know that its good to have a back up if you run into any problems but with thorough research and all the necessary parts and a good plan mapped out in my head, not just relying on mattswabbs writeup but other sites and forums i think that I can get it done in a weekend and have it driving by monday, so ill keep you all posted

by the way her name is :QUESTIVA

(copyright llc erica snow and claude martin corporation of naming cars)

[Maxtiva]

My car is was my DD for 2 year with the BP and festiva tranny. I'm now putting the G5M-R in it cause I want to use it at the drag but I will continue to use it as my DD as soon as I'm done with the swap and the repair.

[No Pstns]

I followed mattswabbs write up, for the most part to the "T" and I have been beating on it ever since. He did an great job on it.

[Biglay5150]

I also DD mine and then drive it to the races, swap slicks on smoke lots of Hondas (among others) then swap my street tires and drive home. I travel over 100 miles to race sometimes. My mods inclide B6,performance cam, lightened flywheel, exety clutch, Aspire swap, coilovers, Tow package =-) short shifter ect ect. My car gets 35mpg all day long driving like a maniac!

[postman101]

I have a turbo focus and a bp festiva both are DD it's way to much fun to only drive them somtimes.

[Biff]

since I first came upon this site 4 or 5 years ago,shortly after buying a Festiva for $50.00 CDN, it wasn,t long before I had a B6 installed. This site is very contagious. I have my second Festiva now with a B6 DOHC which I use every day for work. I have Aspire suspension all around with 14" wheels, plan on getting a manual into it (need clutch). This car is driven every day everywhere. It carries my complete drumset and lighting for the bands I'am in (rear seat always out). It hauls garbage to the dump, like I said, it is used everyday.
Great fun...

[Epixstar]

when ever i find a new festy its going to be summer only and have a nice home in my garage all winter. Damn michigan winters destroy everthing

[JPT]

when ever i find a new festy its going to be summer only and have a nice home in my garage all winter. Damn michigan winters destroy everthing

That's what I do. Buick in the Winter, Festy the rest of the year.

But I do mod my cars while I drive them. One good tip is to plan every move and allow for double the time you think it will take. Also have every thing ready to go (no "I'll run to the store after this is done").

This way, you'll avoid downtime and won't try to rush things (take your time and it'll be fast. Rush, and it'll only be half fasst)

[batstiva]

But I do mod my cars while I drive them. One good tip is to plan every move and allow for double the time you think it will take. Also have every thing ready to go (no "I'll run to the store after this is done").

This way, you'll avoid downtime and won't try to rush things (take your time and it'll be fast. Rush, and it'll only be half fasst)

So very true. If you think you "might" need it, go ahead and get it before you start. Easier to take a part back you didn't need, than to have to bum a ride to the parts store to get what you didn't get last time.

I burnt two extra hours when I did Batstivas struts/shocks because I didn't think I would actually need spring compressors. D'oh!!