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  • is any one elses festiva a bad luck car to others?

    it seems cars break down when they race me... its not all the time but it has happened a few times...

    a turbo 1.6 miata popped a coolant hose and over heated ruining the head,

    2 integras
    one: built GSR- blew motor and over steered off a freeway off ramp 13.7 1/4

    two: B20 Vtec turbo- blowing alot of smoke it ran a 12.4 1/4mile

    2005 sooby wrx sti bolt ons on 20psi- lost a coolant hose and overheated ruining the motor.

    have broken their motors against me... they are all cool guys but i feel kinda bad when it happens...

    when my friend had his my fiero GT blew the diff all over the street while racing him and an integra with nos popped a hole in the piston during a run...
    I know its a piece of crap but im still faster...and its 100% legal!!!!!

  • #2
    Probably happens because they're trying so hard not to beaten by a "mere" Festiva.

    Note to self: don't race fastivaB6TG25MR
    Ian
    Calgary AB, Canada
    93 L B6T: June 2016 FOTM
    59 Austin Healey "Bugeye" Sprite

    "It's infinitely better to fail with courage than to sit idle with fear...." Chip Gaines (pg 167 of Capital Gaines, Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff)

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    • #3
      Back when I had my green festiva and when it was stock, I raced a chevy astro and the astro blew the rad, I laughed pretty hard at him :lol:

      1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
      1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
      2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

      1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

      If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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      • #4
        Only one for me was a guy in a civic broke his cheap short shifter (he was winning too).
        Better Than Nothing Racing

        Way too many cars

        :woc:

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        • #5
          My festy was only bad luck to me......completely my fault though
          "Lane, I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy."

          Gone but never forgotten, "Hulkstiva"...http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ht=progression

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          • #6
            Originally posted by shorestiva View Post
            Only one for me was a guy in a civic broke his cheap short shifter (he was winning too).
            my friend bought one of those on his civic, then on his 2-3 sliced his hand wide open when it broke. think it was around 20 stitches?

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            • #7
              OUCH!

              Karl
              '93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
              '91L "AquaMutt" my '91L; B6 swap/5 speed & Aspire brakes, DD/work car
              '92L "Twinstiva" 5sp, salvage titled, waiting for repairs...
              '93GL "Luxstiva," '94 B6 engine & ATX; needs overhauled
              '89L "Muttstiva," now a storage bin, future trailer project

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              • #8
                lucky for me when mine broke all i had to do was crawl under the car and put in 2nd so i could limp it home... my friend bent his on his civic and cracked the shifter bezel and punched his radio...
                I know its a piece of crap but im still faster...and its 100% legal!!!!!

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                • #9
                  Pacesetter is the way to go.
                  -Greg
                  Euro-bprt...WORLDS FASTEST FESTIVA !!! 11.78@115.9
                  BP, G trans, Megasquirt/ 550cc inj. t3/t3 (tbird) Garrett, REAR TURBO!!!! AND AC!!!!
                  Redneck Engineer
                  FOTY - '09
                  5x Festiva Madness Attendee...FM 3,4,5,6,8
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCZ7...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_eX...9Pwqw-oe8s2OYQ

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                  • #10
                    It's not that their bad luck, it's the aurora of horror Festivas carry with them that scares the other cars.
                    91 Festiva BP Autocross/Track/Rallycross hopeful
                    14 C7 Z51

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