What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Chobobulous]

Picked up my block. No cracks. Woooooo! I have received my valves springs rings seals and oil pump. Excitement.

[TorqueEffect]

Cleaned most of the trash out. Finally took out the parts I wasn't using that I brought to, or brought back from Ohiostiva out of the hatch and back seat.

Put in my freshly painted black cargo cover.

Painted a few more dash trim pieces red.

[TorqueEffect]

My mazdaspeed didnt show any difference between windows up or windows down...but either way if I turn the a/c on my mpg drops 5mpg and the car feels laggy.

Eh I can deal with a 5 MPG loss, I mean 35MPG is still damned good IMHO. lol

When I drive Autozones delivery vans, the A/C is on all the time. I honestly don't feel a bit of difference in power in any of the vans while the a/c is on.
I do know the a/c does work better in the Chevy vans though, while the E-150 makes it nice and cool, it doesn't have the capability of freezing you out like in the Chevy vans. I guess Ford thought it was a good idea to bolt a tiny condenser that is probably half the size of one that is on a Festy, directly to the radiator. Just goes to show how outdated the E-150s are, which thankfully are going the way of the dodo in favor of the European Transit.

[defprun]

My mazdaspeed didnt show any difference between windows up or windows down...but either way if I turn the a/c on my mpg drops 5mpg and the car feels laggy.

[sketchman]

Ooh. Cool. I'll have to watch that later.

[scitzz]

Mythbusters did a show. It is cheaper to run with the windows down than to use the A/C. At least at the speed they chose. Can't remember right now what that speed was. Also running with your tailgate down in a pickup wastes more than having it up.

Just an FYI.

They did a revisit. Windows down in the city, windows up AC on when driving the highway are the best gas savers. Benefits didn't kick in until at least 55MPH.

[sketchman]

Mythbusters did a show. It is cheaper to run with the windows down than to use the A/C. At least at the speed they chose. Can't remember right now what that speed was. Also running with your tailgate down in a pickup wastes more than having it up.

Just an FYI.

[TorqueEffect]

Went ahead and ordered a few things off ebay.
A aluminium MAF cone filter adapter, a red mushroom filter, and a A/C Receiver/drier that hopefully will work for my system.

Kinda like to have my A/C working by the beginning of august when I will be having a 5 hour trip to, and 5 hours from Chicago, and would rather not have the windows down the entire time on the highway. (lots of wasted gas from wind drag)

[RhodeStiva]

That's funny I had a wasp on my back window while driving today.

[bravekozak]

Antstiva.

How about Waspstiva?
I saw a couple of nasty ones at a yard once. They were in the glovebox and behind the swoopy mirrors.

[RhodeStiva]

Cleaned it out because of a ton of ants.

[bravekozak]

Be sure to get the throttle setup too.

[jawja jim]

Brave, your descriptive "spider web hoses" got me. After sleeping on it (and remembering all those hoses sticking out in mid air), I contacted the poster about the carb setup. Seeing how helpful members are, maybe I can make it work.

[bravekozak]

I'm a little leery of getting away from the "stockness" and the book.

No more spider web hoses. No more ECU. No more codes. Only $200

[Chobobulous]

Dropped of my b6 block for crack testing and honing. Im also going to have them get the rest of the burned off head gasket off. Way cheaper than I thought. Only 35 dollars