What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[getnpsi]

Today i took the srt-4 battery out of my festiva so i could move it. Put festiva battery back in festiva. Originally i thought the festy battery failed but a wire had come off the positive terminal causing a no power issue. Battery sat 4 months in garage and still fired car right up. YAY two good batteries for the winter, that never happens. Don't mock my overnight low 40F winter it still makes batteries die. Went to lowes, got some nylon tubing and some fittings for the gauges but they are still not installed, the thought that counts I guess. Overall nothing got done but my garage is clean, did some tool organizing, talked myself out of new storage box @lowes because i made room.

[TorqueEffect]

Yanked out the Planet Audio dvd headunit and put the basic Pioneer CD/AUX headunit back in.

Much better sound quality, and not as finicky.

[getnpsi]

If you are still running 50 50 coolant I would go up to like 80 or 85 percent coolant remember race cars use a lot more water than antifreeze to dissipate heat. try doing it backwards

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[bravekozak]

When I had more money than brains, I used to run straight 20 in the winter and 30 in the summer. Now 10W30 multigrade all the time.

[navdoc101]

Read "Bob is the oil guy", google it. All oil is the same at operateing temp. Just different at startup, where you need the thinner oil .

[jawbraeka]

Try 90w.. Did that.. Engine was running like a dream.

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[jason_]

Gone down to -15, using rotella 15w40 motor a TAD sluggish but no valve tick.

Glad to hear another man that believes in viscosity! Thin oil shoots out the journals

Cushion for the pushin! Erm, I mean, bearings....

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[jason_]

Is there a substance that isn't bad for the engine that will allow more heat buildup rather than use the cardboard? Sounds like a hard thing to explain to an insurance company

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Sheet iron drooped front and back over top.
What I did a few years ago, while neglecting the $4 thermostat.... Heh

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[defprun]

Gone down to -15, using rotella 15w40 motor a TAD sluggish but no valve tick.

[scitzz]

Had a mini meet for our traditional xmas dinner!

Running around outside the asylum again with my tappy talky appy

[jawbraeka]

Is there a substance that isn't bad for the engine that will allow more heat buildup rather than use the cardboard? Sounds like a hard thing to explain to an insurance company

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[crazyrog17]

Knock? Check the firing order for giggles. 1342 ccw on the distributor

[Christ]

Not what I did, but what the guy who bought it did... finally got it running by replacing the spark plugs and wires [which was all it really needed to be started when I parked it], but noticed it had a bit of a knock [I already told him it's not a bearing, it's because there's a bad injector, but he doesn't believe me], so he's putting a Miata BP into it, I guess.

In any event, they pulled it up out of the yard and into the driveway so it can be hauled/driven out of there after Christmas [so within a week or so, I guess]... and so ends the legacy of the blue Festiva. I'll miss the little... car. [I have others... and probably will soon acquire 2-3 more.]

[getnpsi]

I'm having the lifter noise as well on way to work but my other b3 is not where I can get at it so I'm just hoping for warmer weather and just keep driving it. I imagine it's probably a little more oil burn causing damage doing this because you're not getting a good lift. Oh well have you seen the Z series thread haha

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[getnpsi]

My phone really wants to wash everything out but my car has tan interiorand my console is gray. I discovered rustolrums version of billymays flex seal leaves behind a really nice texture I hit my step rails with it in black and it looks sharp. I kick them all the time and it has not come off yet. I will probably hit my console black for a budget match up

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