What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Spike]

Took two seconds to remove disty from part's car @ 9:00PM at night haha. Local '93 5spd guy has a no-start, no-nothing problem. He wanted to borrow it to see if that was it.. Don't know what all he's tested/if he's tested. Said the main fuses were fine.

Other than that, nuttin'.

-Joe

[frankenfester]

That is a popular place for a dent. Mine has it there too.

Mine does too!
Haha.
It's a conspiracy.

Bessie has one at the same place on the driver's side. It's a result of the PBKS syndrome.
"Parking Beside Kids in Suburbans".

I have the same dent I hurd its from trying to lift the car from the finder.. I still think there is just a truck dedicated to backing in to festys rear fenders!!

Mine was from high school where some kids decided to pick up the festy at the four corners and put it on a 13" high curb so I couldn't get it off. One used his back side facing the car and its a butt dent. Lol
They got theirs though.

-James

[1990new]

Yes I know this, but I though maybe if the timing was off maybe it was advanced a bit, so I took a shot in the dark and filled it with premium. I figured it couldn't hurt to try.

Here is link to an easy to understand article about the relationship to ignition timing, compression and anti knock fuel formulation.
Gasoline engines used to be so much simpler back in my younger day when we were buying leaded gas for 25 cents a gallon.

http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/resources/myths.php

[TorqueEffect]

When your running premium you just have to advance your timing to compensate.
I always run premium and even in the temps below 20* it fires right up within a revolution or two.

Yes I know this, but I though maybe if the timing was off maybe it was advanced a bit, so I took a shot in the dark and filled it with premium. I figured it couldn't hurt to try.

[rmoltis]

Yup me too.

Haven't done anything with mine lately, too cold to do anything. about all I did today was brush the snow off the windows, and drove it to get myself some lunch.

I did try some 93 Premium when I filled up last week, just to see if the timing was off if I would see any improvement, nope just hurt performance a bit, also it REALLY hates starting after sitting in the cold snowy driveway all night, takes like 5 key turns before it will stay running, all the other times it either won't fire, or it will act like it wants to start but just dies, though I have always had this problem, but it is just more pronounced because of the cold and the 93 Premium.

When your running premium you just have to advance your timing to compensate.
I always run premium and even in the temps below 20* it fires right up within a revolution or two.

[1990new]

Yup me too.

Haven't done anything with mine lately, too cold to do anything. about all I did today was brush the snow off the windows, and drove it to get myself some lunch.

I did try some 93 Premium when I filled up last week, just to see if the timing was off if I would see any improvement, nope just hurt performance a bit, also it REALLY hates starting after sitting in the cold snowy driveway all night, takes like 5 key turns before it will stay running, all the other times it either won't fire, or it will act like it wants to start but just dies, though I have always had this problem, but it is just more pronounced because of the cold and the 93 Premium.

Here is a reasonable explanation of your experience with 93 octane fuel:
AUTO DOC / Why Higher Octane Causes Hard Starting

Published: November 29, 2001 7:00 PM
By JUNIOR DAMATO. Junior Damato is an accredited master automobile technician, radio host and writer for Motor Matters who also runs his own 10-bay garage near Boston. Send questions to Junior Damato, c/o Special Sections, Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, N.Y. 11747-4250.
DEAR DOCTOR: In a recent column, a reader complained about
a gas ping when he used 87-octane gasoline. You advised him to try 89 octane
and not the 92 or higher octane. The reason you gave was that the higher octane
can cause hard starting, hesitation and even activate a "check engine" light.
My question (and I suspect a lot of other readers would like to know, too):
What is the reason that higher octane causes this problem? -Tom
DEAR TOM: The higher the octane, the more heat or spark is needed to light
the fuel. The lower octane will fire up easier, especially in cold weather. The
higher octane fuel is required in high compression engines. A low compression
engine does not squeeze the air as much as the high compression. Think back to
the old days of the 1960s and early 1970s. Some cars and trucks would either
ping or keep running when the key was shut off. A simple fix was premium
gasoline. The higher octane gas would not ignite when ignition was shut off. In
some cases the "check engine" light would come on if the engine computer was
trying to get the engine to ping for its own testing.

[TorqueEffect]

Yup me too.

Haven't done anything with mine lately, too cold to do anything. about all I did today was brush the snow off the windows, and drove it to get myself some lunch.

I did try some 93 Premium when I filled up last week, just to see if the timing was off if I would see any improvement, nope just hurt performance a bit, also it REALLY hates starting after sitting in the cold snowy driveway all night, takes like 5 key turns before it will stay running, all the other times it either won't fire, or it will act like it wants to start but just dies, though I have always had this problem, but it is just more pronounced because of the cold and the 93 Premium.

[Micro Mudder]

I have the same dent I hurd its from trying to lift the car from the finder.. I still think there is just a truck dedicated to backing in to festys rear fenders!!

[1990new]

Bessie has one at the same place on the driver's side. It's a result of the PBKS syndrome.
"Parking Beside Kids in Suburbans".

[Oren09]

Mine does too!
Haha.
It's a conspiracy.

[Chobobulous]

Mine originally looked just like this, minus the covers. I even have that dent on the rear passenger panel.

-James

That is a popular place for a dent. Mine has it there too.

[muleskinner]

Checked to see why Blue's tire went flat. Well, the tire is so dry rotted the side walls are starting to disintegrate. Holes popping out all over the side walls. No fixing that flat.

The guy I purchased Blue from said it sat for several years. I guess he wasn't kidding.

Looks like 4 new Yokohama's 145SR12 is in store for Blue. Blue will be happy!

[frankenfester]

Got the 175/65r14s installed yesterday. They're pretty close to the rear perch on stock suspension, and do rub the rear fenders. Plan on rolling them this weekend, but for now the occasional rub after hitting a big bump is fine.

-James

[frankenfester]

I haven't done anything lately to my Festiva, not since I bought the wheel covers online for $50.


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Mine originally looked just like this, minus the covers. I even have that dent on the rear passenger panel.

-James

[cav5k]

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