What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[jason_]

Engine is in and car is running.

My new clutch is so... rough. It engages hard. And the pedal has much more play than before.
There is a weird whirring sound on the belt side of the engine.
The idle will sometimes stay around 1500-2000RPM until I push the throttle plate closed. I've adjusted the dash pot.

When I swapped blocks, I decided to find a disc with more meat. I had one laying around. But since it didn't wear to the pp/flywheel, it's got a tight spot and shimmys a bit. It's getting better. I also had to take about an inch out of the adjustment because of the fatter disc.

The noise, maybe fingers are touching release collar? Try adjusting things one way or the other.


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[Oren09]

Engine is in and car is running.

My new clutch is so... rough. It engages hard. And the pedal has much more play than before.
There is a weird whirring sound on the belt side of the engine.
The idle will sometimes stay around 1500-2000RPM until I push the throttle plate closed. I've adjusted the dash pot.

[scitzz]

Got the aspire swap just about tweaked, and packed her up, set to drive to 4thStiva!

[Oren09]

Last night a coworker and another friend help with my Festiva.
We got the old engine out and are nearly ready to drop the new one in.

[bravekozak]

Really? I will look in the next RX-7 I find in the junkyard.

[Advancedynamix]

..how long did it take to collect FOUR RX-7 spares? LOL. They look awesome, though. I'll buy them for spare tire prices..

-Joe

I'm still looking for number 4. I could have bought it by now but refuse to pay over 50 a wheel. I paid 35 plus shipping for these 3, about 6 months apart. I've been looking for 2 years. Ebay is the only way to score 'em, because they are long gone in the salvage cars.

[rmoltis]

Here's a couple shots of the extractors to go with the last post.



It's not super visible but there's about "1-1.5" of clearance for primary #1 now.


And here is the collector. You can see where I had my cat relocated from the last header.
Also the old o2 sensor plugged in with a temporary splice job.
Until I can get my extensions made for the new o2 sensors.

[rmoltis]

So that water pump inlet housing I sent to dickmeyer arrived A few days ago.
It looks great he soda blasted it to get it clean it looks brand new.
The gasket surface was milled flat it seemed.
And everything fit perfect. It bolted up and had no leaks.
And also it gave me an extra inch of clearance from the number one primary.

I went a head and bolted the longtubes to the block.
I removed the studs and,
I used new grade 10.9 USA steel bolts for all the bolt holes.
And removed the studs.
I figured over time the pinch nuts would eat away at the threads
And possibly cause the flange to not stay sealed over time.

Also the flange was thinner than stock so I used a couple washers on each bolt. It also helped cut down on scratches in the coating.

Refilled the cooling system with all new coolant.
As well as scrubbing the overflow container the best I could from the built up residue over the years.

Here's a pics of the housing. photobucket won't let me copy links.
Stupid f******* piece of s*** photobucket.
I liked the old version better

[Spike]

..how long did it take to collect FOUR RX-7 spares? LOL. They look awesome, though. I'll buy them for spare tire prices..

-Joe

[sketchman]

NICE.

[frankenfester]

This.

FC Rx7 spare tires.

As skinny as they are. They look real cool!!! :thumbup:

-James

[Advancedynamix]

This.

FC Rx7 spare tires.

[Gomez]

My power steering system came in today also. I forgot about that.

[DriverOne]

Much done to the Penny Racer and Ms. Scarlet. It may be time to sell a Saturn!

[Gomez]

Picked up my Rio front swap and Aspire rear swap today at the Pick-n-Pull and another yard. Also got an Escort dome light, and found a freebie Radio mount to boot. Now it is time to clean the stuff up, order new bushings, tie-rod ends, and such, and git-r-done. Hopefully within a couple weeks.