What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[Movin]

Going to put a new alternator belt on today. Plus I bought a set of 2000 Ranger headlights off ebay, Projector style with halo rings and euro blackout. Can't wait to get those in.

Need pics !!

[shadetree]

Going to put a new alternator belt on today. Plus I bought a set of 2000 Ranger headlights off ebay, Projector style with halo rings and euro blackout. Can't wait to get those in.

Got the same ones today ! Wondering about if there legal or not ?

[bravekozak]

Are you certain it's not just a burned out bulb?

[ckiesman]

Just came in from hooking up my hatch area light. Of course it has to be snowing, but I figured it's been in there since I bought the car last april, I might as well get it working.

[Spike]

FINALLY got around to flushing the coolant.. it's been brown for a long while.

Emptied, Dawn dishsoap water, empty, more dawn, empty, clean water, empty, clean overflow tank (took it out and washed it in the kitchen sink lol).. put in coolant. Now it's almost clean, still a tad dirty.. figure I'll flush it again in a 1000 miles or so.

Then there's the bad part..

My car's been bucking when shifting more than usual (has that dreaded, no-replacement-part auto trans mount out), and there's been a bit of a clunk..

Finally warm enough to look under there, and.. lo and behold..

My rad supports are gone. Rusted OFF (hanging a good inch) beside both bolts, where the bottom engine mount connects to the support. Ugh. So that's what I get to do next weekend..

~Joe

[ckiesman]

New windshield finally. I gotta get it ready for inspection. The only thing left i think i need to do is patch the fist sized hole in my lower rocker infront of the tire. The snow is sorta preventing that from happening though.

[NTRCOOL]

Going to put a new alternator belt on today. Plus I bought a set of 2000 Ranger headlights off ebay, Projector style with halo rings and euro blackout. Can't wait to get those in.

[DriverOne]

Re: What have you done to your Festiva today!?

Mazda MPV alternator. 80-amps. Plug and play.

[standard235]

I have a single 12" JL Audio driven by a 300W RMS 600W Max @ 2Ohms amp and the alternator handles it fine. A little bit of light dimming at idle if I have it cranked up. I've though about installing a capacitor but have never got around to it.

Don't bother with a capacitor. They're good to filter the power (alternator converts AC to DC but isn't perfect, ripple increases under load) and they're good for SQ and keep the amp running healthily. However, it is hardly enough to keep voltage from dropping below charging voltage. You'd need something similar to a batcap and even then, if you're really straining the system, you are just putting another piece in the line for the alternator to charge once it's depleted. You need to create power, not store it. I can't seem to find anyone with a HO alternator for these. Even 100-120A that I took for granted on the Mustang would be nice lol.

[koRnhead]

Cleaned the snow off of it. Damn Wisconsin winter

[greywolf200]

There is a big difference between feedback and non-feedback carbs.
I prefer non-feedback carbs over FI. Besides the fact that they look cool in pairs. No computer control.

That is a really neat setup. What are the details on it, I'm a carb fan.

Thanks,

[Oren09]

Deck has active LPF's built in! This is going to be my second time doing a basic install.. it's kinda nice skipping all the fiberglass and metering and building new enclosures and catching stuff on fire! Haha. Of course I would stop competing in SPL when I have a vehicle that could handle it (with dual alternators at least)

I was considering either some SecondSkin or Elemental Designs eDead 40 but I'll look into the B-Quiet stuff! I had the 133BT in my 05 Mustang and liked it and BestBuy was selling the 136 for $120 so I snatched it up.

My buddy was getting me a discount on these Infinity's from BestBuy as well, but I've actually found them cheaper on woofersetc.com so I'm seriously considering the Polk DB series now. I have 2 MA Audio 8" subs in the garage and I'm thinking 300-400 w RMS to the pair in a small ported box may just be what the doctor ordered for this thing... Not sure how this dinky 50A alternator will like it.

Oh, I'm getting a set of the DEI Boom Mat baffles to sit behind the speakers as well. Going to get the slim ones off Crutchfield that are a 2" mounting depth, should be fine behind the Polks.

I have a single 12" JL Audio driven by a 300W RMS 600W Max @ 2Ohms amp and the alternator handles it fine. A little bit of light dimming at idle if I have it cranked up. I've though about installing a capacitor but have never got around to it.

[Huli]

Re: What have you done to your Festiva today!?

2004 KIA Rio? I thought the swap was only good for the 2001-2002 KIA Rios. Did I miss something?

2004 knuckles and springs work on stock festy struts/control arms. EGT outter tie rods.

Today I painted my new-to-me spoiler.

[standard235]

Deck has active LPF's built in! This is going to be my second time doing a basic install.. it's kinda nice skipping all the fiberglass and metering and building new enclosures and catching stuff on fire! Haha. Of course I would stop competing in SPL when I have a vehicle that could handle it (with dual alternators at least)

I was considering either some SecondSkin or Elemental Designs eDead 40 but I'll look into the B-Quiet stuff! I had the 133BT in my 05 Mustang and liked it and BestBuy was selling the 136 for $120 so I snatched it up.

My buddy was getting me a discount on these Infinity's from BestBuy as well, but I've actually found them cheaper on woofersetc.com so I'm seriously considering the Polk DB series now. I have 2 MA Audio 8" subs in the garage and I'm thinking 300-400 w RMS to the pair in a small ported box may just be what the doctor ordered for this thing... Not sure how this dinky 50A alternator will like it.

Oh, I'm getting a set of the DEI Boom Mat baffles to sit behind the speakers as well. Going to get the slim ones off Crutchfield that are a 2" mounting depth, should be fine behind the Polks.

[DriverOne]

Re: What have you done to your Festiva today!?

Standard, great stereo choice! I recommend some low-pass filters and a subwoofer. Tang Band makes a 6.5" subwoofer with a 100w max (http://www.parts-express.com/pe/psho...number=264-832) that will sufficiently fill the lows that the Infinity system lacks. Will you add sound deadening? If you do, I suggest B-Quiet Extreme.