What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[walth]

I don't want to answer for Christ but I'll add my experience FWIW:

probably not. I have 2nd gen miata daisies and I have full aspire swap and struts.

I have done 185/65 and 185/70 on the rears and the 70's rub, 65's don't as they're not tall enough to touch the spring perch

[sam.1956]

I'm running 185/65R14 on Daisy wheels on the back with stock rear shocks and no rubbing. I can't fit my finger, but it's not making contact at all.

What happens when you corner hard? Do they rub then?

My wheels are ICW "Something Or Others", 7 spokes, allegedly 38mm offset, but they are WIDE (for a Festiva anyway), thus necessitating spacers. I've heard that if I install an Aspire rear strut/shock, its spring perch is higher off the tire and the spacer issue will likely be a moot point then.

[91mcnasty]

My car by has been running bad too!

[Christ]

Wrong, still running crappy. :/

Only been getting 30 mpg.

[Christ]

Toyed with the stock carb awhile, checked for vacuum leaks in the black spaghetti, turned the idle screwno less than 3 whole turns out, and it sits pretty at 1,000 so far.

I wonder if the feedback system had an idle control? I was getting random cases of fluctuating idle before, seems to have quit that now, and the dead spot at 1/3 pedal between 1500 and 2500 seems to have cleared up.

[Oren09]

I'd install a flux capacitor but then I'd probably get pulled over for flashy interior lights...
Or for going 88MPH all the time.
However, this may help me with my delivery times. Although a time pauser would be best for that

[DriverOne]

Wednesday night I washed the 90L,
Today (Thursday) I filled it up, Drove it 175 miles round trip to visit my parents.
Picked up Blue Lightning's spoiler from the paint shop.

Next comes the flux capacitor!

[Team Lightning]

Wednesday night I washed the 90L,
Today (Thursday) I filled it up, Drove it 175 miles round trip to visit my parents.
Picked up Blue Lightning's spoiler from the paint shop.

[DriverOne]

There is an interesting story with my amp (an older model Alpine 600RMS 4-Chan amp). So I walk in to the local thrift store and notice this amp sitting their with a sticker that says "$6 AS IS, NOT TESTED". So, being that this size and quality of amp would be well over $600 new, I had to buy it to find out if it worked......AND IT DID! Every channel worked perfectly, and it now powers my subs and my 6x9s.

You stole that amp. You go back and give them $100 more! Haha, kidding... That's awesome. Maybe I'll see what I can find in the caverns that are our resale shops...

Under the pass. seat. Yep, makes a big difference. Got it for $42.00 on e-bay. No shippin', the guy was local.

My advice: Surround the area with a 3-sided box (top and sides only) made of MDF that will fit under the seat. I found that the seat absorbs a LOT of the bass, and that just adding a deflector helps substantially. The addition of perforated steel sheeting to the rear painted black adds a nice touch to hide the amp as well, or you could use grille cloth. You may also notice that your passenger now has a seat massager. The aforementioned box will relieve a lot of that as well. I know from personal experience that a bathroom is never close enough when you have to go and the subwoofer is on (TMI? Or a good review?)

[kellen302]

GOT A BP DONOR!!! 1991 Protege LX, 117k miles, front end collision kinked the intake tube so it's not running. Easy fix. New speakers, chains, new shocks and struts new tires. All for 675$, delivered to my door 150miles from it''s origin and with an 80$ ferry fare. Apparently right after the guy crashed it, on the side of the road, someone asked him if he was gonna sell the engine. He hadn'e even gotten it home yet!

[Christ]

Just be prepared to scrounge about all the AutoZone (... or was it AdvanceAuto??) stores from west Durham to east Raleigh for wheel spacers if you decide to put 14's on. (ask me how I know this... )

And yeah, those front springs on the back of the car make a huge difference! Even AFTER the fire goes out...

I'm running 185/65R14 on Daisy wheels on the back with stock rear shocks and no rubbing. I can't fit my finger, but it's not making contact at all.

[sam.1956]

Just be prepared to scrounge about all the AutoZone (... or was it AdvanceAuto??) stores from west Durham to east Raleigh for wheel spacers if you decide to put 14's on. (ask me how I know this... )

And yeah, those front springs on the back of the car make a huge difference! Even AFTER the fire goes out...

Since I finally got sick of the sagging rear springs, I decided to take Kartracers advice. I took the front springs off of Silver, the future electrativa, and put them in the back of baby car.

BIG thumbs up for handling! Like a different car!

Now, I guess I just HAVE to get some bigger tires to fill the wheel well up

[neanderpaul]

Getting ready for fourthtiva.







This is Jack's festiva specific tow rig.

[Christ]

...YOU KILLED BRANDON LEE! :@

[Festiva_Fred]

Mine murdered a huge crow today on the drive home from work... I hit it at 65... Thought it took out a headlight or the grill from the sound of how hard it hit! :lol: Luckily it hit the bumper so the car is unscathed The crow... well he died. Festiva- 1 Crow- 0