What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[firebush357]

Finished grinding down my Brake Calipers in the front so that the new wheels won't hit them.
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Sucky part is that I just painted them about 3 months ago...

[ottoparts]

Getting my rack ready for install. This is how I sealed/tied in the power steering ports.
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[TorqueEffect]

Drove it hard to get to work on time.

Also the a stock Exedy clutch is holding the BP's power perfectly fine. Almost completely broken in too if it isn't already.

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[ottoparts]

A few odds and ends on the kids car. Timing belt, alternator belt, fuel filter, plugs, wires, cap and rotor.
Should be good for a little bit

[TorqueEffect]

Well found out the grinding sound was coming from the alternator pulley rubbing the fender under heavy acceleration.

[navdoc101]

Try Tire Easy .com.
I got 4 165/60-13's delivered for $160.

[firebush357]

Thanks. They have a lot more choices.

[Team Lightning]

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Ive bought several sets of tires from these people, always great service.

[firebush357]

165 55 14 will fit the car much better and the car will drive and handle better than the wider, and taller tires. These cars get better traction with narrower tires. The 165mm tires will fit nicely on 6.5" rims.

I can't seem to find any 165/55/14 tires online anywhere but I did find 165/65/14 tires at TireKingdom. 165mm is exactly 6.5 inches wide, does that let the sidewall bulge out any? I'm not really fond of the stretched tire look that some people are going for on the cambered cars nowadays. I've also found some 175/65/14 tires but they aren't much shorter than the original tires and may rub.

Also another factor I'm debating is the price. The 185/60/14s are about $42 each where the 165/65/14s are about $97 each.

I would also like to mention that I am running the stock B3 engine as of right now so there won't be a whole lot of power going to these wheels. There is plans for Nitrous in the future but only after I get a Wideband so I don't lean out.

Thanks for the advice anyone has.

[greywolf200]

The wife and I are in process of buying a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house with lots of rooms on 1.2 acres of land that has a 3-year old 30 x 33-ft full steel workshop on it wire with 110 & 220-volt.

The workshop is for my fleet: 1990 5-spd street car, 1993 5-spd parts car, 1993 shell soon to be race car, 1996 wrecked Aspire for suspension & brakes and a soon to be picked up from Brian in West Virginia 1993 Festiva with a 1.8 BP engine, G transmission, reworked suspension, big brakes, 14-in rims etc.

We should be moving in sometime in July and if anyone wants to help move unlicensed and barely roadworthy Festiva's about a mile over public roads, plus about a million boxes, let me know!!!

Payment is with burgers, beer and a bed for the night!

Doug Brown
New Bern, NC
28560

If I were physically able, I'd come help for the trip to New Bern, love your town.

[greywolf200]

165 55 14 will fit the car much better and the car will drive and handle better than the wider, and taller tires. These cars get better traction with narrower tires. The 165mm tires will fit nicely on 6.5" rims.

Thanks, I made the mistake of getting the 185's and have regretted it. Will get 165 when I wear these out.

[TorqueEffect]

Drove it to my girlfriend, and netted 38MPG. Really good for a BP. That was doing 70-75 most of the trip too.

Also the VICS butterfly valves I had forced open with zip ties. May remove that though, and let the ECU do it's thing, because it does seem very sluggish from a stop with them always open.

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[Doug Brown]

The wife and I are in process of buying a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house with lots of rooms on 1.2 acres of land that has a 3-year old 30 x 33-ft full steel workshop on it wire with 110 & 220-volt.

The workshop is for my fleet: 1990 5-spd street car, 1993 5-spd parts car, 1993 shell soon to be race car, 1996 wrecked Aspire for suspension & brakes and a soon to be picked up from Brian in West Virginia 1993 Festiva with a 1.8 BP engine, G transmission, reworked suspension, big brakes, 14-in rims etc.

We should be moving in sometime in July and if anyone wants to help move unlicensed and barely roadworthy Festiva's about a mile over public roads, plus about a million boxes, let me know!!!

Payment is with burgers, beer and a bed for the night!

Doug Brown
New Bern, NC
28560

[Advancedynamix]

I picked up a set of 14x6.5 Eagle Alloys from a guy the other day for $80, they are in great shape. [ATTACH=CONFIG]19689[/ATTACH] The tires that are on them now are 195/60/14's and are dry rotted but I'm going to replace them with 185/60/14's because the 195mm tires rubbed just a little bit on the fender at a full turn and the 185mm should be about 12mm shorter. I test fitted them and realized that the rim was hitting the front Brake Calipers so i just took an angle grinder to it and shaved the caliper down a few mm.

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Being 6.5 inches wide they stick out a little bit but they were only $80 and I think it is going to look good when I'm done.

165 55 14 will fit the car much better and the car will drive and handle better than the wider, and taller tires. These cars get better traction with narrower tires. The 165mm tires will fit nicely on 6.5" rims.

[sc72]

What brand of roof rack is that.