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Okay, we now have three Festivas, one most likely a parts car. The '90 auto runs dependably, and is our only mode of transportation at the moment.
My question is as follows:
The '88 runs, but the engine has atleast one bad ring (and can fill the neighborhood with smoke after running 5 minutes), and has a lot of oil blow(by, back?). I plan to put either a B6 or the parts car's engine in it (along with EFI swap), but it'll be a few months before I learn how.
If I drive the '88, will it affect other parts of the car besides the engine? Am I going to ruin the exhaust system, ect.? The brakes work well, the transmission/clutch both seem to perform as needed. It rides really smooth down the road, it just smokes a lot.
I don't plan to take it to Mexico, just 22 miles round-trip to work. I'm planning on running the hose (the smoke all comes from a hose out the top of the head) out of the engine compartment so it doesn't fill the cabin so much.
Is this a dumb idea?
Thank you all,
Spike
EDIT: It ran great 70 miles after we bought it in Louisville, KY, but we didn't know the radiator fan wasn't running and the radiator blew a second time. It blew 50 miles from home. Now the fan is running (all the time, disconnected fan relay, now has a new radiator), we would only need a new battery. As far as we know.
My question is as follows:
The '88 runs, but the engine has atleast one bad ring (and can fill the neighborhood with smoke after running 5 minutes), and has a lot of oil blow(by, back?). I plan to put either a B6 or the parts car's engine in it (along with EFI swap), but it'll be a few months before I learn how.
If I drive the '88, will it affect other parts of the car besides the engine? Am I going to ruin the exhaust system, ect.? The brakes work well, the transmission/clutch both seem to perform as needed. It rides really smooth down the road, it just smokes a lot.
I don't plan to take it to Mexico, just 22 miles round-trip to work. I'm planning on running the hose (the smoke all comes from a hose out the top of the head) out of the engine compartment so it doesn't fill the cabin so much.
Is this a dumb idea?
Thank you all,
Spike
EDIT: It ran great 70 miles after we bought it in Louisville, KY, but we didn't know the radiator fan wasn't running and the radiator blew a second time. It blew 50 miles from home. Now the fan is running (all the time, disconnected fan relay, now has a new radiator), we would only need a new battery. As far as we know.
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