Festiva Motor Sport? Still active; or what?

[bobstad]

I've tried phoning Festiva Motor Sport a couple times, just moments ago and also recently; with no luck. The phone rings; but, no answer.

Their web page says that the website is due to be re-formated and their stock changed; and that the current page is dated from January 2nd this year.

The phone number given is (410) 381-4660

I've bought their racing/lowering springs; and also a gasket between the distributor and distributor cap, perhaps hard to find? Though awhile ago, either.

[Safety Guy]

Here is another thread, less than two weeks old.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44199

If no one has talked with him for business purposes within the last couple months, I think FMS is no longer semi-viable. I think early this year was his last hurrah.

Karl

[bobstad]

Too bad

Wow, that's sad. I looked at the link.

I remember back in the heyday of FMS; looking at all the great things I'd fantasize having for my Festiva. Balanced injectors, headers, 3/4 race cam, etc. The amazing body-work stuff too, was something to see.

Well, I do have FMS racing/lowering springs. Those are sure great.

Particularly the rear ones; I think I liked with the stock front springs, better than the front ones from FMS.

I was going to ask about a water pump and an oil pump; wondering if there are any which are higher capacity and/or better than stock?

[blkfordsedan]

Bob, I would just buy a new water pump from Rock Auto. Not much need for any kind of increased capacity on the water pump.
As for the oil pump, you can either buy a new one of those from Rock Auto......or.......just do a performance work over on a good used one. You can check out the thread I posted last week on oil pump blueprinting. If all the clearances are good in the used pump, there is absolutely no need to spend the $ on a new one. If you have an old used one you could send me, I would be happy to check it out, perform a few upgrades and clean it up for you at no charge.

[bobstad]

An interesting proposition; I'm bookmarking in the computer.

Bob, I would just buy a new water pump from Rock Auto. Not much need for any kind of increased capacity on the water pump.
As for the oil pump, you can either buy a new one of those from Rock Auto......or.......just do a performance work over on a good used one. You can check out the thread I posted last week on oil pump blueprinting. If all the clearances are good in the used pump, there is absolutely no need to spend the $ on a new one. If you have an old used one you could send me, I would be happy to check it out, perform a few upgrades and clean it up for you at no charge.

Wow, that's a nice offer. I think the oil pan has to be dropped, to change the oil pump; is what the shop doing the work for me next Tuesday suggests. We've decided to forgo changing the oil pump now, for that reason.

Others suggest my oil pump should last a lot longer; I've only been worried over, hearing the tappets once, when there were about two quarts or more missing from the crankcase.

An unusual snafu forgetting to replace the oil cap on the top of the valve cover, I had to drive with a tightly rolled up rag stuffed in the hole-about five hundred miles through the night; the only time I've ever done that with any vehicle.

The sound of the tappets got me to check the oil level, under normal conditions I wouldn't of; heard pulling up to a stop sign on a freeway off-ramp about thirty miles from home-making a mid morning beverage stop.

Damn; now this old computer's "bookmark" function is screwed up.

[walth]

I bought some stuff from them on ebay a long while back and got some really good deals! might look at their store and see if they're active. just a different approach