NEW ADDITION. 92 5SPD GL (plus an interesting story with pics)

[Festevil3]

I picked up a 92 5spd GL yesterday, pretty clean little car just needs a VAF. A few mods have been done to it but nothing major. The car was about 80 miles away from my house and on the way back home it blew a right rear tire. There is no telling when i blew the tire, so I pull over to check everything out, at this point I am about 36 miles away from home. There was no spare tire in the car or jack, I thought about putting a front tire on the rear but I would have never been able to get it back on the tow dolly. I scratched my head hmmmmmm got back in the truck and drove 70mph down I-85 for 36 miles....fun times

92 5spd GL




When I arrived in my driveway (didn't mess anything up besides the tire :highly_amused

[Zcallicutt7]

Nice Find!

[Festevil3]

Nice Find!

Thanks, your lttle green car look like it has come along way from you avatar. Post a bigger pic I want to see those rims

[Zcallicutt7]

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The Green Bean has some rim!!

[Zcallicutt7]

I also installed a Ford Escort GT interior light. Purchased a 6000K LED light for it. Instrument panel LED's just came in yesterday too.

[Festevil3]

What size tires are you running?

edit: this is my thread so I can hi-jack it...lol

[htchbck]

Nice find! Need a VAF? I have a couple of good ones pulled from running cars during BP swaps. I can bring to the meet this weekend, I owe you more than an ECU for those hubs you're bringing anyway.

[Zcallicutt7]

What size tires are you running?

edit: this is my thread so I can hi-jack it...lol

Kevin I'm running 165/60/14 - Only 1" wider then stock. OAH is the same though so fuel economy wouldn't change

[Zcallicutt7]

Purchased from Holiday Tire in High Point on Greensboro Road, right off of the 311 Bypass. They were the only ones I could get that size tire.

[Festevil3]

Nice find! Need a VAF? I have a couple of good ones pulled from running cars during BP swaps. I can bring to the meet this weekend, I owe you more than an ECU for those hubs you're bringing anyway.

Yes that would be great, bring it on. I have a few somewhere but I cant find not a one of them

[Festevil3]

Kevin I'm running 165/60/14 - Only 1" wider then stock. OAH is the same though so fuel economy wouldn't change

Thanks for the info, I am looking at running 14's on my turbo car, 13's will not clear the brakes

[Twistiva]

30+ miles on a blown tire?

Too friggin' funny!

On the plus side, now we know that running flat on a stock Festiva tire for a few miles is not that big a deal, right?

[Safety Guy]

Twist wrote:

"On the plus side, now we know that running flat on a stock Festiva tire for a few miles is not that big a deal, right?"

We know that running for 36 miles at around 70mph with a rear flat on a steel 12" wheel while on a dolly should not hurt too much, if at all. That should work for off a dolly too, since the raised front end puts a tad more weight on the rear wheels (so off a dolly it would be a bit lighter back there).

A flat on the front may be a different story.

Karl

[TheNewAmericanSpirit]

I'm glad you made it back safe! Great find!

BTW Zach and I have the same tires I personally LOVE them!

[kumalaba]

nice ride looking forward to meeting you on saturday!