The festiva never got any love

[bhearts]

So our cars never took off back in the 90s as a solid contender for performance because no one ever made goods for them with their basic engine. Eventually the engine swap became custom amongst owners for more power, but there's tons of other models of cars in the world (specifically fuel economy sized cars) that might have been a better performance platform if someone would have designed parts for them. What late 80s to early 2000s cars would you love to have if someone made race parts for them?

[old yellow]

I still would love to have the Festiva and also the Aspire... altho the Aspire looks more like a Lincoln then a Ford to me!

[sketchman]

Geo Metro. The 1st generation. Lighter, smaller, and lower than the Festiva. Better MPG too. And they gave us a 4 door version.

I Just saw a nice blue one today.

[Aaronbrook37]

Geo Metro. The 1st generation. Lighter, smaller, and lower than the Festiva. Better MPG too. And they gave us a 4 door version.

I Just saw a nice blue one today.

Those turbocharged engines can do 180HP/Liter with ease on stock internals too, which is ridiculously impressive.

[sketchman]

^Yep. Has to be one of the roughest diamonds in little car history. They could have been a force to be reckoned with had the aftermarket given them a chance.

[jayber]

AWD Suburau Justy would be my choice.

[TorqueEffect]

Those turbocharged engines can do 180HP/Liter with ease on stock internals too, which is ridiculously impressive.

Yeah but I am willing to bet it won't last. lol

I don't even think a heavily modified B3 with a turbo would last at 180HP.

[bhearts]

My buddy and I are designing a supercharger replacement to put a 2010-12 gt500 supercharger on the 3800gm engine. With an intercooler.

[Aaronbrook37]

Yeah but I am willing to bet it won't last. lol

I don't even think a heavily modified B3 with a turbo would last at 180HP.

It does... routinely. Suzuki built a monster out of their 1.0L Turbo engine. They can handle pretty much anything the owner is willing to throw at them because they were so over-engineered for the application to ensure reliability. I'll see if I can dig up the build thread. I believe he had a 14B or T25 turbo pushing nearly 20 psi... and his main problem was inadequate spark delivery more than anything.

[Aaronbrook37]

Found the thread. 165WHP is roughly 180HP out of a one liter. Enjoy! http://www.teamswift.net/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=39124

[bhearts]

I'd like a racey yaris. Probably one of my favourite newer little cars

[sketchman]

I drive a Yaris pretty often. The seats suck. The Scion seats are much better. It also has no guts. But if you swapped to Scion xA seats and stuck a turbo on it, it would be a nice DD.

[bhearts]

I'm mainly trying to compile a list of cars that could handle an aftermarket for intake manifolds

[bhearts]

People pay good money for cold air intakes that might add 3hp. I can't see how 200 for a generic fit intake manifold that would clean up the engine bay is that far out of people's comfort range. Any generic designed intake for a fuel economy engine should be an upgrade

[Festiva_Fred]

I love my 85 Nissan Sentra, really fun car to drive being a five speed with 1.6 liter. Mines stock besides a weber carb swap which really woke it up, and KYB struts/shocks. It's a awesome car to drive, prefer it over the festiva to be honest, wish more were around still.. I'd have a few more. Still drive the festiva more solely because I want to keep it as nice as possible, and parts aren't as easy to find for them. I bet I average 30-40 mpg with it, and I don't try to squeeze the most mpgs out of it, too much fun hearing the weber sound haha. It feels festiva-like just more refined, darn close to the same weight, better ride quality, amazing heat and ac, it'll freeze you out or make you sweat on full blast. Also for a 80's car there is almost no wind noise inside, almost like a new car.