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How long does it take for a festy to fully warm up. On 95 degree days it takes my carbed festy around 20 minutes to fully warm up and even longer on cold days.
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Red 89LX 5speed
Aqua 90L 5speed
Blue 97 Aspire Auto -
Try a two stage Thermostat.it runs so sweet
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A new thermostat is a good maintenance item anyway. Replace it and see if it helps.Axlander9289, brother of ThisVelologist
Festivas past:
Aqua '92 Festiva L - Sold "Dale"
White '89 Festiva L Plus - RIP "Dudley"
White '93 Festiva GL - Sold to thisvelologist "Frito"
Red '91 Festiva L - Sold to Louieisawesome "Geraldo"
Current Fleet:
Aqua '93 Festiva L with Aspire brakes "Dale Jr."
Black and White '93 Festiva GL Sport (White alloys and spoiler are long gone) "Blues-tiva"
White '15 Ford Transit ConnectComment
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My carb'd car warms up in 5-10 minutes. I would replace the T stat.Comment
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Adjust or replace the electrical choke!!!, What I gonna do in a near future is to get me a Webber 32\36 carb with the adpater, machine the intake and mirror polish the exhaust ports of may baby B3. Let see if those Toyotas can get me.. HEHEHEHEHEComment
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i went to look at a festiva and when he started is it reved up to like 3k is this normal on a carbed one
Mike, AKA the sasquatch
1990 LX, bp+T/g25mr, 9psi dynoed at 194HP, turbonetics t3/to4e 57trim, haltech E6X standalone, 550cc injectors, turbosmart wastegate, synapse BOV, walbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive FPR, AEM wideband, 3 inch exhaust, huge FMIC, 9LB flywheel, 6 puck clutch and way more parts that im forgetting i installed lol...Comment
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The fast idle is 2k rpm, other than that is too high.Comment
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thanks for the info
Mike, AKA the sasquatch
1990 LX, bp+T/g25mr, 9psi dynoed at 194HP, turbonetics t3/to4e 57trim, haltech E6X standalone, 550cc injectors, turbosmart wastegate, synapse BOV, walbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive FPR, AEM wideband, 3 inch exhaust, huge FMIC, 9LB flywheel, 6 puck clutch and way more parts that im forgetting i installed lol...Comment
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any time!!!! I love carbs, easy to fix!!!!!Comment
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when I start my festy it idles at about 500 rpm. then when its fully warmed up it idles right at 1k rpm.Red 89LX 5speed
Aqua 90L 5speed
Blue 97 Aspire AutoComment
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You have to adjust the fast idle at 2k rpm when cold.Comment
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where is the fast idle screw? I know its on the drivers side of the carb but where? The only screw I could find is a big screw with a spring on it right next to the throttle.Red 89LX 5speed
Aqua 90L 5speed
Blue 97 Aspire AutoComment
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Plugging in a block heater on cold mornings helps. Even on cool mornings my carb'd Festiva starts easily and idles at a lower rpm after 1/2 hour of preheating.
Yes, the fast idle adjustment screw is the metal one with the spring next to the throttle.Original owner of silver grey carburetted 1989 Festiva. 105k km as of June 2006. 140k km as of June 2021.Comment
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[quote="WmWatt"]Plugging in a block heater on cold mornings helps.quote]
If you don't have a block heater, I've used a heat lamp or a 100 watt bulb attached to a trouble light. Just put it in the engine compartment next to or shining on the block. Worked for me at 40 below on a 6 cylinder.Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket??Comment
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Or do what the Russians do during winter: Drain the oil, put it on a pot, get it to a boil on the stove, and put back to the engine and start it.Comment
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