94/95 aspire motor

[jglutz]

My Beat Fleet.....
1987 Chevy Cavalier
1989 Colt Vista (4WD)
1996 Ford Escort
All run like new...look like crap....but still run like new.

[Safety Guy]

Joe, how do you like your Vista?

I'm attracted to the mini-minivan concept and the later model Vistas also remind me somewhat of a "guppy-fied" Festiva.

Karl

[miami man]

if i recalled the aspire head is an improvement over the festiva head design look in past posts on this subject.

[nonamekid]

^^^ Most of the improvement comes in the rockers. I believe the stripped head is virtually the same.

[jglutz]

Joe, how do you like your Vista?

I'm attracted to the mini-minivan concept and the later model Vistas also remind me somewhat of a "guppy-fied" Festiva.

Karl

It's a 5 door - 6 seats
Mitsubishi 2.0l 4 cyl. TBI
Top end 85-90mph @ ±3.5KRPM
Great 4WD...viscous couplings with lock up.
Tears thru rear wheel bearings and shoes; never more than 18K
Very loud...engine and road noise.
Great utility use.
I'm the original owner.

[LexLuthier]

I put a low mileage 95 Aspire motor in my brother's 93 Festiva after his cam siezed in the head. I swapped the intake, exhaust, distributor, and the valve cover off the Festy motor. Runs great, in fact it has more balls than the old Festy motor before it died.

[freshtiva]

^ Did you have to change out the drive pulley ? And if so did it match up with the festiva pulley ? The motor is being delivered to my place on wednesday the 14th.

[m715]

The Festiva pulley is a direct changeover.We put an Aspire engine I had in Tweety (91 L ATX) last year. The car runs away from anything going down the Interstate. Nice swap!....For stock at least.

BTW, I have another Festiva engine upstairs that has hydraulic lifters, and was a later stock engine. Any differences in HP between it and Aspire engines documented? Always wondered after the results of that swap...

Michael

[miami man]

i think aithanmier made the post about the head corrction but cannot find it.

[velcroshoes30]

yea totally do it i am in the midst of doing a festiva aspire switch only i am putting a festiva motor in the aspire cuzz i toasted the festiva body but ummm my injector is different on the aspire than the festiva it has way more hoses and stuff coming off of it because of the new intake system and yes the exhaust from the festiva is the way to go to get maximam pony's out of your car or else just holow out your catalitic it sounds pretyy cool

[freshtiva]

Got the motor today, looks better than I expected. 62,000 on it. Cost $200.00

[KingFish]

It's off an automatic car, are the tps the same on the aspires?

[freshtiva]

Ill be using the festiva intake. Been getting swap parts all organized today. Wish I had something to put it in. Im just going to have to buy a festiva with a bad motor. Thats all I can do at this point.

[jglutz]

Cherry!!

[freshtiva]

^ I can't quit messing with it. I love this stuff ! Ive had the plugs out a couple of times. I gave it a good cleaning today. The black paint on the block it still shiney.