horse power

[X_fordman_X]

yeah i was wondering if someone could tell me what all you can do to a stock 1.3L festiva to get more horse power ?

[Tim]

Put a B6 in it.

[X_fordman_X]

what is a b6?

[Tim]

what is a b6?

A 1.6L engine from a Mazda 323/Mercury Tracer, the best upgrade for the money. It's a direct bolt in (providing your car is fuel injected).

Search around the forums for more info.


Regards,

Tim

[5.0zone]

A 1.6 with a carb will work in a 88 or 89 that is carbed too.

[25Horseplay]

With the proper parts a 1.3 could be built up to around 100 hp. It would probably be cheaper to do an engine swap though.

[Tim]

A 1.6 with a carb will work in a 88 or 89 that is carbed too.

Not wishing to hijack the thread here, but weren't there some issues with the carb not being big enough to fully power the engine?


Regards,

Tim

[5.0zone]

Never heard of that. I know that the 1.6 did come with a carb on some models.
Quaddawg has a carbed 1.6 in his.

[DuritzCrows17]

I would make the swap worth while and do a b6t but thats just my .02

[X_fordman_X]

sweet thanx guys

[FestYboy]

port and polish the head and slap on the 1.3 headers from FMS w/ their performance cam, and you should see another 10-15HP, i know this sounds like nothing but in a small car like ours, it's a big differance.

juat an example: B6 block w/ stock B3 carb, intake and cam, port&polished head and B6 headers resulted in 67 HP at the wheels which is about 75-78 hp at the crank. stock for the original B3 was 58 AT BEST. mind you that none of my componments are properly matched with eachother so you can figure that with a proper intake/carb combo and better cam, i should see another 20-25 HP, and a better top end.