My fest... Aspire Swap

[stefan]

I needed new tires, rotors, brake pads/shoes, booster& Master cylinder, ball joints, and tie rod ends.

Waste money on the stock system? No way- Aspire swap it is!

I started with the rear.

Jacked up, and ready for business



taking off those pathetic 12" rims



In no-time that old axle was dropped



Shiny new aspire axle



It was kinda tricky to get up into place by my self, but i managed



Old festiva axle



Serviced the brakes



Cleaned the bearings then repacked them



Drums back on



Bleeding the brakes



And done! New 175/70-13 Rubber on tercel rims




That all went pretty easy. Now for the front

Pulled into the garage, ready for surgery.



What needs to go



takeing it apart is easy :wink:



The biggest problem i had in the front end was that the welded nut for the control arm pivot bolt was just free spinning. So i had to cut a hole in the frame rail and weld it back on. Then i just welded it back closed.



And... Finished



Check out those sweet hubs 8)



New control arms/ball joints and tie rod ends



13s Finally mounted on the front, and done!



excuse the mess :wink:



Last job; under the hood.

I replaced the booster and master cylinder with those from a mtx aspire.

First, bench bleeding the master cylinder



Mounting it in place



And done



The aftermath



Sofar im happy with the results, i just need to re-bleed the hubs again after putting in the new master cylinder because the pedal is still low.

[25Horseplay]

That will be a nice car when you are finished You should think about entering it in FOTM when done!

[quaddawg]

I am quite impressed with your thoroughness, at your age. Kudos to whoever taught you to do things right.. and if you taught yourself to do things right... double kudos to you!!

Brian's right, that IS going to be a nice car when you are finished!

[elcamino1]

Very nice job youngman,next time you have those parts off detail them,paint,polish,powdercoat,etc.

[Axlander9289]

Do the fittings on the front Festiva brake hoses bolt up directly to the Aspire calipers?

[elcamino1]

yes they do.

[packrat427]

AWESOME JOB !!!

Very nice work , and I like the way you did the nut weld job and closed it up :thumbright: :thumbleft:

[neanderpaul]

Wow!! Inspiring work there and great documentation!

[muscle_Car1]

Do the fittings on the front Festiva brake hoses bolt up directly to the Aspire calipers?

You need the rubber lines from the aspire or else you will have to trim off one of the nubs on the festiva lines.

[stefan]

thanks for the compliments everyone

elcamino1, normally i would have, but i was on a deadline to get the car re-inspected