Bp swap road race festiva build.

[Rick the Quick]

Any updates?

[chiquito1228]

[chiquito1228]

Finally got a chance to go on track. Didnt get a chance to put the gopro or take pics. First time out so i got caught up on the moment. But the festiva did pretty good. Now time for more seat time.

[chiquito1228]

Finally got a chance to go on track. Didnt get a chance to put the gopro or take pics. First time out so i got caught up on the moment. But the festiva did pretty good. Now time for more seat time.

[chiquito1228]

Thank you. First event will be end of may at blackhawk farm hopefully i will have some fun with it.

[Advancedynamix]

Great work! I'm enjoying this build.

[chiquito1228]

Skeeters_keeper i did not move the engine foward. Just massage the firewall a bit. For the clutch i have a spec clutch. As of right now the e trans is plenty. The festiva was put together for road racing and street used. I will never dump the clucth or abuse it on the street.

[skeeters_keeper]

Did you move the engine/trans forward and reinforce the core support? The E series has a hard time holding up to stock BP, if you're trying to push more power than stock it's going to be really hard on the trans, but moving forward/core support mod will help with wheel hop and getting power down better. I'm working on a BP/e for steve right now hoping with mods and proper suspension it'll hold up to daily/maybe some autox. Just using stock E exedy clutch so that it's not too hard on the trans. A fluiddamper crank damper would be a good idea too.

My 2 BP cars are G series, definitely for a dedicated track car.

[chiquito1228]

Volvo valve springs.

[chiquito1228]

Cars looking good, you should come down for lakestiva this year . I'll make an official post about it soon but should be 3rd Saturday in May like most years .

Hopefully it would be done by then.

[william]

Cars looking good, you should come down for lakestiva this year . I'll make an official post about it soon but should be 3rd Saturday in May like most years .

[chiquito1228]

Megaquirt with iat sensor. Getting rid of the old vaf sensor. Also volvo valve springs came in.

[chiquito1228]

Some high compression pistons been weighted. Hopefully After finishing other projects(trailblazer and rx7). The bp will be getting a quick lil updates. 01+ Miata pistons. Delta 272 regrinds, mild head porting and skunk manifold with thrrotle body with megasquirt.

[chiquito1228]

Some high compression pistons been weighted. Hopefully After finishing other projects(trailblazer and rx7). The bp will be getting a quick lil updates. 01+ Miata pistons. Delta 272 regrinds, mild head porting and skunk manifold with thrrotle body with megasquirt.

[chiquito1228]

Living in New Mexico there are many different roads to explore and most any direction will have beautiful scenery and usually very little traffic. When I was driving a truck back in the 90's every other week I would drive to Roswell NM., via Ft Sumner. The road that took me from Ft Sumner back to US 285 was 37 miles. I would leave out of Ft. Sumner at around 7:00am and usually could make the 37 mile stretch back to 285 without seeing a single vehicle. From I-40 to Roswell via US 285 is right around 150 miles. Not much to look at but trains and in the late summer, rainbows. New Mexico is the only place I lived where you can see the entire train from locomotive to the last car and if you like rainbows I have seen many a double rainbow and sometimes triple rainbows coming home from Roswell in late Summer. Actually all the rainbows I have seen in that area are double rainbows. I don't believe I ever saw one in Illinois. If you are up to a nice all day ride here's one for you. Head up to Rockford Illinois and pick up US 20 going west. Last time I ran it which was back in the 80's it was 2 lane highway from Rockford to Dubuque, Iowa and if you go all the way to Iowa you will cross the Mississippi River. Us20 going west from Rockford is full of rolling hills, lots of turns and switchbacks and incredibly beautiful scenery. You will think you are in any state other then Illinois. When I last drove it (rode it Actually) it was lightly traveled and was about the nicest ride you can find in The Land of Lincoln. Back when I was cruising it there was very little between Rockford and Illinois. No major towns, no fast food franchises, just beautiful country with a beautiful 2 lane highway and breathtaking views and I don't use that expression often. I don't know about you but driving all week in the inner city gave me a good excuse to spend a nice summer day putting on 500 miles and giving the car or motorcycle a much needed work out. Peace. And also just a note to the moderator, I realize I have hijacked this thread and should have posted under General Topics non automotive related. Of course I didn't think about that until I typed it up and not sure if I can figure out how to move it. Sorry.

If you are talking about US-20 towards Galena, that is a beautiful ride. The family and I go to that little town few times a year. Scenery is like no other in Illinois. Especially during fall. 71 around starved rock is another road to unwind some stress.