1993 Festiva L progression thread

[sasquatch]

sweet, it looked like they needed to be changed...

[Festiva_Fred]

Just went back and looked at your pics again. Those old bushings look bad, but mine looked worse. On the right side, where most of my shaking problem was happening (surprise, surprise) the front bushing on the sway bar actually came out in 3 pieces. :shock:
I'll take pics tomorrow if I still have the bushings. Think they are in my toolbox. Going to be re doing mine tomorrow, with good weather. My homemade bushings worked okay, but they are breaking down rather more quickly than I had hoped.

Looking forward to ride reports.

Dang.. Can't wait to start driving this car daily!

[batstiva]

Just went back and looked at your pics again. Those old bushings look bad, but mine looked worse. On the right side, where most of my shaking problem was happening (surprise, surprise) the front bushing on the sway bar actually came out in 3 pieces. :shock:
I'll take pics tomorrow if I still have the bushings. Think they are in my toolbox. Going to be re doing mine tomorrow, with good weather. My homemade bushings worked okay, but they are breaking down rather more quickly than I had hoped.

Looking forward to ride reports.

[Festiva_Fred]

I'm jealous, wish i had and extra festiva to work on

Only extras I have are 2 parts cars, and my parents have one.

[collegeboi]

I'm jealous, wish i had and extra festiva to work on

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice work!! Did all of that change how it rides, or have you had a chance to find out yet?

Thanks, don't know yet, but I'll tell you when I find out.

[batstiva]

Nice work!! Did all of that change how it rides, or have you had a chance to find out yet?

[Festiva_Fred]

A good days work..

Today one of my buddy's from school was going to come over and help me work on the festiva, but he couldn't come till next weekend. I decided to go ahead and do some work anyway, ended up getting everything I wanted to get done done today.

Old LCA's




Old swaybar bushings






Swaybar prepped w/new MOOG bushings.




New escort tie rod ends


Newer LCA's and sway bar bushings installed.







New steering rack boots.

[festivaWES]

Is that still on ? Dragonslit got banned.

What that is new news to me!!??? I am still planning it my weekend. As far as i know IT IS STILL ON!!

I am taking your money and showing you how to use your ping zing putter!!!

[Festiva_Fred]

All is good!! I'm just glad to see it is almost road worthy!! I can't wait for next weekend fun-filled minigolf/festy repair!!

Yeah! Should be a fun time!

[freshtiva]

All is good!! I'm just glad to see it is almost road worthy!! I can't wait for next weekend fun-filled minigolf/festy repair!!

Is that still on ? Dragonslit got banned.

[festivaWES]

All is good!! I'm just glad to see it is almost road worthy!! I can't wait for next weekend fun-filled minigolf/festy repair!!

[Festiva_Fred]

Damn right bud...the person who made it ride down the road was ME!!!!! J/K fred. You put the rear suspension and wheels on!!!

haha, I also swapped over the auto shifter and linkage, etc.. but you did the majority of the stuff!

[festivaWES]

Fred, your car is awesome! Great work, and kudos to WES as well.

As for "Muttstiva" as a name, well, look at my sig line. Hmmm....

Since my Mutt ain't running now, it's up to you to decide. Won't bother me or Muttstiva.

Karl

Damn right bud...the person who made it ride down the road was ME!!!!! J/K fred. You put the rear suspension and wheels on!!!

[Festiva_Fred]

Fred, your car is awesome! Great work, and kudos to WES as well.

As for "Muttstiva" as a name, well, look at my sig line. Hmmm....

Since my Mutt ain't running now, it's up to you to decide. Won't bother me or Muttstiva.

Karl

Thanks! Not sure what to name it yet but that would fit the car good. The car has parts from the following cars in it:
-90' L plus donated the engine, wiring harnesses, shifter, crossmember, interior.
-Auto trans is from Freshtiva's (Marcus's) B6 car
-Aspire brake swap and Honda VX wheels are from festivaWES's old black festy

probably forgot a few things in that list..

looks great fred, love the over all look. i love the rims, is it swapped?

Thanks, brake swapped yes (if it wasn't I couldn't run the VX wheels..), engine swapped no, but it does have an aspire head on it with 79k or 80k on it, and the aspire intake mod, the B3 thats in it has 147k on it. I want to rebuild my spare B3 sometime and turbo it.