1993 Festiva L progression thread

[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]

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]

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!!

[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.

[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!

[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]

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.

[batstiva]

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

[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.

[collegeboi]

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

[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.

[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]

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!

[sasquatch]

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

[Festiva_Fred]

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

yes! badly!