Over due pics of new Bp swap

[timmay89]

Hey, here are some pictures of the BP swap done into the 1989 Festiva, keeping the auto tranny.
Here are some direct before and afters:

[timmay89]

Here are pictures of the interior (I changed the interior and exterior wiring harness to a 1993 Festiva.

Here is a picture of the engine coming out!!!!

[timmay89]

Here is a picture of the empty engine bay:

[timmay89]

Here is a picture of the freshly rebuilt engine!

And a picture of the tranny paired with the engine

[timmay89]

Here are some final fitment pictures

[timmay89]

Here are some final pictures of the exhaust system. 2 1/4" exhaust was put in all the way through with a high flow cat and muffler by magnaflow. All the work was done by a proffesional shop.


Got to love stock 12" wheels! (I am going to do the aspire swap and get some real wheels soon!)

[Hot_Wheels]

looks good i like the valve cover! did you do any work to the trans well it was out? did you reuse the b3 torque converter?

[timmay89]

I did not touch the tranny. I did use the b3 torque converter though. It seems to work well. Only problem I have with it is that there are only 3 gears!

Thanks for the comment of the valve cover. It goes from an almost black and fades into a red.

[wybnrml]

Looks good, looks like the engine bay cleaned up nice.

[timmay89]

Thanks I didn't end up cleaning the engine bay until I got the engine going (which was a mistake)

[Damkid]

sure looks like a lot of work went into that swap :lol: looks good though!!

[JPT]

How does the BP get along with the auto trans?

[timmay89]

sure looks like a lot of work went into that swap looks good though!!

Ya it was alot of work, took about 1.5 weeks, so not too bad for my first swap.

How does the BP get along with the auto trans?

Funny you should ask. The auto tranny works great for the engine, except it only has 3 gears. Having a 4th would make it go alot nicer on the freeway for cruising. Overall though no change in the tranny performance over what it used to be.

[sasquatch]

if i where you i would get a trans temp gauge on it...

ooo and a turbo

[doylerl]

It doesn't look like you had to "clearnace" the firewall. Is that an illusion, or is it just a tight fit? Looks nice either way. Nice job.