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    Just in time for Halloween! Some B3 carnage!

    Ok, this came out of my old roommates RUNNING '94 Aspire 4door. Its amazing the abuse these little B3s can take and still be ticking. Its been about a year (and over 20,000 miles) since I was last under the hood of this thing (for an oil change). At that time we knew it was leaking a little oil out of the front main seal and burning a little (just enough to coat the tailpipe with soot). He was waiting till his next check to take it to a shop, and it was only losing about a quart every 1000 miles, so not too horrible. Anyway, long story short, he killed this thing. Took it to a shop (who told him that he had "bolt missing" from his exhaust which was why the car was running so loud, and also the "probable cause" for the soot at the tailpipe (I knew the pipe had a hairline crack in it, but wow!). I don't know what if any work they did to the car besides that, but here's what it looked like this week when I pulled the motor... Let me know what you think, lol

    (Disclaimer: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!)
    (Note: A new motor is currently in place, the car will be running soon pending the hookup of radiator and other peripherals)































    I guess thats where the "bolt" fell out of the exhuast?
    No festiva for me ATM...
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    the car has now a good rust protection

    BPT, G5M-R, BP26 Exintake swap + Fidanza cam gear, NSRT4 FMIC + 2.5" piping, HKS SSQV BOV, Exedy clutch, 3" downpipe + 2" all the way back, Aspire brake swap, KYB GR-2 & FMS coil spring , FMS EURO body kit + Carbon fiber hood, Falcon RTX 15X6½ + Toyo proxes T1R 195/45R15

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    • #3
      Originally posted by htchbck View Post


      I guess thats where the "bolt" fell out of the exhuast?
      Fell out? Looks like something "fell" in.

      Real hard too! :shock:
      Festiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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      '90 L. B8ME/Kia Rio 5 speed. Rio/Aspire suspension swap. :-D
      '81 Mustang. Inline 6, Automatic.
      '95 Eagle Summit Wagon. 4G64 Powered.

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      • #4
        Jeez when i seen the title saying B3 carnage i thought i was going to see bent connecting rods, smashed pistons or at least some majorly damaged engine parts of some kind :lol:

        1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
        1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
        2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

        1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

        If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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        • #5
          ^^ Haven't been able to accomplish that much damage to a B3 yet, I don't do turbos
          No festiva for me ATM...

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          • #6
            It's just a flesh wound!!
            http://www.cardomain.com/id/hawkdoc60

            01 Chevy Impala 9C1 police package "Unnamed yet". 154K
            88 LX 5 speed "Silver PHOENIX" Currently being rebuilt inside and out. 400K
            88 L 4 speed "Cherry Bomb" saved from the car crusher just in time. 186K
            06 Ford F-150 Pickup Replacement for my 2001 Impala Cop Car that lunched its engine.

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            • #7
              that B3 looks CLEAN!! you should have seen that one that is in Cherry (as I think I'm going to call it) before the re-build... the guy at the machine shop who hot tanked the block and said he hadn't seen such a dirty block :p it was using/leaking a quart of oil every day back and forth to work for the guy! (about 90miles round trip).
              ~Nate

              the keeper of a wonderful lil car, Skeeter.

              Current cars:
              91L "Skeeter" 170k, Aspire brakes, G15, BP, Advancedynamics coil overs, etc. My first love.
              1990 Kawasaki Ninja 250 - my gas saver, 60+mpg - 40k
              2004 MotoGuzzi Breva - my "longer range" bike - 17k

              FOTY 2008 winner!

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              • #8
                my engine is WAY dirtier/greasier than that!
                If it has boobs or wheels, sooner or later you're going to have trouble with it.
                Mark S.

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                • #9
                  I'll have to take pics of Slick's engine when I get it pulled. Other than the gaping hole in the exhaust, I doubt it looks much better than that one.

                  Dumb thieves go to prison, smart ones go to work for the Government.

                  1988 L - 232K miles Batstiva
                  1989 L - 247K miles Slick
                  1990 L - 281K miles Orphan Annie
                  Let the hoarding begin!! :mrgreen:

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                  • #10
                    The exhaust was what really got me (and its hard to see in the pics, but on the left side of where the runners come together there is another 1/4" hole) ... and I just realized that the duplicate picture of the alt took the place of the picture of the back of the car. I hadn't seen the car since June before he brought it over to have me swap the motors, and while it was never "clean" in the whole time he's had it, it used to be just a little of dirt on it...

                    But now:

                    No festiva for me ATM...

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                    • #11
                      Looks like the 94 back when I first bought it.. didn't have a spot of rust on it though!
                      91 rusty Festiva 260k

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                      • #12
                        No rust on his either... but he did manage to rip off the bottom half of the front bumper last winter during an ice storm though looks more "rally" now lol
                        No festiva for me ATM...

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                        • #13
                          that looks like my engine bay. and the bottom of my car looks like the engine threw up on it. piece of junk oil pan gasket

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