I am now the owner of the "Jalopnik" Festiva

[loudrango]

nice grab!i inquired about it as well.good luck with it.

[chrisofna]

That "mount" is the revised GM dog bone for the 60* v6 engines. Its a torque mount, controls engine movement.

It's interesting because it was added since the previous owner or at least since the original CL ad.

[FestYboy]

That "mount" is the revised GM dog bone for the 60* v6 engines. Its a torque mount, controls engine movement.

[chrisofna]

Here's a pic of the engine. Someone added some type of engine mount on the left side. Also the intake is stupid and is probably a source of the vacuum leaks.

[drddan]

Nice LX!

[Racespire95]

Thats awsome! I almost Bought it myself when it was on CL in Pennsylvania. Congrats

[chrisofna]

I recently picked up the "Jalopnik Festiva" from the guy who bought it in New Jersey. The guy I bought it from said he bought it because it reminded him of a Golf GTI. Anyone on here know the builder? It has a BP swap, clear (faded) corners, power mirrors, and an Escort GT seat swap. The Jalopnik post was from 2012 and I was way out of Festivas then.

https://jalopnik.com/5919042/for-2499-this-is-a-festiva-you-might-actually-want

I'll probably make a build thread of the car once I start tearing into it, it's like 4 degrees here and I don't wanna deal with the cold. I think the transmission is broken (won't go into any gear) and it has some questionable intake things done to it. It also fights to start.