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Reply #30 –
Quote from: tbirdscott;317324


That engine sounds great, gonna straight pipe it or try to keep it stealthy? cut out maybe?

Scott


I'm gonna try to quiet it down. I've got a glasspack that'll fit on the downpipe which is only 2". Then ill adapt it to the festiva exhaust which is 1.75". Eventually ill have a full 2.5" on it...but I want it choked down a bit for now. I'm limited to 10psi anyway til I get a chipped ECU.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #31 –
. That was quick!
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #32 –
All I can say is I've been determined. LOL

Not to mention I have a 35 minute drive just to get to the thing. I've put a lot of miles on my bird in the last month hahaha.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #33 –
There, freed up some space up front. 4awg from the battery to the starter, and replaced the little black wire going to the main fuse with the equivalent from the capri harness, the red wire you see. Thats also going to the starter. That wire and the battery wire are both crimped together into a 1/0 ring connector which goes right on the starter lug.





93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #34 –
Finally got to drive it tonight! Just down the road and back. Ended up having to replace both front brake lines as the ends were rusted to  and blew as soon as they started seeing brake pressure. Got the radiator hooked up, still no fan yet though. It didnt really get too hot though even with the single core festy rad. I got a two core rad but the inlet is busted on it :/ Gonna have to find a slim fan either way.

Still plenty of kinks to work out but it was so relieving taking it just down the road and back. Gotta get an exhaust hooked up, even if its just the tiny festiva exhaust for now.

The capri front brakes work quite well on a car that weighs 700 lbs less than the car they were made for. Now just gotta replace those worthless things in the back.

Hopefully this weekend I can get it closer to being on the road and get some video.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #35 –
Might have this thing on the road today! Need to get off here and get the registration done haha.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #36 –
Been driving it since yesterday. Its obviously a rolling work in progress. I have the front end lowered a bit much, the 195/50/15's rub a little on turns and bumps. Im gonna try reversing some spring clamps in there to raise it a little. Need some money to make some coilovers with. Need aspire struts to fit the xr2 wheels on the back.

Here it is as it stands...





Oh and I guess I have a bit much power for a stock festy exhaust?

93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #37 –
BACKFIRE! ....Err, Exhaust pop, I mean... Does that thing have a cat? Nice work by the way, why do you know so much about parts interchange on these things?!
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #38 –
Looking good! Fast work on the swap.:burnout:

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #39 –
Yup its my DD right now. Prolly good for 15's at the moment. Still has stock festiva exhaust and limited to 10psi. Got some work ahead of me...

Also picked up a 92 gl auto with 254k miles on the body. Got an aspire brake swap and 1.8l BP engine from an escort ft to swap in. All for $800. The car is friggin nice but I gotta put another trans in it. It only goes forward.

93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #40 –
You did great work on this, I did not know the Fiesta had a Madza engine?  I knew they were made by Kia but did not know about the Madza connection.

I have a Ford Aspire parts car in my yard but I don't know if any of those parts interchange or would help you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Aspire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Festiva

This is hot-rodding at it best!

TED

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Reply #41 –
The aspire is basically the same platform as the FESTIVA (not Fiesta :P). The front knuckles and rear axle beam swap over for a huge upgrade in braking power, and also gets you a much more common 4x100 bolt pattern. Aspire rear beam has a sway bar built in. The front swaybar is a nice upgrade with a little work. The rear struts have a higher spring perch for more tire clearance. The engine is the same except for a roller valvetrain. The trans is the same except for a lower diff gear.

In the festiva world the aspires are usually just referred to as "parts cars", same for the capri I used for my swap :P.

Oh yea, the festiva, aspire, capri, and escort gt all use mazda b series engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_B_engine

The transmissions are mazda e, f, and g series transmissions. E series was the little econobox transmission in the festiva/aspire, 4 or 5 speed. F series is the stronger one made for economy and the G trans is the sporty one found in the escort gt and capri. Should hold 300+ hp.

The good thing is the stock festiva automatic (3 speed F series) has been known to hold plenty of power stock and well over 300hp with some mods. Thats why Im keeping it when I do the BP swap in the new car (which is my gf's). BP + turbo + auto = who knows? 12's?
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #42 –
ya gotta make it go in reverse before you do the swap on your girlfriends car!!!!

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #43 –
Lil update...

Just filled it up, 37.5 mpg. Thats with the o2 sensor unplugged. I have it unplugged because of the crack in the manifold that goes straight to the o2. Im guessing its drawing in air causing the ecu to run it rich. I bet 40mpg would be reached with the ecu running closed loop.

Put 01-02 Kia Rio struts and springs in the front. At first I left them alone and the car rode ridiculously high in the front. This caused my drivers side CV axle to expand too far and tore the boot to shreds. Got another axle from napa and cut 2.5 coils out, it sits perfect now and still rides really nice. Way better than cut festiva springs on 180,000 mile festiva struts.

Before this I wanted to build coilovers for the front but now I think Im gonna skip on that. At least for now.

Heres how it sits now.



On the immediate agenda -

Alignment (I have it going straight but Id still like to get it done, I know camber and caster are off.)

Exhaust (still breathing through that 1 3/4 crinkle bent pipe)

Aspire rear struts (so I can get the capri wheels on the back)

Exhaust manifold crack (I think Ill try filling it with header paint first lol)

I need to do a little work on the motor mounts too, nothing major though.

Im gonna be swapping out the valve cover today. The one on the car now is cracked in front of the oil fill and a crack runs through the threads of the fill too... no idea how the previous owner(s) managed that. Got the junkyard cover for $25 and spraybombed it, poor mans powdercoating.

93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Heres what I'm doing lately (contains b00st)

Reply #44 –
Looks good. Still blows me away that people do this stuff, but very cool.
1983 Tbird with '03 Split Port V6 motor swap done! Headers, dual exhaust, 500CFM Edelbrock, 3G upgrade, Electric fan. 3.73 Gears and an FRPP Limited Slip. Five lug complete! 5-Speed conversion complete! Standalone Fuel Injection in progress...