Quick turbo festiva vid

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Quick turbo festiva vid

June 13, 2010, 10:41:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-ngHZPYDg

Just a quick vid I threw together a bit ago. Some gauge shots accelerating and some outside shots. I found out a few days ago Ive been driving it on 3 cyls since I got it going, the wires in one of the injector plugs was loose. I thought it was pretty peppy before but now its a whole new animal. It burns thru 1st and part of 2nd, even with the "big" 195 tires.

It really needs some rear suspension. Its all worn out and just squats on takeoff allowing the front wheels to come up and spin.
I also need a chip for the ECU to run more than 11 psi. Right now Im running open exhaust and its allowing the boost to creep up to the overboost cutout, which you can see in the video. Pretty frustrating when you have to not mash the gas to avoid that.

Other than that its a stock engine. I love how two-faced it is. Its extremely driveable, maybe even moreso than a stock festiva. It accelerates so easily around town and stuff. It loves being lugged around, I can easily run 25mph in 5th gear at like 1000 rpms, and get up to 55 without downshifting. Its making an excellent daily driver. Ive managed 40.1 mpg with it so far and that was dragging a cylinder. Though since I fixed that it might be hard to get that again if you know what I mean. That also is probably what was causing me to get abysmal mpg with the o2 sensor plugged in, since there was a whole cylinder worth of fuel missing, that would be picked up as way lean by the o2, and so it would have dumped in more fuel to compensate, etc...

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #1 – June 13, 2010, 11:30:07 PM

looks fun,i can wait to get my 1.8 in mine.

a pair of new struts on the rear will take care of alot of the squatting Im working on a solid link for mine for the track.

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Reply #2 – June 14, 2010, 06:41:50 PM

I told you it sounded like a subaru last friday and that it sounded like it was only on 3 cylinders but no.... you didnt believe me, lol.
By the way, what happened to delivering that axle to the airport autox??

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #3 – June 14, 2010, 08:45:58 PM

It didnt get rained out?

My dad started hootin and holerin when I told him I was selling it. Not really worth the hassle of him lol.

Maybe in a year or so I'll make it a point to him that its been sitting there forever and is never getting used...

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #4 – June 14, 2010, 09:55:15 PM

no. It didnt rain the whole time we were there from 8am to 5:15. , now I gotta find another one thats actually affordable.

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #5 – June 14, 2010, 10:44:30 PM

Yeah he's all like "that's gotta go in the fairmont" lmao

So you can have it if you buy the Mont.

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #6 – June 14, 2010, 11:17:21 PM

So your gonna throw in the fairmont for the original axle price? SWEEEET!!!

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #7 – June 15, 2010, 12:23:53 AM

Sweet! So all you need is a chip for 11lbs? Nice! :burnout:

Quick turbo festiva vid

Reply #8 – June 15, 2010, 10:55:12 AM

No. It pegs out at 11 now. The chip allows as much as you want. But 16 is about the safe max on the stock Turbo. Should be enough for high 13's or low 14's if the rest of the car is good for it. That means traction.