Road race festival build

A bit of this project. Started 3 years ago as something simple but you know how that goes it always needs to be faster and better so it never ends.  It has been thru a few phases stock bp with e trans to now a cammed bp f series transmission on megasquirt. I will post pictures of the past 3 years. Mods as of today. Bp swap(protege engine), tomei cams, megasquirt kia rio f series trans, stage 4 clutch mwster kit, kia rio front brakes, redrilled rear drums, vw golf coilovers(advanced suspension), air dam, brake ducts am pretty sure am forgetting some stuff i will post as go along with the pictures

Lol didnt notice the thread title says festival insetead of festiva.

As a Festiva owner I approve !! More details! 

Bp in after detaling engine bay

So you're building a super neat Festiva AND you have a slammed police package Tahoe ?

Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:

So you're building a super neat Festiva AND you have a slammed police package Tahoe ?

Lol. Wifes daily.

Oem Kia sephia exhaust manifold. Basically a 4 to 1 header. Welded a v band to make an exhaust to it

TurboFource said:

As a Festiva owner I approve !! More details! What do you want to know? 

Everything you have done of course!

Kia rio brake upgrade. Big difference from the stock festiva brakes

Rear drum gor redrilled from 4x114.3 to 4x100 to match the kia from brakes and undercoated the whole underneath

OK this has become a favorite thread of mine...

Loving the Kia Rio big brake kit!  Ive always been a slow car fast person, Im betting the BP engine in that shell will move pretty well!

XLR99 (Forum Supporter) said:

OK this has become a favorite thread of mine...

Loving the Kia Rio big brake kit!  Ive always been a slow car fast person, Im betting the BP engine in that shell will move pretty well!

And if it doesn't I seem to remember they don't mind a little bit of boost to help them breathe.

I really like this car, great work. 

1SlowVW said:

XLR99 (Forum Supporter) said:

OK this has become a favorite thread of mine...

Loving the Kia Rio big brake kit!  Ive always been a slow car fast person, Im betting the BP engine in that shell will move pretty well!

And if it doesn't I seem to remember they don't mind a little bit of boost to help them breathe.

 

 

I really like this car, great work. 

This car is staying n/a , at the moment is plenty. Sometimes Its fun to drive a slow car fast.

Got some honda vx for next to nothing there going to be wrapped on some 185 60 13 nankang ar1.

Not much of an upgrade but it is something going from manual to automatic radiator

A bit of interior upgrade seat, steering wheel,shift knob and few gauges

Having a bunch of empty seafoam cans decided to build a catch can

Will the Rio brakes work with stock axles etc.?

TurboFource said:

Will the Rio brakes work with stock axles etc.? Yes they do, all you need is knuckles,calipers,rotors, tie rods and hoses

That's hot.  Keep going.