Russian - lemons BP festiva
 

Hey everyone, I run a ford festiva with mazda BP engine in 24 h of lemons. Trying to educate myself on the whole BP+T subject here :)

Welcome.

Let's see some pictures of your car.

Welcome to the forum!

I think there is at least one other guy running around here with BP powered Festivas somewhere. Tell us more about your build (and btw: we LOVE pictures!!!) your goals and where your at!

Also: ¿Dónde está fotografía?!

Right, that's a good point.

At our first race - BP with stock festiva transmission means torque steering and clutch slipping
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1338591036

New setup with proper G series transmission - this moved the radiator from under the hood, that was a good moment to upgrade the radiator
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1338591036

that's how we spend the night swapping an engine (not referring to myself as we, lemons is a team sport)
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1338591290

and that's our approach to converting a transmission to work with a cable, I hope it gives you a picture
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1338591290

As for the goals... We still have plenty to do to make this car reliable & balanced, but turbo seems like something to work on during the winter. Do not need crazy HP - we want a motor to last 7 hours of racing...

Talk to a guy named faeflora, that's about how long his motors last. HP unknown though.:bowrofl:

Corrected.

Need more selfshots of your "team"

You're back! ;)

The door hinge is pretty legit.

russian, congrats on signing up at the best site on the web!

With a radiator in front of the car and our average Lemons driving abilities we have mastered swapping these in 10.5 minutes.

Still, time has come for a new look

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1377740460

Leave the clamps, it makes the car look intimidating :fael:

If we do not figure our plan B for paint booth time, we are running next race without a nice paint job. This case the clamps would stay and the theme would be "our paint booth plan has failed apart" :)

use a motor that will last longer than 7 hours and you wont have to swap at all. that saves you a whole 10.5 minutes.

You've mixed something up. The motors last long, it's the radiators which do not survive contact if they are in front of everything else.

well i could have told you that. I'd also argue it's worse for cooling.

If youre russian why do you have an eyetalian flag on your car?

Italian or ayatollian? It's a joke because they still make these cars in Iran.

The new body is ready - https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1381874532

By the way we are looking for a team member - we are in the Chicagoland.