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BADASS of New England
An automobile club for the enthusiast who enjoys the last of the big GM cars. The rear wheel drive B and D bodys. Chevrolet Impala SS, Caprice, 9C1, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Cadillac Fleetwood
Posts : 1118 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 36 Location : Chicago, IL
Subject: Our Lemons Race Car finnaly drives! Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:53 pm
Well we've been messing with this all winter, but we got to drive it today for the first time.
It's a 1993 Ford Festiva. Dry weight stock is around 1800lbs. We replaced the engine with a 1.8liter Miata motor, and put in a 5 speed manual we scoured from a Ford Aspire. We also replaced the struts with those from a Kia and cut 3 coils of each front spring.
In racing trim, the car should weigh around 1600lbs and have 130-140HP.