[theastronaut]

On the Festiva side of things, I've been making a little progress on the new engine for the white one.

The friend on mine that is making intakes sent the final revision of the 3D printed patterns for me to bodywork and paint so they would pull out of the sand molds cleanly.











The patterns used to create sand molds.






The first test casting sent to me for fitting.






I cleaned up the Rio crank and rods, along with the block and main caps.







Made an adapter to hold the crank in the lathe so I could polish the journals.






And I've added a few sets of wheels to my collection.


13x6.5 +6 BMW/Alpina wheels.




15x7 +17 Riken mesh wheels.




And a couple sets that Festiva friends have picked up for me and I'll be collecting at the next Festiva meets.

13x7 -19 Revolution four spokes.




And probably my favorite so far is a set of 14x6.5 +9 Hayashi Techno TRV wheels from Japan. These match the wheels for the Capri, just in a size that will fit a Festiva.