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Just picked up a 86 b2000/b2200 long box

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gforcefd   +1y
Hey Guys and Gals,

My name is Logan from Ithaca, NY. I just paid the deposit on a 86 Mazda B2000 pickup with standard cab and extended bed. I will post up some pictures next week when I take delivery of the vehicle. Nothing is really going to happen to it this winter because I need to finish up my festiva.

The festiva is a 1993 Ford Festiva with the engine and trans out of a 94 Mazda Protege. Turbocharged with a 57 trim t3/t4 running a MS1 + spark V3 standalone. I need to get the car tuned in this winter, fix the paint, and then I will move onto the truck.



Plans for the truck will be a 3" front 4" rear static drop. Larger brakes(need to research these), Bigger rims, fix the rust on the bed, and a engine swap.

I am thinking of doing a BP plus turbo swap into the truck. I see the FE3 is popular and the love boost, but I really don't care for interferance type engines. I already have a miata trans and another megasquirt, so I would just need another BP and some custome mounts, plus the usual custom stuff. Do you guys think the miata trans and 125 n/a horsepower of a BP engine would be able to pull a 1800lb festiva on a dolly a couple times a year? I would be upgrading the differential with one from a Rx7 more than likely, and a once piece drive shaft. Turbo charged I probably wouldn't push more than 10psi or about 200 horsepower. I just want something low and sporty that I can have some fun driving, but still use as a truck.
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90-b22dawg [andrew]   +1y
welcome.... post pics of all projects and anything else that you have lol.... we love pics here
gforcefd   +1y
90-b22 I have been trolling the site for a few days. I have to say I love your truck in your sig, the color, wheels, and stance go really well together.
90-b22dawg [andrew]   +1y
thanks.... the pics make it look alot better then it is.... lol 20 yr old paint just isn't pretty..... but id rather roll it then primer.....
sleepyspeed   +1y
welcome! I'm glad that I am not the only one that has souped up a festy in there lifetime. I had a 91 L about 5-6 years ago that would have been a great match for yours....lol!
gforcefd   +1y
Yeah this is my 7th? festiva, and probably the last. I have another one for my daily driver, and my other one I gave to my little sister for her first car. Once I hit 11 second 1/4 mile times in the spring I plan on it being its last hurrah.
mrb2000   +1y
I LIKE MINE WITH NO SHINE!!!!
dzminiz   +1y
Welcome!
Get some pics up

the festiva is SWEET!
Where ya from?
elbine69   +1y
Welcome to the site! Post some pics, I think you bought the truck I was considering getting a few months ago. Phattys makes a 13" front brake rotor kit for these trucks. If you want disk brakes in the rear you could use a rx7 rear axle or a pathfinder axle.
gforcefd   +1y
I am near Ithaca, NY also part of 607motorsports.com if you ever need to find me.

The truck was just listed on craigslist, needs work, doesn't run but should make a good base to start from.

Logan