Ford Aspire Trans Swap and Lightweight Flywheel
 

Well, I started my transaxle swap tonight on the Xspire. I have a transmission with the Festiva guts installed into it (so I don't have to mess with modifying the Trans mounts) ready to go in. This gives me a final drive of 3.77 compared to the Aspire's stock4.05. I also purchased a used FMS Lightweight Flywheel (12lbs).

I was only planning on getting a head start tonight and pulling it tommorow, but it went easy.

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Trans is out and the rest waits for tommorow...
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Hopefully the clutch and flywheel go easy too! :o

I'll update.

Well, everything went smoothly! :) All done. Trans, new clutch and new to me flywheel installed.

Speedo reading is now off and I may have to take it to a local speedo shop to have an adapter made if I find that the Festiva driven gear has the same teeth as the Aspire's.

Runs and drives great! Definately pulling lower RPMs at speed. I'll post mpg results after I get the speedo/odometer accurate.

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Out of the Garage and back into the Driveway! :D

Well, that was easy. I just saw this thread, and you're already finished.

Yes, please post back with numbers - RPM, MPG, whatever.

That's great progress so far. Looking forward to the updates.

What happened to the updates? I'd like to know what kind of improvement was gotten from the gear swap.

I think he sold that car.