I just got the Festy home.
WOW... it's pretty damned quick. Not blistering, but it pulls damned well.
The best thing is that it stops even quicker, and turns flat at high speed. Handles like a go cart.
It's hard to get out of it.
The exhaust is a little buzzy for my taste, I might experiment with a different muffler. It does sound pretty cool under full throttle.
It drives just fine on the street, as a daily driver, it will be fine. The short shifter is really nice, shifts are only an inch, inch and a half from neutral.. really quick and positive.
I wish I could put a 16v Kick motor in it.... I think it would kick ass..... but the Mazda motor bolts right up, it is such a simple swap. I looked into sticking a B6T turbo motor in it, but with fuel lines, pump, injection CPU and such, it's a job. A job for the future that is... cause good power in such a light car (I weighed it today, 1670 with a full tank and the passenger seat) I could get it under 1600 pounds by running a fuel cell and no passenger seat, and 2-3 gallons of gas.
FUN...