My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Advancedynamix]

Also, you need water meth my friend.

[Damkid]

1.5mm jet? I'm kinda clueless so I'm guessing no I don't have one, can you fill me in a bit more?

[Advancedynamix]

Chris, are you running a 1.5 mm jet in the oil line into the turbo? If not then that is probably your issue. If a turbo doesn't have excessive shaft play then normally the " seals" won't leak unless there is another problem like too much oil pressure/ volume to the charger. Turbos are often blamed for oil consumption when it's actually not due to a failed turbo, but instead a miscalculation elsewhere in the system.

[Damkid]

Lmao Charlie!!

Anyways, coupler installed



It's just a little tight by the MAF lol



Then I hooked up a boost gauge and went for a rip........ my god the power is wild........ but on a bad note I think the turbo is toast, the car was smoking like crazy under load, so I'm looking into options there, hopefully it doesn't ruin the Madness trip

[Advancedynamix]

My speedo is dead on accurate

Mine is closer with the g series and 15" wheels than my stock automatic Festiva with it's12" wheels according to my GPS, but they are both within 5mph at 75 which is more accurate than some other cars that I've owned. This is with the original festiva gauge too.

Oh you don't just slap everything together and hope it works!?

It worked for me. This is the easiest car I've tripled the horsepower in by far.

Chris, your going to need a trailer behind you to carry all the tires you'll need to bring to madness! Remember, you gotta save a little room for those trannies. :p you could give rides for tires, 1 tire a ride. I'll bring a couple Hoosier soft compounds, I want my ride to be a hair raiser.

[Damkid]

[Flyin4stroke]

Oh you don't just slap everything together and hope it works!?

[Damkid]

For instance could you hook up the speedo and get it to read OK or do you intend to rely on a tach for calibrated speeds?

My speedo is dead on accurate

[Christ]

How much weight do you think you'll be adding with structural upgrades?

[Bert]

Took me well over an hour to read this entire thread right from the beginning. The amount of time and effort that some of you guys (Damkid, you're definitely among them) devote to auto upgrade/custom projects is unbelievable!
I'm looking forward to seeing, and hearing, the end product.

No doubt there are numerous less glamorous side-effects to mating non-OEM parts into a Festy. For instance could you hook up the speedo and get it to read OK or do you intend to rely on a tach for calibrated speeds?

[Nerd Racing]

ditto!

[eurotiva]

^ I want a set. I've thought about that before. Good idea for anything over 100hp

[Damkid]

Here's the pass. side rail I'm making up and how it'll sit on the car (the drivers side will mirror this one as far as placement) I'm most likely gunna tie it into the frame rail but it will also be bolted to the floor with re-inforcements on the inside



And here's a pic of the bends I had to make to match the slope of the floor

[Damkid]

why dont you build your own ms. its not to bad. just take your time and pay attention to what your doing

Flip back through this thread, I did buy a DIY MS2 and it confused the hell out of me to the point where I lost motivation to work on it, so it was an expensive way to learn that circuit boards are my weakness, probably just from lack of experience though

I may try again in the future but if I get that electromotive setup, I may not need to lol

[tls_zx3]

why dont you build your own ms. its not to bad. just take your time and pay attention to what your doing