My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[crazyrog17]

Is the push rod the same length? The one connecting the pedal to the booster/mc.

[Christ]

Woops. Lol. Guess I should read better. :/

[Damkid]

^^i said I'm changing the booster, not the master

[Christ]

What's the bore size on the Protege master?

[Damkid]

So tonight I got my Y pipe wrapped and I gave it a cost of paint over the wrap



Then I cut my downpipe and added in some flanges to make it easier it install/remove



Then gave it a coat of paint as well and once it's dry I'll get it wrapped as well



Next ill be changing the brake booster for a protege one since its a lower profile and should help with clearance between my master and turbo

[Damkid]

So i got some time in the garage tonight, started off by pulling the bumper, intake, turbo, and exhaust pipes off

Then I took some header paint



Hung the exhaust pipes up



Then have them a coat of and am currently letting them dry



Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the pipes wrapped and maybe re-installed

[Damkid]

Lol ya I hear ya, I spent a good hour today re-arranging my garage in order to have room to work again after loading all the AWD parts in there lol

[Nerd Racing]

I recognize some of those parts lol

I gotta get back to working on my car now that all of the excitement is passed.

[Damkid]

So tonight I pulled the Festiva back in the garage, more updates coming soon

[Damkid]

I plan on getting the bigger sized rad pipe welded up so i can finish the cooling system, finish welding the exhaust, and I also picked up some proper hydraulic hose a few weeks ago for the return line which I'll be installing and get everything heat shielded

That's the game plan at least lol

[Nerd Racing]

Great news man! Can't wait to see the turbo process!

[Damkid]

Lol... Updates should be conning soon guys, the 323 is ready to leave the garage so I should get more progress done on the festiva shortly

[Christ]

We're getting way off topic here, but if your shop teacher wanted to let the fluid out of the lines, don't let him near your car without him reading a shop manual first. The best intentions, and he's probably a pretty knowledgeable guy, but that's just not smart, and being a shop teacher, you'd think he'd have some knowledge of hydraulics and how air is a really bad idea to introduce to them.

Anyway, let's let the side conversation die and get back to the awesomeness slowly unfolding in this thread.

[kellen302]

^Yup, I'm 16 and stoooopid, literally, but I'm eager to learn. Shop teacher thought I knew what I was doing when I put new rear shoes on the festy. He found out at the end that I was doing it by reading the Haynes manual, He also wanted to just let the fluid out of the lines to get the shoes back on, He was unaware of how auto adjusters work, I had to jump on this AWESOME forum to get it done.

[Christ]

Fair enough, I just try to keep napalm (sorta) soaked rags from being wrapped around a non shielded turbo pipe

I wouldn't do it on a turbo pipe, methinks. downpipe on, sure (I've wrapped complete exhausts before), but not on the hot side.

Then again, I've made mufflers from PVC before because I know it works, and everyone else "knows" it doesn't. Not suggesting that anyone else is dumb or anything, but I've done a good many of the things I've done against the "knowledge" of others, because as I'm sure we all know, people tend to talk more than they listen.