My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Damkid]

^^^ yes, knock it apart, remove the vanes and cam ring (rotor too, if possible), plug up the outlet and return, pop it back together, and fill 3/4 way with ATF

Its funny you guys say that, i already gutted the pump before i took the above picture but just forgot to mention that part and i didn't think to plug the outlet and put some fluid in it so thanks for that tip Jim!!

[skimsucka]

on point nice work cant wait to hear it purrr what are you doing for exhaust

[Damkid]

i haven't fully decided yet, i want duals but when i go to add a rear mount turbo i'll want single exhaust and i only want to do the exhaust once, with little modding for a turbo later on

[Nerd Racing]

would you care to do a writeup on the gutting of the pump?

I will be doing this shortly, also what belt are you running for your alternator, usually the V6 guys have to use an AC delete pulley of some sort, but you seem to have bypassed that step.

[Damkid]

would you care to do a writeup on the gutting of the pump?

I will be doing this shortly, also what belt are you running for your alternator, usually the V6 guys have to use an AC delete pulley of some sort, but you seem to have bypassed that step.

Gutting the PS pump is pretty basic, once you take out the bolts that hold the pump together and you split the pump apart you can see the internal and how it works, there's no clips holding the internals in place just literally grab the internals out of the pump

And for the belt, thats the belt that was used in the probe i bought, i just re-used it on my ZE

[pr0nst4r]

on point nice work cant wait to hear it purrr what are you doing for exhaust

I'm gonna vote nothing until it runs

Why not run two rear mounts? You probably won't have [much] traction anyway :toothy7:

[Damkid]

I'm gonna vote nothing until it runs

Why not run two rear mounts? You probably won't have [much] traction anyway :toothy7:

to keep it somewhat simple

[hofficergrover]

You could run duals and have them x at the end. Then take the x out and put a y in when you get turbo, so it is one pipe into the turbo and then y it so that it goes back to the duals again. That wouldn't be to hard to do. I think any way lol

[Damkid]

I was thinking something like that but I'll decide that when the time comes :lol:

[hofficergrover]

Yeah that way seems the most reasonable besides leaving it single.

[krazy4]

Sorry dude, but remote mount setups decently suck. I think you should do some headwork, cams, and a megasquirt ems. You could get some nice power out of it N/A. Car will move very well.

N/A KL's sound sooooo nice!

[pr0nst4r]

I will beg to differ, as I'm sure others here will as well. It allows for mounting a turbo when there is less space then usual, has no less lag than a traditional turbo setup as the whole system is pressurized and allows you to run higher pressures (because of temps) before you need to get an intercooler, saving money.

Just like with every turbo system, it's about what parts are used, not where the turbo is mounted. It's physics. No amount of misinformation can overcome physics.

[sasquatch]

watch this... it takes some amount of time but its well worth it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_567MacKVk

this is part 1 of 5... just follow the links in youtube...

[sasquatch]

i just watched them all (and some other vids on youtube ) lissen carefuly to part 1, 2 and 3.... thats where "most" of the "rear mount turbos = bad" myths are proven busted... part 4 has some info about water/meth... part 5 is mostaly about tuning and there customer service...

[krazy4]

I will beg to differ, as I'm sure others here will as well. It allows for mounting a turbo when there is less space then usual, has no less lag than a traditional turbo setup as the whole system is pressurized and allows you to run higher pressures (because of temps) before you need to get an intercooler, saving money.

Just like with every turbo system, it's about what parts are used, not where the turbo is mounted. It's physics. No amount of misinformation can overcome physics.

I will beg to differ, I don't want to jack his thread though.

Do you have any experience with a rear mounted setup, or are you just listening to what STS says? lol