My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[jawbraeka]

couldnt you just put the engine at the back and just a turbo in the engine bay since you like hearing the turbo up front??

seems logical to me haha

Lol


Sent from the depths of hell.

[Chultz]

couldnt you just put the engine at the back and just a turbo in the engine bay since you like hearing the turbo up front??

seems logical to me haha

[Damkid]

Did you say rear turbo?...

:lol: that's your specialty man, I prefer hearing the turbo from the front of the car

[eurotiva]

Did you say rear turbo?...

[gergorian]

Very nice. How hard is it to get the 323 rear seats to fit and work?

[Damkid]

My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

Picked up a flex line to finish the lines and here's the final routing for the clutch line




Then I tried bleeding the system only to find out the MC is toast... Ugh

Sooo onto something different while I wait on a new MC.... I've still had the 323 GT rear seats awaiting install so I got a start on it tonight



There will also be a lower piece of angle iron to attach the hinges too and the lower section of the seats... So far I'm really happy with the fitment but I still need to check how the seats line up with the panels but here's the fitment so far

And yes the seats need a good steam cleaning



Some may ask why I decided to run two pieces of angle across the width of the car... I have future plans that will tie into these.... I intend on running a water-to-air IC and a custom made "box" reservoir will be built to fit between the angle iron allowing me to keep some of my storage space... But that's a long time away yet

[Damkid]

^^do it :evil4:

[eurotiva]

I always read this thread, and it makes me want a bigger motor....

[Damkid]

Changed my mind and did some work tonight on it lol

First I added some gussets to the push rod since I wasn't sure how durable it was gunna be without them



Brake booster/master bolted back on.... I hate working on the nuts that hold the brake booster on, I'd rather take a punch in the face then un-bolt the brake booster lol



Then I got the slave bolted up and started running the hard line.... Not much clearance with the fan and line but it's enough to never cause issues



Nicely with the frame rail.... It's just hanging there until I can pick up some pieces to bolt to the car and hold the line steady



I've been pretty broke lately so I haven't picked up the flex line yet to finish this off, but once I get the flex line I'll just to hook it up and bleed it out and my hydro clutch conversion will be complete

[Damkid]

My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

Haven't touched it lately, I'm probably gunna wait til the weekend to do anymore to it

I won't be converting it to AWD though, too many added headaches that I just don't wanna deal with lol but I'll probably never be done with this project, I'll always continue upgrading it until the day I sell it lol

[Chultz]

any updates mate?? wanna see where this will finally finish up if it ever will!!!! needa make it 4WD i think.. would be a good next project part for this..

[Damkid]

Well, I wouldn't say "hard" work, just tedious work to get it all functioning like it came this way from factory

[gergorian]

Looking good man. Alot of hard work going into this.

[Damkid]

Today's goal was to get the Z bar made up so first step was to drill a hole in the clutch pedal

I used a BF GTX clutch pedal for reference where I should drill the hole.... GTX on top, Festiva on the bottom



Where the neutral safety switch is mounted, it was directly in the way for my push rod, so I cut the bracket off and looped the wires... I forgot to take pics of that though lol

Then i welded some steel together for the push rod, It took a few tries to get the length and angles right but here's the outcome



It's not gunna win any beauty contests but it'll function just fine

The hole I drilled in the pedal was actually too high and didn't allow for a full stroke of the clutch master, so I ended up drilling a second hole about 1/2" lower in order to get the full stroke on the master

I'm happy with the results



And all the way in



Tomorrow I'll be pickin up a flex line so I can get the lines ran and start bleeding out the system to finish this off

[Damkid]

Little more progress today, had to partially fill the hole so I actually have steel behind the second bolt hole to mount the master to

So I cut up a little piece of steel



Welded in place



I also made a mounting bracket for the resovoir



Next is the "Z" bar