My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Damkid]

couldnt you use somthing like this? just put it over in the side of the engine bay?

Pm coming your way, that looks like it could work perfect for me



And tonight a member from Clubprotege.com came down and gave me a hand pulling the engine



And then i dis-assembled the tranny to find out what broke



And i found a piece of the shift fork had broken off, so it'll be an easy fix and i'll be able to save this tranny

[Safety Guy]

Easy fixes are always appreciated, eh?

Although it looks to me that you pull engines and trannies as easily as I pull taillights and alternator belts!

Karl

[Damkid]

^^:lol: it took us about 2 hours of calm paced work to pull the engine and tear apart the trans, i've only done it easily a dozen times

[Safety Guy]

Practice helps! When I was replacing/checking my ATX starter on Luxstiva, I began at a little over an hour and eventually got it down to less than 45 minutes to put in a new starter (or just remove it, give it a mean look and cuss at it before putting it back). (The problems were caused by excessive heat since my fan wasn't running. Pulling the thermoswitch plug ran the fan automatically and solved my hot starting problems.)

Karl

[chrisofna]

Why do you think that fork broke, just a factory defect?

[Damkid]

^^probably just too much abuse over the years or like you said, a factory defect

[sasquatch]

granny shifting not double clutchin like you should....

[sodikartracer]

granny shifting not double clutchin like you should....

hahaha that movie was an EPIC FAIL who the heck double clutches on upshifts anyhow? it a drag race ahahaha i needed a laugh thanks sasquatch

[Grey Vw]

Now he will have to overnight parts from Japan.:mrgreen:

[DriverOne]

Now he will have to overnight parts from Japan.:mrgreen:

Dude, you should be going to MIT or something!

[Aaronbrook37]

No man, I got that attention disorder...
Oh, ADD?
Yes, that $#*&!

[dueces]

I haven't seen anyone break a shift fork before on these trannies. It's always third gear for 99% of people, me included....

I would find a quality WTA intercooler, and mount it on the drivers side inner fender wall inside the engine bay. Also, make sure to put the BOV before the WTA, because you don't want to be cooling air that you are just going to be venting! Conserve the enery of the intercooler by blowing off the hot air from the turbo....

John

[Damkid]

^^thanks for the tip about the BOV, I'll definitely do that, but for putting the intercooler on the driver fender wall, there won't be enough room once the turbo's sitting there :lol:

[dueces]

Ha Ha, right on! I have a couple more suggestions you might like for the water to air. Since space is at a premium, for daily driving I would mount a heat exchanger, up where the ATA intercooler would normally be, but when going to the track, I would bypass the heat exchanger and go with an Ice Bath, Maybe on the passenger floor, an just run two holes through the firewall for the hoses, since they only need to be about 1 inch diameter.

One of my buddies did an Ice Bath for his civic, and his intake temps were in the 50's, and it was 95 Degrees outside!!! ha ha

John

[Damkid]

^^ the ice bath was part of my plan already :lol: and for the water cooler, I have absolutely no space to work with in front of the engine, it is extremely tight in there already, so I was going to mount a water cooler in the passenger wheel well since that's about the only room I'll have to work with :lol:

Here's a few pics to show just how much room i have up front