My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Damkid]

I got the filter for free, and for how long i'll stick with this setup, i'm not worried about changing it

[Damkid]

here's more progress



Very close to the speedo cable and steering rack, definately not much room to work with



And a couple underneath shots, and yes my old Y-pipe is still in place, i've been waiting until i have to cut it, to actually cut it out lol





I got the downpipe in the P5 to take to work monday to weld it all up and once i get that done i'll get the downpipe attached to the rest of the exhaust and the hot side will be finished

[hofficergrover]

Man getting so close, looks good.

[Damkid]

Yup but i think my start up goal of 1 week from now might be too soon but we shall see what i can do

[91mcnasty]

You can do it!!!!Best of luck too yaaaa!!!!

[Damkid]

Ok so today i got my downpipe welded up and it's pretty much ready to go, i'm just going to pick up a couple flanges tomorrow so i can have the downpipe bolt to the rest of the exhaust so i can still remove it whenever i gotta pull the engine lol

The other thing i did tonight is re-ran my wiring, the way i had my wiring run before, well if i left it that way, it would have been resting against the exhaust, so tonight i un-wrapped all the wiring under the hood so i could re-run them away from the pipes

i forgot to take any before/during pics so here's how it ended up



And with the intake on, the wiring stays fairly hidden

[hofficergrover]

Sweet very good man.

[chrisofna]

You think heat wrap would be able to keep your brakes and speedo cable happy?

[Damkid]

You think heat wrap would be able to keep your brakes and speedo cable happy?

Thats what i'm hoping for, i'll most likely wrap the pipes double thick, i'll probably heat wrap the M/C and build a heat shield in between the turbo and M/C, i'll also probably heat wrap the steering rack as well, although the steering rack isn't as big of a concern as the M/C

[FB71]

Chris, WAY too close to MC. I don't think you'll be able to put enough shielding between the pipe and MC to keep it's temp below 120F.

[91mcnasty]

Your doing this car extremely nicely!

[fastivaB6TG25MR]

i think FB71 is right... thats way too close to compromising safety equipment. i mean brand new dot 3 brake fluid boils at around 400*F and that turbo is gonna be pretty close to that temp at idle... the last thing you want after a hard pull is a spongy non responsive brake pedal.

[Damkid]

I do agree the heat at the M/C will definitely be something to watch very very closely, but as you guys can see, I don't have the room to move it any further away..... My back up plan is If it becomes enough of an issue, I will look into relocating the M/C inside the passenger compartment with some aftermarket M/C

[fastivaB6TG25MR]

you could always try to put the throttle body by the m/c and rework your exhaust to fit the turbo closer to the motor.

i was looking at your exhaust routing and was wondering why you didnt just keep it configured closer to the way it was?

leaving the rear exhaust to go under the motor towards the front and "Y" into the front exhaust so you only have one pipe coming in from the front and one pipe leaving towards the rear.

[Damkid]

That was my original idea for the piping, but as you could see from the pics I posted earlier, the max I can fit in front of the motor is a 2" pipe, running it the way I did let's the engine breathe better by not putting all 6 cyl worth of exhaust into a 2" pipe, once the exhaust leaves the turbo it's 2-1/2" from there to the muffler

I've already been brainstorming ideas to insulate the M/C and I think I can make it work