My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Nerd Racing]

good luck man, I don't think he'd let himself either!

I am picking up a coil and HEI module tomorrow, so mine should be fired up before I head to sleep tomorrow night!

[mikeycar500]

lol u better not i dont think anyone would let u at this point being so close to being done lol

[Damkid]

After all the work i've done so far, i won't stop til its running right :lol:

[hofficergrover]

My bp did the same thing when i installed it in my 89 and never was able to get it to run right. I when through 3 harness and a egt one still same problem. Hope yours is easy to fix unlike mine plus i'm new to is so it got me and i couldn't figure it out.

[Nerd Racing]

you don't need no stinking fans... pshaw...

I got my MSD coil wire and power tower today, I ordered it saturday night I want to say. Major props for summit's shipping!

[Damkid]

^^Thanks

I got a connecting piece to go from the intake to my MAF and it doesn't seem to want to start without me holding the MAF open, but when i tape it open it acts the same as it did before i had the piping connected :scratch:

so i think it might just need to stay running for a short period of time to get things worked in, my B6T acted the same way for the first few start ups but once i took it for a short drive everything was fine, i'm hoping its the same thing again

The only problem is i live in a quiet trailor park filled with mostly elderly people so revving my engine with nothing but open headers creates a problem, so i will address the idling issue once i have exhaust it, in the meantime i'll finish up the rad piping and hook up my tach & heat gauge and get the dash re-installed

I also decided to test the lights, make sure i didn't mess anything up when doing the tuck and at first my headlights didn't want to turn on and my turn signals were constantly on, i then realized i didn't hook up the two ground wires in the festiva harness, so after un-taping a small section of the harness and digging out the grounds, once connected my lights worked fine and my fan now works

[KingFish]

:notworthy: Nuf said

[Nerd Racing]

ok sounds good, that will give me time to source the capri IM shaft. I know where I can get a couple.

[Damkid]

Say if I was going to swap a 4cyl diff into my 626 trans, would you be able to hook me up with one of those special phantom grip dealios you put in yours?

I might be able to but not anytime soon, the only phantom grip i have is the one in my tranny, i do plan on getting an mfactory diff so when i switch to that i could send the phantom grip your way

[Nerd Racing]

Say if I was going to swap a 4cyl diff into my 626 trans, would you be able to hook me up with one of those special phantom grip dealios you put in yours?

[Nerd Racing]

try grabbing one from a KLDE.

[Damkid]

^^my buddy has some couplers thatll work for me

[sasquatch]

so your looking for a intake hose... what could you use, i dont know.... maby DUCT TAPE!!!! jk....

[Damkid]

It's been 4 days and still no video Chris :lol:

I still need a couple intake hoses to hook the MAF to the intake for it to run longer, won't be much longer though

^^ its all those pesky clutch adapters I bet!

well that did distract me a bit today :lol:

That car will be an icon.

That would definately be cool




I started today with it looking like this



And now the interior looks like this




I finished re-connecting the wiring and fired up the car again to make sure everything is still connected right, which it is the only wiring i need to do is hook up my tach and heat gauge

i installed my strut bar and it just barely clears the intake




I also got all the front end pieces installed, i put the axles in, lowered the coil overs so its now back to ride height, getting very close now

[ChrisDrives121DA]

totally awesome project!
That car will be an icon.