My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Nerd Racing]

no VRIS? its like VICS for a BP, you will want that extra little oomph!

[Damkid]

That part is what would scare me

Your not the only one :lol:

[wybnrml]

That part is what would scare me, Good Luck.:thumbright:

[Damkid]

Wiring has been started on!!

The wiring for this engine is run on 2 harnesses as you can see in the first



I started with the harness on the left side, since its the smaller one of the 2, it had the alternator wiring, VRIS wiring, EGR wiring, oil pressure sensor wire, all of which i won't be re-using on the probe harness, for the alternator and oil pressure sensor i'll be re-using the festiva wiring

The wires i kept from the harness are crank positioning sensor, O2 sensors etc.

And heres what that harness looks like now




A LOT less crap... this is what i cut out

[hofficergrover]

lol do it man!

[Nerd Racing]

I hear you there man!

[Damkid]

Chris, what's the claimed hp on that V6 again?

I'd just get it running and worry about extra power later. You've got an impatient audience, you know.

Karl

Sorry guys it's my fault, he is waiting on the weather to clear up to do my tranny mounts.

Karl, the claimed HP is 200 and yes i know i have an impatient audience, i'm one of them :lol:

I have been holding off on putting the engine back in so i can make the tranny mounts for hofficergrover, but i need the weather to clear so i can get the BP to line everything up, BUT since i'm part of the impatient ones i'm going to put the V6 back in and wire it up so i can finally hear it run, which will mean i'll need to pull the engine once more to make tony's tranny mounts but i can live with that just to hear my V6 run

[hofficergrover]

Sorry guys it's my fault, he is waiting on the weather to clear up to do my tranny mounts.

[Safety Guy]

Chris, what's the claimed hp on that V6 again?

I'd just get it running and worry about extra power later. You've got an impatient audience, you know.

Karl

[Nerd Racing]

do it! get an aspire idler pulley and a 28.25" belt from napa. the one they had in stock was dry rotted and cracked so they ordered me a new one and gave me supplier pricing on my brand new steel aspire 4 rib idler

[Damkid]

Then chances are my P/S pulley won't clear either i'll just get a shorter belt and eliminate the P/S pump all together

[Nerd Racing]

yeah mine didn't, it rubbed hard core. with my tail mount though it pulled the V6 away from the frame enough were I didn't have to cut and clearance it

[Damkid]

Hmm thanks for that info and I'm lookin forward to the pics, I was thinking about eliminating the power steering pump and getting a shorter belt if the pump pulley doesn't clear the frame (it's the only thing I haven't checked for clearance yet)

[Nerd Racing]

hey man, I found an interesting tid bit on how to get rid of the power steering pump all together. I am using an aspire AC Idler pulley in place of the smooth 626 tensioner, and then I am wrapping the belt around that, the crank, and the water pump. then you tension it like you would your altenator in a 4cyl by moving the ribbed idler out. I will get some pics up for you when I get the parts, they are on order right now. I am going to try and use a 28.5" 4 rib belt, the probe guys just wrapped it around the smooth tensioner but I figured a ribbed one would be safer. They use a 29.5" belt around their 95.25mm tensioner, so I am figuring a 28.5" around a 70mm idler will do the trick.

[FB71]

He was talking about exhaust gasses.. from the exhaust valve on out. The further you get from the engine you lose more energy. What happens in the chamber is a different story.

^^^ correct