My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[r34king]

Just wanted to say two things:

1. This is awesome i cant wait to see it runing on youtube.

2. You should dedinately build a dead pulley for the steering pump, with no fluid runing through it, its gonna burn out and the belt wont turn the water pump. Just a suggestion

[Damkid]

Are you just going to use that to drive in a straight line lol? Not sure how much more heavy the v6 is over the 4 cylinder, but if it's alot more won't it throw the distribution off and screw up the handling? And not knocking your build cause it's def crazy and cool but I would have went with a little bit more reliable engine like a duratec v6. Maybe it's the way the owner took care of there car but every 626 I ever seen or probe has had a knock or some kind of valve problem. Nice build tho keep up the good work.

Compare the ZE to a turbo'd BP, the ZE is all aluminum, the BP has an iron block and if the BP is turbo you have more weight yet from the turbo, the ZE would probably still weigh a bit more but i don't think by that much

[mr2gq]

Are you just going to use that to drive in a straight line lol? Not sure how much more heavy the v6 is over the 4 cylinder, but if it's alot more won't it throw the distribution off and screw up the handling? And not knocking your build cause it's def crazy and cool but I would have went with a little bit more reliable engine like a duratec v6. Maybe it's the way the owner took care of there car but every 626 I ever seen or probe has had a knock or some kind of valve problem. Nice build tho keep up the good work.

[mikeycar500]

Your welcome to come down and check out my project since your not too far away, and i can't wait for that day either, but that day is getting closer

my "to do" list is down to

Finish putting the engine back together (which will be tonight)
Rad piping
Make a throttle cable bracket
Wiring
And exhaust (which can be done later on)[/QUOTE]

hey thanks for the invite might do that a little later on still working on mine just to get ready for the e test doing the exhaust today but hav to wait for the parts car to come

[Maxtiva]

It's not done yet. What are you waiting for ?¿? :evil4: LOL

[Damkid]

well you are cramming something big into a small hole, so call it what you will....lol

What can i say i'm used to doing something like that :lol:


I got the engine parts all back together so the engine is ready to go back in and get wired up to finally run

[GUS]

well you are cramming something big into a small hole, so call it what you will....lol

[batstiva]

Jeez kinda sounds like you wish this thread was about porn :lol: J/K)

For those of us who thought about this swap and then wussed out, this build is porn. Nice work so far. :thumbright:

[Damkid]

... this thread makes me happy.....

Jeez kinda sounds like you wish this thread was about porn :lol: J/K

keep it up i am waiting for the day i see in big letters
ITS DONE

Your welcome to come down and check out my project since your not too far away, and i can't wait for that day either, but that day is getting closer

my "to do" list is down to

Finish putting the engine back together (which will be tonight)
Rad piping
Make a throttle cable bracket
Wiring
And exhaust (which can be done later on)

[mikeycar500]

keep it up i am waiting for the day i see in big letters
ITS DONE

[GUS]

... this thread makes me happy.....

[FB71]

I hated working on those engines....

way too many heads to replace from locked up cams.

[Damkid]

Got it right this time fits perfect now!!



I also brought some other parts into work that needed a bit of work, since i had to cut around the rad support for clearance for the alt. etc. i lost the bolt holes for the trim piece below the headlight and 2 out of 4 mounting holes for the headlight itself


In this pic you can see how i moved the bracket over and re-welded it, and that metal is extremely thin so it burned through very easily



And a self-tapping screw to bolt it in place


For the headlight i welded a little tab on it to make a good point to bolt it to the body and it works pretty good



And everything looks factory again once all the pieces are put back on



Once i got those little detail things taken care of, i pulled the engine back out so i can change out the broken water outlet on the engine



And what a PITA it is to get to, i have to take all the timing belt pulleys off in order to get to the bolts



and the new part ready to go on



i got the new one installed and got most of the pulley's back on but i had to stop so i could pick up my girlfriend from work (she'd be a bit mad if i was late :lol, so i'll finish it up tomorrow

[Damkid]

i was thinking of posting that idea of making relief cuts and welding it but i figgured you where smart enought to figgure that out... looks like you where

the tricks youl earn when working with metal eh? :lol: once i'm done this post i'll be test fitting the rear header again since i moved it again to clear the int. shaft... i hope it fits this time lol

[FB71]

but i went too far and now it doesn't clear my axle

so tomorrow i'll be moving it back towards the rack so it'll work

doh!!!!