My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[DrMaxwellEdison]

My thoughts there too DK

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[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, for a second there I thought you were putting b6 me pistons in your kl and and I was like, "whaaaaaaat?" Haha.

[Damkid]

Fresh in from ebay, turbo blanket, 100' of header wrap and steel zip ties

[DON SVO]

Fresh in from ebay, turbo blanket, 100' of header wrap and steel zip ties

Did you make sure to get the header wrap silicone spray?

[Damkid]

This is the first time I've ever bought header wrap, I didn't know a silicone spray is recommended with it, what does the spray actually do?

[FestYboy]

i believe it's there to prevent chaifing durring install?

[Advancedynamix]

I use ceramic high heat spray paint. Just makes working around the wrapped pipes more comfortable. The first thousand miles can be a bit itchy. Paint your tubing with the 1500 degree exhaust paint and bake it in the oven like the can suggests. Then get the wrap soaking wet to put it on. Drive the car to dry it after wrapping it, then paint over the wrap with thick coats of exhaust paint. Let the paint air dry. This keeps the fiberglass from shedding so bad. That exhaust wrap is a pain when you have to work around it. It helps a lot to paint it. If you don't paint the pipe under the wrap it will rust ten times faster than it would without the wrap. After a couple months of driving, the paint will wear off the fiberglass, but buy then the shedding won't be so bad. The paint should stay on the pipe under the wrap.

[Damkid]

Thanks for the tips Charlie, I'll definitely pick some up then

BTW this is why I love forums and posting my projects, there's ALWAYS little tips and tricks to learn

[FestYboy]

wow, ok i wasn't as off as i thought i was. (guess that means i'm not quite as dumb as i look! O_o )

[Christ]

Last time I used header wrap, I just slathered a bunch of vaseline on the pipe under it. Pipe heats up, water evaporates, vaseline soaks the header wrap, doesn't shed much at all. petro jelly keeps moisture away from pipe so it doesn't rust, and header wrap keeps it's awesome ratty look.

[kellen302]

^And hopefully doesn't start a sweet engine fire

[Christ]

^And hopefully doesn't start a sweet engine fire

Disclaimer - Only ever done it on bikes and non-turbo headers in cars. Starting an engine fire is highly unlikely, though. Imagine how many times you've burned grease and oil onto a header (not you, maybe, but people in general) the flash point of most petroleum greases and oils is much higher than those parts ever get.

[kellen302]

Fair enough, I just try to keep napalm (sorta) soaked rags from being wrapped around a non shielded turbo pipe

[Christ]

Fair enough, I just try to keep napalm (sorta) soaked rags from being wrapped around a non shielded turbo pipe

I wouldn't do it on a turbo pipe, methinks. downpipe on, sure (I've wrapped complete exhausts before), but not on the hot side.

Then again, I've made mufflers from PVC before because I know it works, and everyone else "knows" it doesn't. Not suggesting that anyone else is dumb or anything, but I've done a good many of the things I've done against the "knowledge" of others, because as I'm sure we all know, people tend to talk more than they listen.

[kellen302]

^Yup, I'm 16 and stoooopid, literally, but I'm eager to learn. Shop teacher thought I knew what I was doing when I put new rear shoes on the festy. He found out at the end that I was doing it by reading the Haynes manual, He also wanted to just let the fluid out of the lines to get the shoes back on, He was unaware of how auto adjusters work, I had to jump on this AWESOME forum to get it done.