My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[collegeboi]

Hey man, good luck with the build. I can the Sticky Already "Damkid's V6 Engine Swap"

[Damkid]

Hey man, good luck with the build. I can the Sticky Already "Damkid's V6 Engine Swap"

:lol: that would be cool


Well i got the KLDE home today, its not pretty but its perfect for mock up plus it was free so i can't complain, and i have tomorrow off work to spend the day test fitting the engine!!I did some quick measuring and it looks like the engine is just barely going to be able to get in the engine bay, its going to be very tight but i'll make it work!!

So sasquatch, you'll get to see the pics of the engine in the engine bay tomorrow :lol:

[DriverOne]

Uh..... Call me stupid, but is that RWD???

[Damkid]

Uh..... Call me stupid, but is that RWD???

Nope, FWD, the engine is from a ford probe GT

[GUS]

this is history in the making....

[sasquatch]

thats more like it NOW GET TO WORK!!!! :p

this is gonna be so cool... are you doing anything to the motor performance wise? im 99.99% sure that im gonna do a klze swap to my white festiva when i get the money... im gonna make a crazy all motor KL with ITB's, headers, cams and maby some rods and pistons... but this is way down the raod lol...

[mikeycar500]

good luck man cant wait till its all done and hear how it goes down the track

[DriverOne]

Dual Cherry Bombs!

[Damkid]

thats more like it NOW GET TO WORK!!!! :p

this is gonna be so cool... are you doing anything to the motor performance wise? im 99.99% sure that im gonna do a klze swap to my white festiva when i get the money... im gonna make a crazy all motor KL with ITB's, headers, cams and maby some rods and pistons... but this is way down the raod lol...

So far my only plans are to run the KLZE in stock form, work out the kinks etc. then next winter build it up, i'm thinkin if theres room, i want to turbo it, if not i'll see if i can supercharge it, and if not, ITB's all motor build :evil4:

[NovaSS]

I hope your swap goes faster then mine, Im into year 3-4 on a 6 month planned swap. My adivce is dont get side tracked int to many "mods". Get the thing inplace and running and pick up another motor to build / mod while you enjoy the stock one. That was my down fall, to many changes during the build.

[eurotiva]

I'm about to start a build too. Keep the updates coming.

[sam.1956]

I'm about to start a build too. Keep the updates coming.

So, I gotta ask... you gonna do Lake Pipes w/the new build? heh heh...8-)

[Damkid]

I hope your swap goes faster then mine, Im into year 3-4 on a 6 month planned swap. My adivce is dont get side tracked int to many "mods". Get the thing inplace and running and pick up another motor to build / mod while you enjoy the stock one. That was my down fall, to many changes during the build.

I'm doin my best at not getting sidetracked, i already want to fill in every un-used hole in the engine bay for a cleaner look, but that will take a while to finish that, the mock-up engine i'm using will probably be the engine that'll get built up once the KLZE is in and running so i can enjoy the V6 come spring time :lol:

But anyway here's the update:

The first thing i had to do today was remove the intercooler to make as much room as possible so i started by taking the bumber off



Then the intercooler



Then i bolted the motor/tranny together



And started lowering them in and dam its tight



When i got to this point



I realized it wouldn't go in with the front exhaust manifold on



So off it came



And it was very tight going in



But here it is





The rear exhaust manifold is very close to the steering rack but it should be ok




I may need to notch the frame rail once all the accessories are on



I took the front valve cover off since it was hitting here, so that will need some clearancing for sure



And they fit nicely under hood

[Pu241]

That is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in a long time.
Thanks

[nonamekid]

The rear exhaust manifold is very close to the steering rack but it should be ok

I wonder if a set of headers would fix this problem. I installed a cheap set of ebay headers on mine and they do look alot nicer and they sound better.