My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Damkid]

^^Thanks Marcus, i can't wait either :lol:

Here's today progress, small progress but still progress


These are the plates i made up to bolt the upper rad support back together






And i wanted to see how much room i'll have for a rad so i put the grille/headlights on, then i wanted to see my new corner lights installed and figured what the hell and put the bumper in place for a picture :lol:

So it's looking like i'll have plenty of room for a nice big rad




I'm also hoping to be bringing home the KL-ZE tomorrow so i can make the engine mount

[Festiva_Fred]

Awesome project!

[Maxtiva]

Nice progress so far Chris !!!

[marinepolice03]

very nice.

[91blufestiva]

This is just pure awesomeness.. Sorry sasquatch, this just might be a little more awesome than you :p (but that is VERY hard to beat, so don't worry)

[sasquatch]

^ lol jk... nothing can come close to the awesome-ness of zippy and the sasquatch

good progress keep it up! i cant wait till it runs

[Damkid]

Thanks guys,

the next thing i'll be doing is modifying my shift linkage to bolt up to the new trans

Modifying the int. shaft to bolt to the engine

make a bracket to adapt my clutch cable to work on the probe tranny (which was hydraulic) since i honestly don't want to convert my festiva to hydraulic clutch, i've had bad luck my the hydraulic clutch on my 300ZX and i really don't want the same headaches with my festiva

^ lol jk... nothing can come close to the awesome-ness of zippy and the sasquatch

Oh we'll see about that :lol:

[Slyder]

This is awesome!!! Keep up the good work.

[Gforcefd]

Chris, I would be very interested in that bracket to convert from hydrolic to cable. I have to say that is the thing I dislike the most about my car is how hard it is to use my clutch due to how its mounted.

[Damkid]

Chris, I would be very interested in that bracket to convert from hydrolic to cable. I have to say that is the thing I dislike the most about my car is how hard it is to use my clutch due to how its mounted.

i'll try to explain my idea which might be hard without pics

i want to bolt the clutch cable to the tranny basically the same way it was on my B6T tranny (or how it is on the stock tranny) then have a shaft in front of the tranny that will pivot, the cable will pull a lever on the shaft to twist it and make a sideways motion, then i'll have a lever that'll go from the shaft to the clutch lever

If that doesn't make any sense i'll be sure to post pics and maybe a short video once i've got my idea to reality :lol:

[sasquatch]

i think i know what you are trying to say... smart idea

[Damkid]

Hopefully it turns out the way i'm imagining it, i may not get the chance to build it til after the holidays when i'm back to work, unless i get a chance to next week sometime

[Gforcefd]

I will sit patiently and wait. I am not too sure what you meant. I never looked but if there was a way to mount a bracket on the drivers side of throw out bearings arm (clutch fork?) then you could mount a cable more traditionally on the fork, might have to slot the for to accept a cable in it, not sure.

[ShagFestiva]

that VRIS on the back of the intake...if its bolted on would you be able to unbolt it, make a bracket that goes higher up? You could clear that lip on the firewall, push the motor back and possibly gain and inch and a half in the front or would the manifold then be right against the steering rack? Sweet build btw that is insane. Tires are gonna smoke with all that torque lol. Keep up the good work

[bobbyspider]

drool bro that is dusgustinly sweet awsome sauce. your crazy and a genious at the same time and thats a dangerous but fun mix, man i wish i knew half the stuff you have even forgotten in your life i couldnt even fab a tri-cycle and your completely re-engeineering a car. jelous is not a extreem enough word for the way i feel drool