My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[Maxtiva]

Good luck with your new winter project Chris. I'm Glad I could help you with the fuel rail.

[Damkid]

well i haven't had much chance to work on the festiva lately, but i've spent the last couple nights fixing my transmission, it is now re-assembled and ready for more abuse :lol:

Next i am going to get the engine/tranny bolted back into the festiva in prep for welding the piping together, i'm hoping to pick up the piping elbows this week to get started on it

I also just received a BP fuel rail today from Maxtiva, i plan to cut the fuel outlets (where the injectors mount to the fuel rail) off the BP fuel rail and use them to build my custom fuel rail

I also spent some time tearing down my DE engine so it's ready for the heads to come off, i plan to start building the piping off the DE block since its on the engine stand (much easier to work on that way)

so once the first part of the piping is done, i'll transfer that to my festiva to finish the mock-up of the pipes to make sure everything fits and finish the piping inside the festiva

Here's how my DE sits right now




I've also decided this is the intercooler i will be buying (thanks sasquatch for showing me this style of intercooler)

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/product_info.php?products_id=220

[chrisofna]

I hate your car. It makes me want a V6 every time I see it. I keep looking at the B6T and thinking how it would be 1.5 times cooler with 2 more cylinders.

[Damkid]

^^You got that right :evil4:

[eurotiva]

I totally agree Greg, but i like a challenge :lol:

Obviously. I'm gonna have to step up my game to keep up this time.

[Damkid]

Rear turbo would be a lot easier on your car. IMO. Works well too.

I totally agree Greg, but i like a challenge :lol:

[eurotiva]

Rear turbo would be a lot easier on your car. IMO. Works well too.

[Damkid]

^^I will buy a body kit one day, whenever i get done upgrading the engine :lol:

can you mount the heat exchanger right to the front of the radiator? That could be an option

Not without modifying the bumper, i want to keep a "stock" look, so there's lots of room for it in the passenger wheel well and i'll mount it so it gets lots of air flow

[Maxtiva]

Maybe you should buy something in this page to have more place behind the bumper

http://festivamotorsport.com/performance/exterior/pexterior.html

LOL

[dueces]

can you mount the heat exchanger right to the front of the radiator? That could be an option

[sasquatch]

you can fit an intercooler in there NO problem... mine sits infront of the front frame rail and under/behind the bumper support.... let me get a pic for you... and the intercooler piping would fit fine too...

[Damkid]

I got a good plan to keep everything in the engine bay with keeping everything running efficiently, and hopefully still look clean :lol:

[DriverOne]

I know this may sound ridiculous, but why not a roof-mounted intercooler in the rear of the car? It would allow for a much larger intercooler, and you could make a flush hatch to open when you needed it, like a backwards sunroof.

[Damkid]

^^ the ice bath was part of my plan already :lol: and for the water cooler, I have absolutely no space to work with in front of the engine, it is extremely tight in there already, so I was going to mount a water cooler in the passenger wheel well since that's about the only room I'll have to work with :lol:

Here's a few pics to show just how much room i have up front

[dueces]

Ha Ha, right on! I have a couple more suggestions you might like for the water to air. Since space is at a premium, for daily driving I would mount a heat exchanger, up where the ATA intercooler would normally be, but when going to the track, I would bypass the heat exchanger and go with an Ice Bath, Maybe on the passenger floor, an just run two holes through the firewall for the hoses, since they only need to be about 1 inch diameter.

One of my buddies did an Ice Bath for his civic, and his intake temps were in the 50's, and it was 95 Degrees outside!!! ha ha

John