Kenny's B6t Festiva

[Motoxpress]

The canister is an oil catch can. Are you swapping the entire 323 wiring harness or just the engine harness?

[KB Motors]

The canister is an oil catch can. Are you swapping the entire 323 wiring harness or just the engine harness?

Im just using the engine harness from the 323, eventually i plan on swapping in the digital gauges out of the 323 so i thought of using all the wiring but ill just splice the digi gauges in like bazzy16 did.

[KB Motors]

alright, it's been a while since i posted anything on here. i see damkid working on his turbo v6-tiva and his gtx project and it makes me feel really lazy. so i got my two trans mounts made and my crossmember is modified and i put the engine in the car today . i still need to make my side engine mount and figure out how a bunch of things are going to fit. but seeing the b6t in the festiva made me want to finish my project. i have also been collecting parts for my build. i bought BUSTIVA's ksport coil-overs and a bought a vj11/14 hybrid. my festiva is approaching baller-status haha.

so here is what i did for the rear mount. it is the stock festiva rear mount, the upper arms are factory and the i cut off the lower ones and made ones of my own.

Here it is with the trans in the car

for the front mount i cut a hole in the crossmember and used a couple pieces of angle iron to box it in and lower it about an inch so i can used the stock donut for the front.

for the other part of the front mount i simply cut off the arms on the mount and made my own out of some plate. i had to make room for the rad and the aspire sway bar kinda got in the way on this one.

also i had to take the turbo off to get the engine in, the ram-horn header made it stick out too far. here is my first attempt at putting the engine in.

i was really happy with all the room i had in the car. no smashing frame rails and i had clearance on all sides. the only problem is the hood latches but doesn't close all the way. it hits on the ram horn. gonna try to shim the crossmember down a little and hopefully it closes.

[Safety Guy]

Cool build!

Thanks for those engine/trans mount pictures. Now I have a better idea of how folks go about doing that to fit in the different transaxles.

In a way it's a good thing about your 323's rust issues underneath. It makes your decision easier, I guess.

Keep at it. You'll probably beat me to the finish, and mine's only a B6 swap with stock 5 speed! You'd have to get up pretty late to beat my slothfull laziness!

Karl

[Damkid]

Looking pretty good Kenny, nice job on the mounts :thumbright:

[MEXTIVA]

Looking good..make sure to get videos of the first start up.
keep the pictures coming!!

[xaero_81]

Yeah thanks for the mount pics. Its nice to see some different options.

[KB Motors]

Thanks to everyone for all the positive feedback on the mounts. i plan to make the side engine mount like MEXTIVA made his it shouldn't be too hard, the fun part should be figuring out the intercooler piping. i already had all the piping from the mazda but it doesn't come close to fitting the festiva.

[xaero_81]

Is that intercooler going to stick out of the bumper cover?

[KB Motors]

Is that intercooler going to stick out of the bumper cover?

i got a new intercooler today i bought an srt4 intercooler it's alot longer and shorter than that intercooler. it's the same one maxtiva used on his build. i am hoping to have it all mounted up in the car tomorrow. will post pics when i get it all finished up.

[Damkid]

My festiva used to have an srt4 intercooler as well back when I was using the B6T

[KB Motors]

My festiva used to have an srt4 intercooler as well back when I was using the B6T

hey chris, when you had your intercooler how did you mount it? did you remember which end went to the turbo. there is the oval end which is shorter and angled a little and the other end is longer and is a round outlet. just wondering how you did it. thanks

[Damkid]

Kenny, pm is coming your way with pics

[KB Motors]

Well it took a while to get my intercooler piping figured out but i am almost done with it now, i got caught up in the holidays and going back to school and what not, plus it keeps raining everyday so it is hard to work on your car when it lives outside.

Here are some pics of my intercooler set-up and my new rad and slim fan. i still need to figure out how to route the pip going from the turbo to the intercooler. i was thinking about getting a u-bend and putting that on the intercooler and cutting a little bit off the pipe i have. if you guys have any good ideas your input would me much appreciated



this is what i was talking about with the u bend and cutting the pipe a bit, space is really tight here with the down pipe and the rad hose


here is my new rad its 12x12x2 inches thick all aluminum and a 10" slim fan to go with it

[KB Motors]

i also went to the beach this weekend first time i have been there in a while, the weather was alot nicer than back home i thought you guys might like this picture from lovely Astoria, Oregon