I've gone Festarded (BP+T build): pile-O-parts is almost complete!

[DON SVO]

So your using the internals from the KIA BP for a Mazda BP which has the correct timing cover & boss's?

Nah, just building a 2nd engine. I'm sure there's SOMETHING in my signature that my spare BP will go into

[Christ]

The '92 leMons is a candidate.

[DON SVO]

The '92 leMons is a candidate.

Bona fide choice and a vetted one

[DON SVO]

Howdy from Operation Festy Skunkworx - Texas chapter.

Doing some parts cleaning. Since I am going to be porting the head, I'm cleaning it off some so it's not an absolutely filthy chore in working it over. It's amazing what oven cleaner can do.





Check the cam caps in this pic as opposed to any of the others a few posts prior. I'm going to have the head hot tanked after porting is done (getting it resurfaced and new guides put in, etc.), but even still: if I was gonna just clean it up I could easily have this thing looking new with only an hour of elbow grease and $5 in oven cleaner and Simple Green.

[DON SVO]

Wired the cluster. BernieM is the wiring guru behind my harnesses so I let him do the instrumentation.



Doesn't this look FUN!?



Lighting sucks (no pun intended, the drop light caused hellacious shadows) but the illumination is complete for the install.

[zoom zoom]

I used that dawn power dissolver, some oven cleaners eat into aluminum. The dawn makes it a shiney white. I only did one coat on the last head and it left very little on the head. I did 3 or 4 coats on the bp, and it even cleaned the exhaust runners lol..

[sketchman]

Gasoline? I think someone mentioned impotence or something like that, but it works REALLY well. And maybe I've not inhaled enough of it yet, but well, no complaints so far. YMMV

[DON SVO]

Slight delay with poor weather and other BS, but little things are getting done. I'm still collecting parts though (it's getting ridiculous) and the LeMons car is at Greenbullitt's for BP/G25M swap stuff.

On the Festielago:

- dash pulled
- head going to machine shop
- sorting out more wiring
- converting fuel pump wiring from Kia to Festiva to accept the sending unit PROPERLY (I.e. the fuel gauge works)

I did do some slightly shiny pretty stuff! I found this provision for a coolant temp sensor on eBay. It splices into the upper rad hose and fits the sending unit threads for my electric coolant temp. Yes. It is body-color matched. I'm slightly OCD.

A bit of pipe tape and tighten it up with a 12mm:



I was very surprised with the depth the probe gets into the provision. Only $12 shipped to boot:



Next week will have Kia motor progress. I'm waiting on the rings and bearings to arrive so we can assemble the shortblock. Stay tuned to Festy Skunkworks - Texas chapter.

[moz]

Re: I've gone Festarded (BP+T build): pile-O-parts is almost complete!

Nice!!!
I asked if you could share the link. But I just found it on eBay australia.

[DON SVO]

Feels like deja vu...

[DON SVO]

Pulled the dash and fender. The harness is going to be easy to route, and when completed will allow for a snug fit with the EFI Kia PCM sitting in the factory location:



Here is our victim... we are going to punch through the firewall here and install the LADD connector. It will allow us to route the harness through the factory outlet in the cabin, stay relatively shielded from the elements (harness will be sealed anyway) and provide an extremely simple position for quick disconnect:

[DON SVO]

Used the Deutch tool and cut the firewall. It was surprisingly easy and took all of 10 minutes.

Drill a 1/2" hole and line it up:



Turn it down with a 1 1/16" wrench:



Let it cut thru:





Aaaaaand voila.

[DON SVO]

Bringing it back from the dead... again...

Been a bit busy!

Bought a house (the hatch and daily festy look so happy!):



Backyard view from my cigar lounge area:





I've had to do a fair bit of work around the place. The floors were horrendous. Floated laminate everywhere. Luckily, I have a friend that does decorative concrete. So for the price tag of 4 Festivas I went from crap to awesome:





The kitchen was a disaster involving 3 layers of wallpaper and popcorn ceilings. I fixed that.





The dining room was terrible. Fixed that also.





I still have half the house to deal with, most of it is being done for the woman but she's on the same page that I need to work on my other two ventures: my coupe and my turbo Festy.

Yeah it's sad. However, you may notice that the Festy is STUFFED FULL of parts! Those are parts just for that car. It's all plug-and-play from here on out.



The coupe is finally under my control and I've acquired everything I need to get it rolling save for a custom manifold and injectors:

You'll notice the standalone harness in the floorboard, going with a SDS setup for now



Fuel system capable of moving enough E85 to feed a monster:



What monster? This monster. I went with the S475.



I also bought another toy for myself, this will help speed things along:



Sorry for the delay, I've gotten a handful of PMs and texts recently about the car's progress. Life calls but I always come back around

[Oren09]

Good to see you're still alive, Don.
Congrats on the house.

[moz]

Smart move buying a house don!
It'll double in price sooner than you think now that the USA is recovering.