Ian's B6T Festiva build

[Icedawg]

Love the intake support bracket, Ian

[fastivaca]

Got quite a bit done today.

- emissions hoses all figured out and hooked up
- vac line to brake booster made and installed
- slim fab installed. Had to order new mounting kit as the one that came with it was garbage.
- VAF meter bracket all fabbed up. Painted it after I took the pictures
- relocated the A/C relays to give me some more room for the air filter.
- lower rad hose fabbed up. Used two stock Festiva hoses joined with 1" copper plumbing pipe. Lots of clamps so we'll see how this works.









I painted the 121 grille yesterday but forgot to take a photo. I'll be working on the car again tomorrow so watch for more updates.

[sketchman]

^X2

Yep.

[Advancedynamix]

I like 'em Ian.

[fastivaca]

What do you think of these wheels for the project car? Imagine them all cleaned up a painted white. Not sure what make they are or if there are center caps available. 14'x5½" or 6" with the correct bolt pattern. I'd just have to double check on the center bore size. Now that I think about it they look like Toyota wheels.



Ian

[Advancedynamix]

The round one clipped into the holder toward the passenger side. It's a normally opened switch that closes around 12psi and cuts ignition. If you just unplug it you can run more boost without the ignition cutting out.

[fastivaca]

Nice work! You will want to remove that overboost switch.

Which one is the overbooked switch?

[Advancedynamix]

Nice work! You will want to remove that overboost switch.

[fastivaca]

Had an hour or so to work on the car so i got the emissions relays mounted up. The 323 bracket had the same hole spacing as the Festiva one so it looks like it was meant to be there! Just a couple of vacuum hoses to run and that will be another thing off the list.



I got the heater hoses all figured out as well.

[william]

You can get rid of the old main relay that's bolted to your coolent tank and move the capri one there if that will free up any room for the air filter.
I'm going to attempt to do the lower radiator support mod and keep ac I think I'll have the condenser on the engine side though.
Not sure if it will all work but I'm hoping If not then I'll live without ac.

[ryanprins13]

I'm going without an intercooler. Going to be relying on the water/meth injection for the charge cooling. If it works for Tweak in Arizona it will work up here in Calgary where it's just a little bit cooler.

Oh, i really should have noticed that. Its that tight with no intercooler? Huh, maybe you need a condenser off a smart car or something so everything can be moved foreword. Are half size condensers a thing? I realize your not going to change what you have, just wondering if a condenser off another car would allow it and the rad to be moved forward?


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[fastivaca]

That is tight... A rear mount turbo actually starts to sound reasonable after seeing this :/
Or doing an intercooler like Subaru on top of the engine and chop a hole in the hood.

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I'm going without an intercooler. Going to be relying on the water/meth injection for the charge cooling. If it works for Tweak in Arizona it will work up here in Calgary where it's just a little bit cooler.

[ryanprins13]

That is tight... A rear mount turbo actually starts to sound reasonable after seeing this :/
Or doing an intercooler like Subaru on top of the engine and chop a hole in the hood.


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[fastivaca]

There's not a lot of room in Festiva for the radiator, fan, intake piping etc. One solution that's used is to move the radiator forward a couple inches. As I mentioned in an earlier post I don't have the luxury of doing that as I'm retaining the A/C system and its condenser mounts immediately in front of the rad.

I've attempted to use the stock fan shroud and fan but there just isn't room for it as you can see in these photos.

Condenser to radiator clearance.

View from the other side.

Minimal clearnce between the compressor housing on the turbo and the radiator.

A/C condenser in place.

I am still working on a bracket system for the VAF meter which will sit an inch or so above the battery. Something like this...


I will probably rejig the bracket for the A/C relays to give a bit more wiggle room for the air filter.

I have a 10" diameter aftermarket slim fan on its way. I was hoping to have it this weekend but that didn't happen.

Things are getting ever closer!!!

[Festivanoob]

Love it, always nice when you can keep the engine bay as clean as possible