Trailer park fresh, white trash Festiva

[Advancedynamix]

Oh, yeah, those are a lot better than the north american imported manifold. The runners are shaped much better and the plenum volume is greater. It's also 2 piece, which is nice if you want to port it or adjust the runner length with a spacer. I've got 2 of these manifolds, one is on our LeMons car. I wish I could get my hands on a few more of them.

[TominMO]

The intake manifold is just a JDM spec b6T. Ill get a better picture of it.

???

So a B6D or T intake mani bolts right up to a B3? Didn't know that. Is that for JDM only, or also the ones we get here?

What exhaust mani are you using? A gen1 SOHC B6 would be a good way to go.

[festyfreak39]

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So a B6D or T intake mani bolts right up to a B3? Didn't know that. Is that for JDM only, or also the ones we get here?

What exhaust mani are you using? A gen1 SOHC B6 would be a good way to go.

sorry this is for my b6T setup, right now i just have a b6 in the car for the first westiva I attended. The b6 setup has a 1st gen exhaust manifold. For the turbo car i would like to build a custom downpipe and exhaust.

[festyfreak39]

found this pic online. usdm vs jdm spec exhaust manifold. I think there are 3 versions of this manifold: the USDM one, the JDM one, and then the GT-AE one. I have the GT-AE one pictured below on the left.




Did some mock up, I still think I'm going to use this data logger because it has inputs for fuel level, RPM etc.



Made some seat brackets. Not horribly proud of them but I will sit very low. May as well have my fat arse as low as possible.



seat will end up like this





Next part in order is a harness bar. I may end up putting a cage in this thing down the road. But for now i want it to be street-able.

[festyfreak39]

Also just wanted to confirm that these are the PFC pads that everyone is running? I'm going to give these puppies a try.

[skeeters_keeper]

Great thread! Glad to see it on the road.

Don't you have a B6T/G series car too? Or is that the one you sold to Ian?

[festyfreak39]

Great thread! Glad to see it on the road.

Don't you have a B6T/G series car too? Or is that the one you sold to Ian?

I'm a bit of a hoarder I have 3 dohc 1.6setups and 3 g15 transmissions. Putting the old combo in this one. Just a bone stock miata b6ze (higher comp skinny rods) and b6t electronics. Jdm b6t intake manifold b6t exhaust manifold and hopefully t25 turbo with old corks port ecu mfactory lsd

[festyfreak39]

well seat mount is done. Took my lunch hour and bolted it all in. feels great. Nice and low.

The paint made the welds look worse instead of better hahaha.

[ryanprins13]

Lol, 30 seconds with a grinder would have taken care of it :p
Seam sealer!


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[festyfreak39]

some small updates:

Took apart the cluster for the dash logger. looks like it will physically fit! will need some minor things to get this thing hooked up!




This is the setup!

Miata b6ze 9.4-1 Pistons with my mazda 323 gtx rods everything all cleaned up.



i was going to use my cometic head gasket. But decided against it. Will use it when i blow this thing to kingdom come. Going to try a ebay head gasket with ARP head studs.



I mean they arent exactly that pretty.. but it will work.




Weapons of choice!!! best purchases I've made. But nearly made me broke

[Advancedynamix]

You'll probably wish you had used the cometic gasket. The cheap gasket will leak combustion gasses into your coolant. You'll start noticing your coolant dissaperaing and you'll see oily crap in your reservoir. Be sure to re torque the fasteners after the engine heats up. I've had bad luck with fiber gaskets and ARP studs on a few engines.
Another note: when using a cometic mls head gasket, make sure all surfaces are clean and dry. Don't use any sealer on anything. That black coating is a layer of sealant. I believe it's viton rubber based.

[festyfreak39]

You'll probably wish you had used the cometic gasket. The cheap gasket will leak combustion gasses into your coolant. You'll start noticing your coolant dissaperaing and you'll see oily crap in your reservoir. Be sure to re torque the fasteners after the engine heats up. I've had bad luck with fiber gaskets and ARP studs on a few engines.
Another note: when using a cometic mls head gasket, make sure all surfaces are clean and dry. Don't use any sealer on anything. That black coating is a layer of sealant. I believe it's viton rubber based.

Did you have to machine the head and block? I read it was 100% necessary

[Advancedynamix]

No. I've had the head skimmed on all the b6 engines I've put together, but never the block. Dragonhealer puts them together without machining and hasn't seen problems. He builds so many b6 engines that he stocks several sizes of Cometic gaskets at all times.

[festyfreak39]

No. I've had the head skimmed on all the b6 engines I've put together, but never the block. Dragonhealer puts them together without machining and hasn't seen problems. He builds so many b6 engines that he stocks several sizes of Cometic gaskets at all times.

Did you just use a block sander to smooth out your block?

I might give it a try then.

[Advancedynamix]

No. I scrape old gasket off with a large planer blade (very sharp and flat) and I hot tank my blocks. I have a couple blocks that need to be surfaced because the deck is pitted, but I haven't used those for anything yet because I've been able to find blocks with good condition decks.