My KLZE Ford Festiva build thread

[DeeAOne]

Hopefully tonight i'll get to work on the car to test fit the headers, i just hope they clear the steering rack lol

it will probably be very close. my ebays clear my steering rack by literally 3mm.

[Damkid]

Well i did get around to test fitting the headers tonight, the front one fits great




The rear..... not so much



Although theres plenty of room for the intermediate shaft which is great



As you can see it hits the steering rack and the flang isn't flat against the head yet, so just like everything else i will modify it to make it work :lol:

But i'm loving seeing 2 manifolds coming out of my tiny engine bay lol

[nerd racing]

I want to hear some open header vids so don't button up that exhaust just yet! :D

[Damkid]

I want to hear some open header vids so don't button up that exhaust just yet! :D

don't you worry the exhaust is the last thing to get done

[93LXDOHC]

Just read this whole thread. I was going to do this swap with my k8 from my mx3, but unfortunately I had to sell the stiva to fund my mx3 build(it now is an elecrtic car in chicago, lol!). Im so glad someone else had the nads to even concieve this (much less build it) other than me. I still hav my k8 and i just may have to hang onto it till I get another festiva. It won't be as sweet as a ze, but it'll look just as menacing, lol! Awesome job, can't wait for completion.

[Mazda_Powered]

the rear isn't off by too much tho!!! that's awesome.

oh i saw at canadian tire the female end to the exhaust flanges, so you can make your exhaust setup

here's a pic of what i mean lol http://image.carcraft.com/f/9219702+...all_flange.jpg

[Turpro]

Are those pacesetter headers?

[Gforcefd]

Bahhh you don't need no stinking steering rack, just get rid of it!

Actually those headers are really going to look great, what do you think your going to have to do to modify the rear one, cut the flange off and shorten the header slightly?

[Damkid]

Are those pacesetter headers?

Yup they are

the rear isn't off by too much tho!!! that's awesome.

oh i saw at canadian tire the female end to the exhaust flanges, so you can make your exhaust setup

here's a pic of what i mean lol http://image.carcraft.com/f/9219702+...all_flange.jpg

Awesome! Thanks Jack those should work great

Just read this whole thread. I was going to do this swap with my k8 from my mx3, but unfortunately I had to sell the stiva to fund my mx3 build(it now is an elecrtic car in chicago, lol!). Im so glad someone else had the nads to even concieve this (much less build it) other than me. I still hav my k8 and i just may have to hang onto it till I get another festiva. It won't be as sweet as a ze, but it'll look just as menacing, lol! Awesome job, can't wait for completion.

Thank you i can't wait for it to be done either lol


Well here's how i modified the header to clear the steering rack, i cut the pipe bent it til i closed the gap and welded it back together



And when installed, theres now tons of clearance for the steering rack



But i went too far and now it doesn't clear my axle



So tomorrow i'll be moving it back towards the rack so it'll work

[Gforcefd]

Looks good to me, just need to check those clearances before you reweld it all.

[Damkid]

I had the header at work so i couldn't check the clearances but i should get it right tomorrow (hopefully)

[Mazda_Powered]

almost made em fit lol

[krazy4]

Getting close!

[Damkid]

Got it right this time fits perfect now!!



I also brought some other parts into work that needed a bit of work, since i had to cut around the rad support for clearance for the alt. etc. i lost the bolt holes for the trim piece below the headlight and 2 out of 4 mounting holes for the headlight itself


In this pic you can see how i moved the bracket over and re-welded it, and that metal is extremely thin so it burned through very easily



And a self-tapping screw to bolt it in place


For the headlight i welded a little tab on it to make a good point to bolt it to the body and it works pretty good



And everything looks factory again once all the pieces are put back on



Once i got those little detail things taken care of, i pulled the engine back out so i can change out the broken water outlet on the engine



And what a PITA it is to get to, i have to take all the timing belt pulleys off in order to get to the bolts



and the new part ready to go on



i got the new one installed and got most of the pulley's back on but i had to stop so i could pick up my girlfriend from work (she'd be pissed if i was late lol), so i'll finish it up tomorrow

[palehawaiian]

HTS-2000 Use this if you ever need to fix aluminum again. Saves ****loads of time for me. I use this stuff alot and it has always worked fine, just as long as its not a very high temp area. 99 percent of the time your not gonna put in a place thats to hot.