My KLZE Ford Festiva build thread

[Damkid]

Thanks

[Racerboy]

i agree! awesome fab skills! I wish I could fabricate stuff like you!

[Damkid]

Thanks, But its more about having the right tools, if i didn't have access to the tools at my work, chances are i'd still be running the B6T

[Mazda_Powered]

wow!! that turned out great chris!!! i'm definitely wanting a custom intake manifold now lol, that just turned out awesome!!

[Damkid]

Finally got around to test fitting my intake, the way i built it, i can have the throttle body facing either direction, it'll face the tranny side when i run it N/A for the first part of the season, then it'll face the pulley side once i get the turbo installed

The first test was hood clearance, i reached my hand through the grille to get this pic.... about 1/4" clearance lol



And the intake itself




But when i put the throttle body on the intake i have clearance issues to deal with


This way, the throttle body hits the fuel rail



And i don't really need to explaing the issues here



What i will do to fix the clearance issues on the pulley side is i'll build a bolt-on extension for the throttle body

For the tranny side i decided to see what happens if i flipped the fuel rails around and it clears



Although the rail is very very close to the throttle body




I've got ideas to modify the fuel rail to help clearances but once i got a solid idea i'll post them

[DeeAOne]

How do you think it will flow?

[Damkid]

Oh it should flow a hell of a lot better then the millennia manifold lol

[Mazda_Powered]

absolutely awesome man!!!

[fasteddy478]

anyone heard of.....

anyone thought or heard of someone doing a v6 (klze?) swap into the old aussie mercury capri?? they are built on the 323 platform.... theres a Millenia in a bone yard near me, and the measurements look real close to fitting..... factory the capri came with a b6d (hydro clutch) or a b6t (cable clutch)......

[Damkid]

^^ask the Capri guys if they thought about


I been thinking about how to work out the clearance issues and basically if I were to remove the IAC off the TB, everything would fit nicely, but of course that will cause idling issues, so as a fix for the I am going to try using a VW IAC so I can remote mount it, that's the idea so let's see if it works out

[mx-3_4evr]

Are you using MS? I like the intake manifold!

[Damkid]

^^thanks and I don't have MS yet, but I will soon enough

[Mazda_Powered]

a remote IAC? crazy! I like the idea tho, i don't see why it wouldn't work if other companies use it...

[Damkid]

As long as the voltage matches up between the new and old IAC's and same number of wires then I can't see why it wouldn't work lol so tonight I'll check the TB clearance with the IAC removed lol

[Damkid]

Hmm, IAC removed and still got clearance issues, i may need to consider re-designing the intake