My FE3 progress thread

[Mazda_Powered]

nice man, so you kept your camber plates? good man...i wish i had a set f&r!

[FE3-323]

Tapping the Block for a coolant feed

Well, after careful examination of my spare kia block, i can up with feasible area's to safely tap the block on the front for coolant feed(s)

Feed to the turbo is amazing. Clean & well positioned i have zero complaints about its placement.

Upper green circle is where i tapped feed.
middle right green circle is also tappable for a coolant feed. Having a pilot hole with threads in this location makes drilling it to the proper size a little easier. (this location is deeper but will feed the same)
the Red circle is a feasible location for an oil drain, if you would rather tap the block then the oil pan

[The Pile]

looks damn good.. hopefuly that doesnt kink

[FE3-323]

Coolant Inlet modifications

cut up the KIA® coolant inlet, in order to have clearance for the air conditioning.
Also cut off a tab on the lower portion of the block in the way of the A/C unit

[bradsescort]

primo grade A work man
that's awesome about getting that location figured and delivered

[Mazda_Powered]

looking good dude! you might want to get the coil spring wrap for that new line, just so it won't kink...looks good now, but add lots of heat lol.

[Turpro]

Nice placement

[FE3-323]

jack, the block nipple won't be a permanent straight piece. i have a chrome angled tube feed to replace it & further clean it up. It fits well without kinking i wouldn't be worried to run it, especially under a small amount of pressure.
either way, i'll update after i touch up the block with paint/install the new fitting.
next week will have more progress

[bomdoutscort]

Does that turbo need a oil restrictor?

[FE3-323]

it has one (ball bearing goodness)

[FE3-323]

Removed the oil pan & drilled it out for its Oil return pipe(welded in AL tube)
Also gave the pan a bling bling factor

Assembled the other rear strut/cusco upper pillow ball mount
and started tackling the front struts @ the same time

I noted the BJ front struts have a decent sized gap @ the top with the lowering springs which i don't recall was there @ all with the BG struts

Also noted the BJ struts have a lower spring perch compared to the BG

[89BG 323]

washer the **** outta it?

[FE3-323]

polished with a wire wheel

[89BG 323]

wire wheel? to the oil pan?
im talking about the gap on the struts man. use washers for spacers. was mostly being sarcastic, tho.

[FE3-323]

i didn't catch the joke