Eff my apartment complex/Miata motor Festiva build

[Baron Von Crowder]

how are you going to weld the cast iron?

Mig?

[YALE]

That made me hear the welding conversation from No Country For Old Men in my head.

[8mpg]

Mig?

cast iron is very hard to weld. I needs to be preheated. In the past, I have read the best way is preheat + tig.

[Baron Von Crowder]

cast iron is very hard to weld. I needs to be preheated. In the past, I have read the best way is preheat + tig.

You ever done it?

[8mpg]

You ever done it?

nope... read about it previously on classic mustang forums and on honda-tech. It is prone to cracking after welding

you had me second guessing my knowledge so I looked it up... here is a video from Lincoln Welding. 3:00 explains the cracking issues without a preheat

[Baron Von Crowder]

nope... read about it previously on classic mustang forums and on honda-tech. It is prone to cracking after welding

you had me second guessing my knowledge so I looked it up... here is a video from Lincoln Welding. 3:00 explains the cracking issues without a preheat

I have, on an endurance race turbo setup. The weld/manifold outlasted the engine. It may be that the casting is fairly dense on exhaust manifolds, but we cleaned it up with a wire wheel and mig'd it without issue.

[DON SVO]

Got some Festiva stuff done Sunday. The engine bay is cleaned up and I'm starting to remove useless (to me) parts.

Now for the "Church Up"... I used 66 Autocolor for this: paint, clear and hardener all-in-one. You shake it, pull the red cap off and pop it to release the clear/hardener into the paint and go to town.



Laid down pretty smooth. I'm going to lightly wet sand it and hit it with a couple more tomorrow.



On another note... Festivas are REALLY easy to work on!

[90GT50]

On another note... Festivas are REALLY easy to work on!

Thanks for the new contact picture, lol

[Baron Von Crowder]

Thanks for the new contact picture, lol

X2.

What you can't see is that Don is standing on the cross member.

[Mach1]

I tigd my manifold to my turbine housing,
Preheat, stainless filler, been rock solid and I road race the car.

[Cooter]

I have, on an endurance race turbo setup. The weld/manifold outlasted the engine. It may be that the casting is fairly dense on exhaust manifolds, but we cleaned it up with a wire wheel and mig'd it without issue.

I've MIG welded steel to cast iron many times without issue...

would I trust it to fly me to the moon? no...

would I trust it to hang a turbo? yes because I've done it a few times

[DON SVO]

Sooooo... Ran into an issue. The Kia timing cover and BLOCK appear to have different bosses for the Crank Position Sensor. I was wondering, "why is my Escort motor retarded?" and realized maybe it was me.

It was me.

So greenbullitt and I are going to strip down the Kia motor tomorrow and, well, I'll be building ANOTHER BP. I ordered some ARP head studs and an MLS head gasket kit. Hopefully, the valves are still good and we just need exhaust guides. I'll have the head, crank and block to Eddie @ Arlington machine in a couple days.

[Mach1]

Sooooo... Ran into an issue. The Kia timing cover and BLOCK appear to have different bosses for the Crank Position Sensor. I was wondering, "why is my Escort motor retarded?" and realized maybe it was me.

It was me.

So greenbullitt and I are going to strip down the Kia motor tomorrow and, well, I'll be building ANOTHER BP. I ordered some ARP head studs and an MLS head gasket kit. Hopefully, the valves are still good and we just need exhaust guides. I'll have the head, crank and block to Eddie @ Arlington machine in a couple days.

I figured you would be (only) using a cam angle sensor eh?

[DON SVO]

I figured you would be (only) using a cam angle sensor eh?

Stock Kia PCM...

[Mach1]

So is the hunk of awesome lemons Festiva going to make an appearance this weekend?