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  • Originally posted by 8mpg View Post
    how are you going to weld the cast iron?
    Mig?
    "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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    • That made me hear the welding conversation from No Country For Old Men in my head.
      ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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      • Originally posted by Baron View Post
        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.

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        • Originally posted by 8mpg View Post
          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?
          "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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          • Originally posted by Baron View Post
            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

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            • Originally posted by 8mpg View Post
              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.
              "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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              • 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!

                Originally posted by PGreenCobra
                I can't get over the fact that you get to go live the rest of your life, knowing that someone made a Halloween costume out of you. LMAO!!
                Originally posted by Trip McNeely
                Originally posted by dsrtuckteezy
                dont downshift!!
                Go do a whooly in front of a Peterbilt.

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                • Originally posted by DON SVO View Post

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

                  Thanks for the new contact picture, lol

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                  • Originally posted by 90GT50 View Post
                    Thanks for the new contact picture, lol
                    X2.

                    What you can't see is that Don is standing on the cross member.
                    "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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                    • I tigd my manifold to my turbine housing,
                      Preheat, stainless filler, been rock solid and I road race the car.
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                      • Originally posted by Baron View Post
                        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
                        http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/...iversal-truth/

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                        • 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.
                          Originally posted by PGreenCobra
                          I can't get over the fact that you get to go live the rest of your life, knowing that someone made a Halloween costume out of you. LMAO!!
                          Originally posted by Trip McNeely
                          Originally posted by dsrtuckteezy
                          dont downshift!!
                          Go do a whooly in front of a Peterbilt.

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                          • Originally posted by DON SVO View Post
                            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?
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                            • Originally posted by Mach1 View Post
                              I figured you would be (only) using a cam angle sensor eh?
                              Stock Kia PCM...
                              Originally posted by PGreenCobra
                              I can't get over the fact that you get to go live the rest of your life, knowing that someone made a Halloween costume out of you. LMAO!!
                              Originally posted by Trip McNeely
                              Originally posted by dsrtuckteezy
                              dont downshift!!
                              Go do a whooly in front of a Peterbilt.

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