Eff my apartment complex/Miata motor Festiva build

[Mach1]

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

[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.

[90GT50]

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

Thanks for the new contact picture, lol

[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!

[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.

[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]

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]

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.

[YALE]

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

[Baron Von Crowder]

how are you going to weld the cast iron?

Mig?

[DON SVO]

Did you cut that flange with a beaver? Shit!

Actually, the cutting wheel blew up at the very end. It'll get cleaned up prior to welding.

how are you going to weld the cast iron?

Don't you worry about that part

[8mpg]

how are you going to weld the cast iron?

[Z06killinsbf]

Did you cut that flange with a beaver? Shit!

[DON SVO]

Oh, happy day! Care package from FRPP arrived Boss 302 34pph injectors:




... And plug-N-play adapter connectors.



I got a big-ass box of 2.5" mandrel bends, silicone couplers and T-bolt clamps. So the intercooler comes out of hiding:





And this is what a BP26 manifold looks like after you hack the flange off.



Welding will commence soon.

Can they mix it with the proper Paint Code paint, clear coat and hardener?

Call them and ask, not my specialty. Ask for Craig.