1999 Kia Optima Build Thread / Progress So Far Under The Hood A Detailed Look At The Engine Diagram

Author Dalbo 09 Jun 2026

Will finish the shocks and think about the body paint scheme, but wont start building the actual car/chassis as it seems that the diffs are the starting point of the entire build. I talked to the kia dealership and they are willing to do an oil consumption test on my car. 기아 k5), formerly known as the kia optima (korean

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1999 Kia Optima Build Thread / Progress So Far Under The Hood A Detailed Look At The Engine Diagram

First generation cars were mostly marketed as the optima, although the kia magentis name was used in europe and canada when sales began there in 2002 Hello fellow kia owners, my car has recently been guzzling oil, about 1 quart every 500 miles Corey bell is getting 400whp+ upgrade turbo done by lap3

He's been posting up videos and i can't download to share it on the forums

Unfortunately, we seem to have a lot of these threads popping up lately, i would like a single thread to discuss engine failures and what people have. Here is my build log thread, which is the culmination of what i've learned from diyma and musicar over the past several months Hey guys i joined the forum today and thought i’d start a thread to find out all the clearances, torque specs, part numbers and general information needed. Make sure to like and subscribe to the channel to follow the progress of this build as i’ve now had the opportunity to have some more time to film and document everything.

Feel free to add your own If anybody knows thing about these that i may not, feel free to chime in Just a quick update of our wide kia optima build Make sure to like the video, subscribe and tap the bell icon so you’re notified when i upload the next video!

progress and evolution KIA Optima (1999~2024) #evolution #shorts - YouTube

I thought this was a cool way to differentiate the korean built optimas from us built.

Also kia/hyundai has a fuel additive that you dump into your gas tank which is supposed to help with carbon build up also I am having a problem with the fuel pump relay off my 97 sportage The relay is a 5 pin with pins 85 to 86 being the main power and pin 30 switching to 87. I didn't see a thread started discussing this tsb (bottom of my post), so i figured i would give my updates

I have had this issue with my car for a while. Hey guys my fiancé and i are looking at buying a '14 optima We know we want the turbo I know they're the same.