Here it was when I bought it... 1987 GT, power everything, 1988 rear suspension/cradle w/ tubular control arms, coil overs all around, 12" Wilwood brakes all around, Held Motorsports front slalom suspension, Compromotive 17" wheels, and Mr. Mike's leather seat covers.
Here is the new 3.4 V6 Crate w/ headers, overbored TB, Accel power coil, 8.8mm plug wires, Borla exhaust, fuel pressure regulator, rebuilt 5spd, new high pro clutch, new everything!
Here is my new front bumper that is about to be painted.
My new 17" Ronal LZ's, I have rear 18"s with 265's (not shown). P-Zero's all the way around.
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FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
i'm hopefully a few months away from ordering that facia. if you get a chance and have time could you measure it from the point just in front of the wheel out to the front corner. i'd like to get a general idea of how far it sticks out. it looks a little shorter than my gt facia with a chin spoiler added. that would help it survive lowering.
Originally posted by Philphine: i'm hopefully a few months away from ordering that facia. if you get a chance and have time could you measure it from the point just in front of the wheel out to the front corner. i'd like to get a general idea of how far it sticks out. it looks a little shorter than my gt facia with a chin spoiler added. that would help it survive lowering.
The bumper looks great so far, but we have run into a small setback. As you can see in the first pic, the stock bumper supports do not and will not fit. There are going to be custom brackets needed to support the bumper. If not, it may fly off at high speed or in the event of a bottoming out on a curb/asphalt/pot-hole/etc. or very minor small front collision. I'm not recommending not to buy it, but you must consider that there is a lot of money to be lost very easily.
I'll get the measurements when I get the GT in a week or two.
Greg
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FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
Originally posted by TRiAD: Where are the Compomotive wheels going?
VERY nice BTW!
I posted those for sale here a few weeks ago w/o much success. They finally sold in an E-bay auction for $1025 + shipping. The winner made off like a bandit.
Greg
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86seyellow Member
Posts: 1147 From: wabasha, Minnesota, 55981 Registered: May 2001
I'm really going to try. I've heard that many people that I have talked with online and other PFF members will be attending. It would be cool to chat with a lot of ya.
Originally posted by DL10: Your car is comming along great. It will be a very unique car. hope to see it a Fierorama
Thanks DL10, sorry that I couldn't find you at the Indy Speedway Pontiac show. Now that I saw your Predator, will you be bringing your GBCT for Fierorama? I intend to chop this 87 GT in the near future, so perhaps we can get a 4 Fiero chop top pic at the NEXT Fierorama?
Greg
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Jul 2nd, 2002
bHooper Member
Posts: 4157 From: greensboro, nc Registered: May 99
hey! i know that car, don't i?! at first it was the dash that looked really familiar, then i took a good look at the rest of the car, and it dawned on me. that was Bryan Wilkinson's car, wasn't it? you got that car down in charlotte. i knew he had sold the N*, but i didn't know he had gotten entirely out of the fiero business.
wasn't he also making a front bumper for the GT's?
------------------ hoop Red '86 GT 5 speed Borla Exhaust Eibach's/Poly/Kyb's
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DL10 Member
Posts: 2350 From: Bloomington IL Registered: Jun 2000
Originally posted by FieroGTguy: Will you be bringing your GBCT for Fierorama? I intend to chop this 87 GT in the near future, so perhaps we can get a 4 Fiero chop top pic at the NEXT Fierorama?
Greg
I hope to have both cars at Fierorama.{if I can find a driver for one} By than there will be 6 or more choptops out there. I know of 5 already.......
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FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
Originally posted by bHooper: hey! i know that car, don't i?! at first it was the dash that looked really familiar, then i took a good look at the rest of the car, and it dawned on me. that was Bryan Wilkinson's car, wasn't it? you got that car down in charlotte. i knew he had sold the N*, but i didn't know he had gotten entirely out of the fiero business.
wasn't he also making a front bumper for the GT's?
You are right on the money.
Bryan Wilkinson sold his 88 N* to a friend of mine down the street. I bought his custom front bumper, but the guy who has the molds is now working with the owner of PISA to duplicate them for $695 + shipping.
At first I just bought his interior, then he talked me into the totally upgraded and restored 87 GT 5spd of his because he agreed to install the interior into it. He then sold me the first off bumper that was made to perfection.
All the pics you see above are in his driveway. He should be done with the install and stereo system tuning in a couples weeks.
Updates are much slower than expected, but I hope to have some soon. The 18"s with the 255 P-Zero tires finally made it to the back though.
The only good thing that has come from the delay is that my current daily driver (86 GT) got broken into last night. They stole the $400 Pioneer In dash CD player and busted up the trim panel and install kit. It would have been much worse if the 87 GT was here available to the bastards. They broke in between 1-3am when it was parked right in front of my patio apt. window. After reporting it, I found that they hit a few other cars in that time frame.
The final mod is going to be a top alarm system with motion detection... Or maybe I should hire a private guard? :P
Greg
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Philphine Member
Posts: 6136 From: louisville,ky. usa Registered: Feb 2000
i'm hoping i can take off a little with mine soon. back on my regular job now (got called to active duty for about 10.5 months) so i can do a little welding and also fenced in the back yard so i can do more disassembly and not have a junky looking car in plain sight for someone to complain about. maybe i can work on getting my facia mounted too.
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Oct 17th, 2002
FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
Originally posted by Philphine: i'm hoping i can take off a little with mine soon. back on my regular job now (got called to active duty for about 10.5 months) so i can do a little welding and also fenced in the back yard so i can do more disassembly and not have a junky looking car in plain sight for someone to complain about. maybe i can work on getting my facia mounted too.
Keep us updated on your project. We'll have to meet at a show when everything is done.
Here are my newly installed aluminum MOMO race pedals.
And the Dickman shifter is installed along with the center console that was recently completed. A MOMO Commando Wheel and MOMO clear crystal knob are about to be installed.
I'm told that the entire completion will now take three solid 8 hour days, but no certain date. So, I guess I'll be posting pics as progress occurs.
Thanks for the space, Greg
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Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
Originally posted by Oslo: Your front bumper looks AWESOME!! Is there any way to get a hold of the person that sold it to you for another order???
btw The rest of your car looks tight too!
Perhaps Philphine can help you out with the info? I know the new owner listed it in the "PISA SUCKS" thread. You can search those key words in the GFC.
Hope that helps, and thanks for kind words!
Greg
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Philphine Member
Posts: 6136 From: louisville,ky. usa Registered: Feb 2000
nothing to it really (except coming up with the cash...yeesh). just contact pisa. it's not on their web site (maybe by now it is) and ask about the scarab front facia and they send/email what info you ask for or need. i got mine this past summer in about 4 weeks.
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fiero go fast Member
Posts: 1728 From: Royersford, PA Registered: Apr 2002
the scarab front bumper actually looks REALLY cool. wish i could have seen more pics of it before i bought the f355 bumper...i'm happy though, hehe. great project, and that dash is to die for
-Coop
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10:10 PM
Philphine Member
Posts: 6136 From: louisville,ky. usa Registered: Feb 2000
The problematic gauges are finally working... All but the water temp that will be working tomorrow.
Can anyone guess where this might be going?
I'll hopefully be back soon with some final bumper installed, final interior installed, and 12" Wilwood rear brake set-up installed.
Greg
Cool! Those gauges are reminicent of Doc Brown's Time console on Back to the Future. Keep it up and post the final results! [/QUOTE]
Heh, yeah... It does look like it is set for Dec, 2000, at 1:13pm. I'll post an update after I exceed 85mph as well. (if I make it back, I'll be Bin Laden hunting)
Greg
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FieroGTguy Member
Posts: 3087 From: Indianapolis , IN Registered: Mar 2001
It is finally installed! I requested pics of the supports, but I haven't gotten them yet. It is scheduled to be picked up this upcoming weekend, so all work shall be done soon, and more pics to come.
Greg
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CTFieroGT87 Member
Posts: 2520 From: Royal Oak, MI Registered: Oct 2002
Originally posted by FieroGTguy: Here is the new 3.4 V6 Crate w/ headers, overbored TB, Accel power coil, 8.8mm plug wires, Borla exhaust, fuel pressure regulator, rebuilt 5spd, new high pro clutch, new everything!
Did you mean to say 2.8?
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LoW_KeY Member
Posts: 8081 From: Hastings, MI Registered: Oct 2001
After reporting it, I found that they hit a few other cars in that time frame.
