88 fiero rehabilation (Page 2/8)
mmeyer86gt/gtp APR 25, 02:30 AM
mmeyer86gt/gtp APR 25, 02:32 AM
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Does this car look familiar ,...... hint hint
mmeyer86gt/gtp APR 25, 02:33 AM

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It would be so easy working on cars if everything was "plug and pray"

When you build a car you get to pick 2 out of three (fast, cheap, reliable) not cheap but fast and reliable........

reinhart APR 25, 03:49 AM
That intercooler setup is pretty slick. Anyone have any more info on it...Pictures of how it is hooked up on the compressor side? Also how it was plumbed...to a front or side radiator?
82-T/A [At Work] APR 25, 08:22 AM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

That was a much better investment than your Porsche!




Haha, well... having a child does strange things to you. I wasn't in debt or anything, but I felt like now (at the time), that my wife was pregnant, I needed to make sure I wasn't just "not in debt" but that I had savings and no liabilities. So I pretty much pivoted. Like I said, I had 9 cars and a golf cart. I unloaded most of my cars. My wife and I both drove brand new convertibles (Solstice and New Beetle), and we traded those in for fully paid for SUVs, (Ford Explorer and Jeep Patriot). Only thing I kept was my Fiero (which was my first car), our VW Bus, and my grandfather's Crown Victoria.

I also sold off about 2/3rds of my video games, computers, and anything else that I absolutely just didn't need. I put half of it into savings, and the other half I put into a 529 when she was born (In the U.S., a 529 is a tax-free college savings account).

But yeah, I really, really loved that Porsche 944... I was so sad to give it up. The guy who bought it said it was like the best Porsche he'd ever owned. Drove it all the way back up to Ohio from the airport in Fort Lauderdale.
shemdogg APR 26, 11:25 PM
Not a porsche fan at all! Unless its a 930 or 944- slantnose all the way lol

Matt is that your car in the mag?!

Gonna go w the kit car motor I recently pulled(thanks everybody), and cleared the way for the cherry picker to make its way to the front driveway. Heres the old motor covered in overspray

I did cut the harness but have the connectors and left enuf meat to connect easily. Or I could use the harness for the 88 motor, but I dunno if turbo stuffs wired into that one. The ecu has to be different to run that turbo or at least have a different prom, I have the old ecu for the kit car motor. Then I had to think about what to do for an exhaust system, it aint gonna pass visual w that turbo there for sure. Remembered I saved whats left of the kit car exhaust, I think its cut and pastable-newer cat!


Heres the engine bay, you can see where the rusty coolant blasted out the head and hit the firewall


Tried to put the kit car wheels on, didnt fit. Look at these weights lol


I see some red springs in there, everythings barely rusty


Missed a damaged spot, made a dam from painters tape, then held the fb mat down over the curve w aluminium foil tape


Rest of the cars spots are already skim coated


Waiting to hear back from the paint company but ordered a full gasket kit, flywheel, bolts, n clutch this mornin. Soon as those are here ill start cleaning up the motor and get it in. Works comin in hot but ill make time. Sometime

When I feel like procrastinating on the kit car, I go work on the fiero
shem
mmeyer86gt/gtp APR 27, 11:28 AM
shem i think this is your car in the magazine. i think some of the custom parts have been replaced along the way but i believe its the same car.
shemdogg APR 27, 10:49 PM
I dunno they make no mention of the"miller-woods" name that I have on mine. Mine has different seats, boost gauge, stock wheels, and the side air scoop. The turbo and exhaust system look exactly the same, tho mine has no intercooler. Went n snapped a pic of the underside to see if there was air tubing there

whut the hell is up w that brake line, somebody painted jack up spots in orange


Heres the turbo gauge on mine, mag shows a blower boost gauge


Thats the entire exhaust system I have minus the ecm and the harness

Big ol beefy injectors

Ordered paint n clear today, enuf to shoot the whole car. Bodywerks 99% done. Hoping to paint next week but the rains coming back dag nab it

shem
reinhart APR 28, 03:22 AM
Looks like the standard manual transmission miller-woods turbo kit. Doesn't look like the one in the magazine article IMO. Is he turbo in good shape? That's gonna be your priciest piece.
shemdogg APR 28, 09:31 PM
Dunno much about turbos. The turbine spins free and theres no play in the shaft, thats the extent of my turbo knowledge. Oh and itll need more gas too lol.

Attacking this resto w the agility of a retarded cat, im finally making some progress. Hit the intake n valve covers from the 88 motor w the intent of putting em on the 86 motor thats going in the car. Went to order the gaskets, nobody has em in stock, then my sense of cheapness kicked in when I saw the price. Almost as much as a full engine gasket kit. Gonna leave the old stuff on, dont plan on using this motor much after passing smog. Then about 7am I fired up the powerwasher and blasted all the crud and fb dust off the motor.


Went at it today after work, found this underneath

AC line pinched by the cradle

Rolled the cherry picker w the 86 motor out front and jacked up the car. Pulled the wheels and had a hell of a time getting the strut bolts out. The anti seize had seized and the pass side bolts were practically rusted to the strut. Hit it w some tri-flow and a breaker bar w a 4' piece of pipe, and it would barely turn. Crazy hard to turn even w the 4' extension. Kept at it, it got loose enuf to spin w the impact while I beat on it w a hammer from the other side. Then used a punch to get em the rest of the way out. That was a fight! Everything else went quickly except for the front cradle bolts, but got em out


Heres some pics of the driveway! YAY!





Heres the cradle on the same ratty ass jetski cart that failed me on my last engine swap. It survived this time and did the job! Didnt even need to break out the skateboard like last time lol


N here it is powerwershed w some udder parts I think ill need

Let it dry, then lotsa rattle can love

Gonna have a field day trying to find all the nuts n bolts to reassemble this biotch. Lotsa unmarked baggies of bolts. Yay fun

Clutch kit and flywheel showed today, bolts should be here manana. Paints comin tuesday, paid extra for the "glamour clear" whatever that is, gotta get this motor in foist. Goal is to get this all done before the 8th, but works comin in like crazy, and the rains threatening a comeback. Need to get this outta the way so I can get the kit car out to pull the motor on that. I need more space ace!

shem