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"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society for reasons which I alone am able to appreciate. I am therefore not subject to it's stupid laws, and I ask you to never allude to them in my presence again."

I invited Lou Dias to trash me in my own thread, he refused. sorry. if he trashes your thread going after me. I tried.

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"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society for reasons which I alone am able to appreciate. I am therefore not subject to it's stupid laws, and I ask you to never allude to them in my presence again."

I invited Lou Dias to trash me in my own thread, he refused. sorry. if he trashes your thread going after me. I tried.

quote Originally posted by ericjon262: if 8 pounds is that big of a deal, you could save that and more with aluminum heads.

"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society which I alone am able to appreciate. And I am therefore no subject to your stupid laws Like using aluminum heads or a turbocharger because of a lack of creativity and ending up following the trends like weak minded individuals that become followers of a trend that limits their ingenuity.. And I ask you to NEVER allude them to my presence again."

You asked for it! Unlike you, I don't sell out. I have dignity.

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quote Originally posted by La fiera: "I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society which I alone am able to appreciate. And I am therefore no subject to your stupid laws Like using aluminum heads or a turbocharger because of a lack of creativity and ends up following the trends like weak minded individuals that become followers of a trend that limits their ingenuity.. And I ask you to NEVER allude them to my presence again." You asked for it! Unlike you, I don't sell out. I have dignity.

I suggested aluminum purely from a weight savings perspective, something that you seem to care a great deal about, since 8 pounds of fuel makes your car "lighter and faster", I would imagine every pound of non variable weight would be a much bigger deal than you're making it out to be, as then your car would ALWAYS be that much lighter. I believe the 60v6 aluminum heads have other advantages as well, but that was not the point.

as for dignity, there's a fine line between being dignified, and pompous, I'm sure you know which category you fall into, whether your right or not would be debatable. In my experience, if a person feels the need to say they have a character trait, it usually means they don't, or that the individual lacks other traits which degrade their character and are trying to make up for the lack of positive traits. I don't believe myself to be a great judge of character, but I do believe I have a fair grasp of my own character though.

who exactly have I sold out to? this vehicle is funded solely by me, every part purchased, every ounce of material, all me, no popular youtube channel, no fanfare, no sponsors(I would welcome a sponsor). I never started this with the intention of keeping any of the stock Fiero engine, or a 3.4 camaro engine they're both turds that I don't feel like polishing. is the engine I chose to use some kind of miracle machine? no, but it has a long list of improvements over a 2.8 or 3.4, and had I stuck to installing a stock LX9 engine with a stock 4 speed that I had on hand, I would have many more miles on this car, am I disappointed that didn't do that? no, I've learned more from it than I ever would have imagined.


lack of creativity? if my build is that boring, why are you here? Are you here purely to look down on my lowly turbo car? to scoff at my attempts to extract as much as I can from my ECU? to laugh at my choice of a camshaft and ridicule me for not having you spec a camshaft for me? in your past few posts in this thread, you've mentioned your car more than anything else, in manners that aren't really relevant to anything, and seemingly going out of the way to do it.

I feel like there's a fair bit of creativity that has gone into this car, so as a refresher, here's a few things I've built or developed for my car, that were not an off the shelf part or procedure. note, this list is far from all inclusive, and there's plenty of examples in this thread.

-I built my own accessory drive components, to include a belt tensioner mount that holds up to 7000 RPM without throwing belts(yes the engine has seen 7000 RPM multiple times)
-I drive my gauges off of PWM signals to remove redundant wiring, and sensors
-every single engine and transmission mount was made in my garage, none were based on stock parts for anything.
-my entire exhaust from the head flanges back, was almost entirely me, the only parts I didn't have a significant hand in making, was the mufflers/tailpipes(which I did highly modify.), and the turbine housing.
-I developed a method to draw my own flanges for the exhaust when the aftermarket failed to supply and adequate product.

I would also argue it takes more than a little creativity to cram a turbo/intercooler into a car without straight up hacking it to bits, it's quite far from a bolt in affair unless you own something that that someone makes a kit for, last I checked the vast majority of people don't care about Fieros, therefore there are no kits.

you put a massive intake on your car, straight through your decklid, your exhaust similarly goes straight through the decklid, you did not impose any restrictions on your build, which means you have less problems that require a creative solution. I have gone to great lengths to get a factory decklid on my car, and limit modifications to the body of the car to fit the modifications I have chosen to make, which requires quite a bit of creative problem solving, and in the areas which the body has been modified, I've made attempts to make the installation as smooth as possible, and minimize the number of obvious modifications to to untrained eyes. I will concede that in the very early stages of this build I cut the lower half of the trunk out to fit an intercooler water tank, eventually, I'll go back and finish trunk back out, at least the top half of it.

My car isn't the best thing since sliced bread, it's just a car that I've put a ton of effort into, and thankfully, that effort is starting to show. it's fairly reliable, and kinda quick, both things that should trend positively as I work out some of the quirks the car currently has.

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"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society for reasons which I alone am able to appreciate. I am therefore not subject to it's stupid laws, and I ask you to never allude to them in my presence again."

I invited Lou Dias to trash me in my own thread, he refused. sorry. if he trashes your thread going after me. I tried.

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