At a show i saw a fiero that had the bottom part of the vents taken off. looked good and seemed like it would help alittle with cooling and cleaning. is there any down side of doing this?

Only real downside is debris/water falling into the engine bay. You should always check for leaves/pine needles, ect. falling onto the exhaust manifolds. I did this once on one of my GTs and the leaves fell on the forward exhaust manifold and it caught fire. I put it out quickly though, no damage done. I take all of my 'bottom parts' of the decklids off and replace it w/a wire mesh....much like on the 85s.

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thanx a bunch. ya i figured out the thing about the needles when i got the car home from when i bought it i was looking at the sparks jumping from the plugs i fixed that already but then i notices all the pine needles. im really suprised that i didnt have a nice little campfire on my way home.

This is what I recently did to mine.

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86 Fiero SE

NICE Vents. Where did you get those from? A lot like Skitime's but I don't see a seam in the middle. How'd you do it?

quote Originally posted by jscott1: NICE Vents. Where did you get those from? A lot like Skitime's but I don't see a seam in the middle. How'd you do it?

The seam is there, I just got far enough away so that you couldnt see it. As for how, you cant weld or braze the ones from the Notchbacks. I use fiberglass resin. It will hold to just about anything if you scuff it up with 80 grit or something close to that.

OMG fierodustin I absolutely love what you did, GOOD JOB, it looks sweet. I want to know more about it, do you have pics of the process? anymore info about it you'd like to share?

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quote Originally posted by liltobe: OMG fierodustin I absolutely love what you did, GOOD JOB, it looks sweet. I want to know more about it, do you have pics of the process? anymore info about it you'd like to share?

This is the only one that I have, sorry I wasnt thinking I thought it was an original idea, I guess I was wrong. I just used the vents from a spare SE and cut them the way that I wanted and used fiberglass resin to put them together. Just an idea that I have had for a year now.

VERY GOOD JOB!!!!
I'm doing the same sort of thing... How did you actually mount it to the decklid??

Smooth!!

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cool, quick reply too. I like it because its functional, looks awesome and totally original.

quote Originally posted by Smoooooth GT: [b]VERY GOOD JOB!!!! I'm doing the same sort of thing... How did you actually mount it to the decklid?? Smooth!! [/B]

I glued another piece of fiberglass under the edge and the vents had a lip on them and I spot glued it in for now. I have something else planned for it but it is some time away. BTW I used fiberglass resin to glue it together...

I just wanted to bump this so maybe Ski would see it!!

WOW wish I could get my fiero's fixed so I could play with them that looks awsome !!!

[This message has been edited by Fiero_Chicky (edited 10-21-2002).]