Just found this topic, what a great Job, would love to get a copy of your cad files when you are ready to hand out... in the meantime keep up the posting, will say it again Great Job.
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Nov 3rd, 2005
Fastback 86 Member
Posts: 7849 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Sep 2003
umm...i just spent the past 2 and a half hours reading pages 1-9 and about 30 more seconds on page 10. i have nothing to say. i am utterly speechless. **pause for several minutes**
ok, wow. this is simply amazing. i have two questions: 1. how many man hours do you estimate to have put into the actual build part of the project so far? 2. how much do you estimate to have spent including parts so far (and can you make that estimate seperate from what youve spent on the engine and tranny)?
now that i know what has happened so far, im stoked about seeing where you will end up with this. whats your hopeful horsepower output without the spray? (yeah, so i asked a third question.) going off the goal of 2200 lbs for the weight, and 5 wtp, i guess it should be somewhere around 440 hp. i assume the spray is 100 shot? (and a fourth.)
alright. i'll just sit back and wait for the updates now....continue the amazing work.
The transaxle is a Porsche G50 5 speed. This is basically an updated 915 transaxle that is a little stronger and has better synchos. The engine has not been on a dyno, but is somewhere north of 500HP (came out of my race car, won a track championship with it). I will try to get off my butt and post some pics this Sunday.
I'm looking forward to seeing how well it works for you. I've heard the G50 transaxles are nice and the 930s are very stout but at 5k for the conversion transaxles, I've been out on it. Did you use a renegade trans or just a stock trans and your own adapter?
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gushotrod Member
Posts: 40 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: May 2004
That 510 is awesome, my first car was a 1970 Datsun 510 2 door with a 4 speed, that was a fun car. I would come out of school and my car would be sideways between 2 cars, my friends got a kick out of it. Not many cars you can lift the back end so easily.
You know some day the ability to build a Fiero frame will be a highly-sought after skill... there's fewer of our beloved cars on the road every year. Before long we'll have to build them from scratch.
Heater installed from Vintage Air. I had to fab a new defroster plenum and flip the core: New master cylinders from US Brake. This is a newer company, but the cylinders have stainless steel bores and an intergral return springs like the Afco's. These cylinders have remote reservoirs. The third one is not installed: And the reservoirs installed: Gas pedal is part of a hydraulic throttle set-up (which I will be using, system looks too trick not to use): Accu-sump with EPC valve. This will kick in if I throw a dry sump belt. It will also be used as a pre-oiler. Mold for the clam shell hood. Need to add fender bulges and radiator vent:
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Dash in progress. Have to add brake gauges, which will go on the left side. The panel will be engine turned when done. The gauges were laid out this way to eliminate blind spots from the steering wheel: My new power rack. This has the double cylinder, old one had single cylinder:
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06:57 PM
Jan 5th, 2006
jayguy Member
Posts: 85 From: Las Vegas, NV, USA Registered: Oct 2003
Very interesting topic. The long wheelbase (LWB) gives the Fiero a sportier stance. I have be thinking of also doing a LWB Fiero but on a much smaller scale. Basically by shifting the cradle back 3 inches, replace windshield with a curved piece, and changing a few body lines. The rough sketch is just some ideas that I had to put on paper.
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Feb 4th, 2006
Fiero SS Member
Posts: 29 From: Beaver Dam WI Registered: Feb 2006
Very interesting topic. The long wheelbase (LWB) gives the Fiero a sportier stance. I have be thinking of also doing a LWB Fiero but on a much smaller scale. Basically by shifting the cradle back 3 inches, replace windshield with a curved piece, and changing a few body lines. The rough sketch is just some ideas that I had to put on paper.
That looks excellent! I wish Pontiac would have sloped the door and sail panel up like that on ours..
Me too, I'd just clear the frame and cruise like that, though it'd be a PITA to get it street-legal and still atractive with headlight buckets and such hanging all over the place. I don't know about that, but I'd love to just clear the frame and drive it like that, kinda like a street-legal sand-rail.
EDIT: Guss, I also, forgot to mention that I'm dying to know how you do your shifter set-up, as I'm working on a project with a 915, and I'd like to know how you run your shift linkage. Thanks for your help Guss, oh and I see that you have a KEP adapter as well, I will most definately be buying from KEP now as well.
I have two and a half CAD drawings of a car like this, but I never finished it. The only reason I can't finish it is because: A. I don't know what the hell I'm doing, and B. I've got no parts to measure and such, but I'm sure I can figure it out. Add me to the list of drawing recipients when you're finished, lol.
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Feb 10th, 2006
Amida Member
Posts: 2355 From: Seattle, WA. USA Registered: Jul 2003
That looks excellent! I wish Pontiac would have sloped the door and sail panel up like that on ours..
I'll start a new thread for my design project. My goal is to create an updated look to the Fiero by modifying a few body lines and replace both the front glass and front fascia/nose with a new one that I'm designing. Rob
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1986 Fiero GT Member
Posts: 3383 From: Eden, NY USA Registered: Mar 2005
I hit the end button and saw the pictures and thought you had lost your mind and put a truck body on it 
never saw one, I bet that was a sleeper
