Stripped a headlight motor last night. Darn it. I guess little car is going to be winking for a little while >.<
Yours is an '86, if I recall correctly (only because of the 4-speed, haha)? At any rate, I've got a set of functional early ('84-'86) motors I'm dying to get rid of. Yours for the cost of shipping if you're interested. It's cheaper than rebuilding ($35 apiece from Rodney), anyway.
EDIT: Page 72 pwnage. Win.
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Well, I did something that I havent done in 5 years... A FIERO PROJECT..!!! It started yesterday morning around 10am., my wife said the normal thing... "I am going to Walmart, wanna go..??" I NEVER go because..., I just dont...lol BUT, was she suprised when I said... "Sure, I would love to go..." I met her back at the garden center 30 minutes later with a huge bag... fiberglass cloth, body filler, etc... So, she said Is that for me..?? I said no, its for the Fiero.. THAT pissed her off Anyways, I got my hood vent cut, and will finish up the next few days...
Originally posted by 87antuzzi: Fix your cold start injector????
Nope, but Fel-pro put the wrong water pump gasket in the box and it was too late last night to get one... so that sucked. Frazee Auto Body is wondering why they haven't heard from you about paint...
Over the past three days I spent 21 hours washing, claying, removing swirls, polishing, sealing, claying windows (again). Soon, going to apply a coat of wax on top of the sealant and apply Stoner's Invisible Glass to the windows.
Now, instead of seeing swirls in the paint, all you see are the 3,000 scratches in the paint May 22nd though, I have a guy going to look at my car and see about having it repainted.
added a MR2 scoop to the passenger side....and discovered that the previous owner made some questionable custom coil overs...least he used Eibach springs
added a MR2 scoop to the passenger side....and discovered that the previous owner made some questionable custom coil overs...least he used Eibach springs
Well, I did something that I havent done in 5 years... A FIERO PROJECT..!!! It started yesterday morning around 10am., my wife said the normal thing... "I am going to Walmart, wanna go..??" I NEVER go because..., I just dont...lol BUT, was she suprised when I said... "Sure, I would love to go..." I met her back at the garden center 30 minutes later with a huge bag... fiberglass cloth, body filler, etc... So, she said Is that for me..?? I said no, its for the Fiero.. THAT pissed her off Anyways, I got my hood vent cut, and will finish up the next few days...
Are you going to make a build thread?
BTW, I was able to install my new rear diffuser today.
It's still a little rough around the edges. But I'll get it smoothed out.
I just did an all injector swap. went with Delphi Camaro/Firebird 17# for my 3.4L p/r. The ones I had in it were rebuilds from the Injectorwarehouse (still 17#) but the Delphis are brand new and I found them for 15 a piece. I also changed the spark plugs from crappy 2 prong Bosch to Champion 3018 single prong... I also had custom 1/2" aluminum spacers in between the the top and middle plenum for a better flow into the middle intake-- Took those out to see if there's a difference... Anyway
I thought my car s running good before..... WRONG
I think I had a faulty injector or something cause. It's like I added a turbo system to it. In the beginning the car idled great and didn't sound like it was miss firing... Stumped me though... Now it's WOW.
While I was at it, I also changed the thermostat housing to a throttle-body water delete to help the air run cooler when it entered the plenum...
Man I wanna make some burnout marks! Yesterday, I put the stock rims on that I had to pay $80 to ship from the PO (there was aftermarket rims on the car) only to find out that they are all pre88 or all rear wheels. I think the tires may be dry rotted anyway, when i was setting the tire pressure, I over inflated and had to let some air out and some dust came out. Probably not good to drive on like that right?
Originally posted by Scottzilla79: Man I wanna make some burnout marks! Yesterday, I put the stock rims on that I had to pay $80 to ship from the PO (there was aftermarket rims on the car) only to find out that they are all pre88 or all rear wheels. I think the tires may be dry rotted anyway, when i was setting the tire pressure, I over inflated and had to let some air out and some dust came out. Probably not good to drive on like that right?
I probably wouldn't drive on them if dust is actually coming out of the valve. It could have been just dust on the outside, or on whatever you used to open the valve. If the tires are dry rotted though, they will certainly show it on the outside.
And what do you mean about the wheels being pre-88 and both rears? Are you assuming this because they're not gold, and the mounted tires are the same size? Is it a GT (originally, not body swapped)? And the 86 GT I used to have had the 215 wide tires on both front and rear from the PO. I guess they just put the wider tires on all 4 at some point. The wheels are physically the same size anyway I think. 88 might be different, but I don't think so? And I think only the GTs had the gold colored mesh lattice wheels. The Formulas had black and the SEs had the normal grey, I believe.
BTW, I was able to install my new rear diffuser today.
It's still a little rough around the edges. But I'll get it smoothed out.
No, I cant post pics from my phone... I will get some posted somehow in a few months when the whole exterior is done. I am leaving the sidetrim on this one.. I LOVE your new diffuser and your decklid modification.. very slick
Looks great! You should start a thread about this! More details please!
thanks man!!! i'm waiting till i get closer to being finished then i will post a build thread on it but i want to make sure that it's gonna work out!!!! but here is the thread on my entire vehicle which will have pieces of everything i do.... https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/080294.html
Installed one of Dodgerunner's belt tensioner kits for the 2.8 V6. It was a bit of a stuggle (funny how having certain tools make all the difference) but it finally went together and works great.
My ignition finally went on my '85. Started it yesterday after work and the tumbler/ignition stuck. Something broke on the inside and I couldn't shut the car off when I got home. Pulled the fuel pump fuse to kill it, then unhooked the battery. Car is getting shoved out of the garage and I will be working on the '87 GT from here on out.
Starting a build thread soon.
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I just sat in my chair at carlisle and enjoyed seeing the ohh and ahhhs on everyones faces as they passed by my car. Not to mention a bunch of model poses with it.
I picked up the left side strut cap. Currently, the chrome shop is running a bit behind and I don't expect the remaining parts finished until the end of the month. I rather have the work done correctly-- so I'll wait.
Curly you going to pull all the bling out the engine bay when it gets painted or just cover it up ??
As a rule-- you remove everything, especially the chrome parts, and anything that can easily waltz out of the shop. That includes stereos, speakers, rims, shifter, and electronics.
It will look similar to this pic when it arrives for paint, hehe.
As a rule-- you remove everything, especially the chrome parts, and anything that can easily waltz out of the shop. That includes stereos, speakers, rims, shifter, and electronics.
It will look similar to this pic when it arrives for paint, hehe.
If your getting #20 painted all i have to say it its about damn time. what color you going with?
I met her back at the garden center 30 minutes later with a huge bag... 
fiberglass cloth, body filler, etc... So, she said Is that for me..?? I said no, its for the Fiero.. THAT pissed her off 
May 22nd though, I have a guy going to look at my car and see about having it repainted. 
Does that count? 
Pulled the fuel pump fuse to kill it, then unhooked the battery. Car is getting shoved out of the garage and I will be working on the '87 GT from here on out.
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