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A Real Mera in Paradise by Fiero-in-Paradise
| Started on | : 08-18-2009 04:06 AM |
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| Last post by | : Vernonmera on 01-21-2025 09:34 PM |
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Oct 6th, 2011
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Wayne Wm. Peterson:
Clean car, I even like the white. One comment though; on the second shot, the one of the rear, the "fit" of the engine cover has quite a gap. I don't remember mine being like that, but then again my is an 88'.?? |
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 i have issues with the Mera sticker......it has a 9th digit as "G"?? i thought they were numbers in that slot if not a X http://www.nytmare.org/fiero/vin/fierovin.htmmight explain the rear lid as some rework  | | | quote | Originally posted by Fieromaineac:
Hard to part with what appears to be the highest numbered Mera (8151). I've heard there was supposed to be an 8152 but there is no proof ..... 8152 could be the car used by Ferrari to close down Corporate Concepts in court....... |
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i have seen Rodney acknowledge Mera #8152 in Orlando, FL but that was 1996-1997. I also notice that "Mera #7039 has the newer Mera leather.....at 7039 thats cool  limits the stitched ones the first 6 have  d [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-06-2011).]
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12:34 PM
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Wayne Wm. Peterson:
Clean car, I even like the white. One comment though; on the second shot, the one of the rear, the "fit" of the engine cover has quite a gap. I don't remember mine being like that, but then again my is an 88'.?? |
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My deck lid corners were up, not as much, and I removed some "excess" weatherstrip that brought them down. Additionally, there is more curvature to the deck during the hot weather, which I suspect is caused by differential coefficient of expansion between the deck cover and the substructure--same with my hood corners. ------------------  Dick Mera #8046 1987 GT - T-boned (RIP) [This message has been edited by reholmes (edited 10-06-2011).]
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01:59 PM
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/109535.htmlNot to get us off topic, but check out how this exhaust system sounds. This would sound great on any 2.8 or 3.4 PR V6 Mera. I don't even care if the performance does not improve. I just want this sound coming out of my Mera.
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06:34 PM
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by reholmes:
My deck lid corners were up, not as much, and I removed some "excess" weatherstrip that brought them down. Additionally, there is more curvature to the deck during the hot weather, which I suspect is caused by differential coefficient of expansion between the deck cover and the substructure--same with my hood corners. |
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Can you show a close up pic of the "excess" weatherstrip you removed. I did not know the rear deck moved around like the front one......... These cars have some odd quirks.
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06:41 PM
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Oct 7th, 2011
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/109535.html
Not to get us off topic, but check out how this exhaust system sounds. This would sound great on any 2.8 or 3.4 PR V6 Mera. I don't even care if the performance does not improve. I just want this sound coming out of my Mera. |
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This Taiwan exhaust system has been discussed earlier in the thread. I think one of the thread members was going over there and try to check it out--maybe Tom. I think they are getting that sound from 180 degree headers. Yeah, it sounds way cool! Low miles: http://www.autotrader.com/f...0&min_price=&drive=& advanced=&fuel=&keywords_display=&end_year=1988&make2=&certified=&engine=&origin=myatcemail&transmission=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&color=&address=85044&sort_type=priceDESC&LNX=ATCMYATCEMAIL&incremental=last_searched-1316664000000&max_price=&make =PONT&seller_type=b&cardist=364&standard=false [This message has been edited by reholmes (edited 10-07-2011).]
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11:00 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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look what Daddy just made a deal on.....  thats the ticket.....got a deal with a Bonus Front to Back poly swap for the suspention. under $400 shipped. not bad, eh?? i left me an out with the 3.4 or the OG 2.8, rebuilt. wonder how i can use them WestCoastFiero headers to achieve that sweet Taiwan sound??  as far as that TestaRossa.....i like it. like the Mera its clearly not the real deal just a tip of the hat, to it. [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-07-2011).]
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03:20 PM
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hnthomps
Member Posts: 5749
From: Columbia, SC
Registered: Jul 2003
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03:47 PM
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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Congratulations! Now it is time to replace that 2.8 V6 emblem with something more appropriate.
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05:21 PM
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hnthomps
Member Posts: 5749
From: Columbia, SC
Registered: Jul 2003
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Rick, It needs a lot more than that! I expect that it may take me two more years to complete this project. It will be my last one for a while unless something really unique or that I cannot resist jumps up. Nelson | | | quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
Congratulations! Now it is time to replace that 2.8 V6 emblem with something more appropriate. |
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07:20 PM
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by batousai666:
wonder how i can use them WestCoastFiero headers to achieve that sweet Taiwan sound??
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I don't think you can--not the Taiwan sound. You will have to route #2 and #5 to the opposite sides. Any comments from the exhaust experts? ------------------
Dick
Mera #8046
1987 GT - T-boned (RIP)
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10:17 PM
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Oct 8th, 2011
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Awsome job Nelson. Make sure you take the time to swap your amber & red lenses, it's just one of those things that I always notice.
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09:18 AM
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PFF
System Bot
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Finally got my issue of Fiero Focus, WOOOOHOOOO I like the article. It's fresh, meaning that it's noy a cut and paste from Rodney's original article. As for contacting someone in Capac MI who use to work at CC, you'll never belive who I had conversation with.... One of the lead designers who worked for Bill Mitchel (VP of Design at GM back in the day) contacted me for a car show and told me the story of how designers use to take on side jobs. He saw my Mera and right away said that he knew the name of the designer who did the clay model for the MERA. I am waiting for him to call me back with his contact info (if he's still around). ------------------ Julian - MERA #8071  [This message has been edited by Julian (edited 10-08-2011).]
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09:25 AM
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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Nice work. Show off!! ------------------
Dick
Mera #8046
1987 GT - T-boned (RIP)
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11:53 AM
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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I liked your idea Holmes...... so I stold it I think with a little Photoshop and a red FieroFocus logo it would look cool. I think it was just you & I who submitted a cover shot. ------------------
Julian - MERA #8071
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12:58 PM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Julian:
I think it was just you & I who submitted a cover shot.
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really are you going to stick with that?? i sent over 100 photos its just my camera at the time was a little 3.4 MP. i could not get the resoultion they needed......sucked. and you got the best background....in your pic. i like how you got the GM towers in there. i would vote for that one too just sayin. interesting what that designer has to say, keep us posted.....
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04:37 PM
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hnthomps
Member Posts: 5749
From: Columbia, SC
Registered: Jul 2003
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I know that I did not try to take a photo suitable for the cover. All I did was to submit some that I already had on file in the computer and a couple of them were in the magazine. Nelson [This message has been edited by hnthomps (edited 10-08-2011).]
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04:53 PM
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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Well, Julian's is truly superior--the background couldn't be more appropriate and very artistically composed. It would have had my vote--personal bias notwithstanding. I went to a car show in Care Free today--lots of hoity toities and their expensive European cars. A few nice rods and restored '50s cars. One old geezer had an absolutely perfect Fly Yellow 308 GTS. Really wanted to get some pics for Julian, but my camera was acting up--I did get one of the engine bay. Sorry 'bout that.  After I got home I got the camera working--well, he's a local so I might see it again. [This message has been edited by reholmes (edited 10-09-2011).]
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09:11 PM
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Read the fine print....... Owner Julian Lunardi, Photographer Mauro Chechi...... yes, Mauro took the best pic, not me.  I too had a cheap camera, but my good friend Mauro has an eye for composition & a friging nice camera. This cost me a dinner for four. ------------------
Julian - MERA #8071
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10:50 PM
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Oct 9th, 2011
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
Can you show a close up pic of the "excess" weatherstrip you removed. I did not know the rear deck moved around like the front one......... These cars have some odd quirks. |
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Rick, I had this stuff all along the top of the transom, which I removed  . . . as well as a double layer on the underside edge of the lid, which remains:  Sorry, I don't have a pic of the transom nor miss fit of the deck lid. I also have strips along the side edge of the rear compartment. 
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11:25 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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since i have been on a buying spree i was checkin out garage dollys. check the vid below. it auto starts for me. the "RED CAR" indeed http://www.theautodolly.com/small world d [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-09-2011).]
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03:55 PM
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Oct 10th, 2011
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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Richard,
My car does not have the transom strips. I will have to check the underside of the decklid. My stock truck weatherstripping keep my lid slightly elevated. I tried to install some reproduction trunk weatherstrip and it made the problems even worse. I know there are some additional adjustments I need to make for a better fitting decklid.
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09:39 PM
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PFF
System Bot
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hnthomps
Member Posts: 5749
From: Columbia, SC
Registered: Jul 2003
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None of my Meras have the transom strip installed and I do not believe that it was a factory item. I tried installing some new weather stripping on the deck lid of a F308 rebody, but still had some trouble keeping the trunk dry in a heavy rainstorm. I think that with the right trunk gasket you should be OK wrt leaks in that area.
Nelson
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09:52 PM
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Oct 11th, 2011
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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I think this stuff is for anti-rattle--can't believe it's for keeping rain out given the two huge holes in the rear deck. Of course weather strip here only keeps the sunshine out ;-)
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12:41 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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reholmes
Member Posts: 920
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by batousai666:
i got this as you know
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No we didn't! Thanks for the pic. | | | quote | Originally posted by batousai666:
but some high bond may be in order
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I would use Trim Tack--read instructions for permanent bond.
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12:32 PM
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by hnthomps:
None of my Meras have the transom strip installed and I do not believe that it was a factory item. I tried installing some new weather stripping on the deck lid of a F308 rebody, but still had some trouble keeping the trunk dry in a heavy rainstorm. I think that with the right trunk gasket you should be OK wrt leaks in that area.
Nelson |
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Nelson, check your plastic "D Plates" at the sides of the truck opening. I was getting water in my truck when I washed the car. My D plates had small cracks I could only see when I removed the trunk weatherstrip. I repaired them with some waterproof sealer. No more leaks!
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03:59 PM
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hnthomps
Member Posts: 5749
From: Columbia, SC
Registered: Jul 2003
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I resolved the problem by selling the rebody about a year ago. With four additional project cars I just did not need to keep the F308 rebody. Nelson | | | quote | Originally posted by Rick 88:
Nelson, check your plastic "D Plates" at the sides of the truck opening. I was getting water in my truck when I washed the car. My D plates had small cracks I could only see when I removed the trunk weatherstrip. I repaired them with some waterproof sealer. No more leaks! |
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[This message has been edited by hnthomps (edited 10-11-2011).]
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04:30 PM
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Oct 12th, 2011
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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things are startin to look up......well they are gettin off the ground, anyway   now for the hard stuff....the unforgiving territory of diagonstics and repair wish me luck  d
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08:22 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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10:10 AM
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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Done Hollered..... Dan get another brick under the rear wheels!  That is where the weight in the Mera is located. Actually, I'd recommend some good jackstands instead.
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04:41 PM
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Dan, I thought you were trying to LOWER the ride height...... you're just doing it all wrong. First bust up 4 holes in the concrete, then dig down a few inches...... And they said I wasn't mechanicaly inclined. huh! You are welcome.... ------------------
Julian - MERA #8071
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04:51 PM
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PFF
System Bot
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Rick 88
Member Posts: 3914
From: El Paso, TX.
Registered: Aug 2001
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04:59 PM
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Oct 13th, 2011
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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roger that!! that wood is all tied togeather, it aint goin anywhere. i plan to get stands for more height, but for now it makes for easier in and out from downunder. i think i may be trying to take off the oil pan to see what i can see. ........and i need to find a step by step for my new headers laters d
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07:19 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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thanks for the head up....but i am going for 3.4L min. and see alot more 3.4 DOHC than anything. then on top of that i see FastFieros for sale cheaper than the eng swap for the Mera. its killing me!!!! so i feel i will work on the Mera and get a Fast Fiero in the interum.......a job and it will be done. heck if i had a job all along i see me having at least 3 FF by now, Katatak's V8, AcursedX turbo 3800 and this 3.4 L DOHC. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot...&hash=item336ce34679CRAP!!!! [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-13-2011).]
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07:26 AM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Julian:
Dan, I thought you were trying to LOWER the ride height...... you're just doing it all wrong.
First bust up 4 holes in the concrete, then dig down a few inches......
And they said I wasn't mechanicaly inclined. huh!
You are welcome....
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ahahahahaaa....i thought about doing that in the yard. no concrete to bust but with winter commin i opted for the other hey you mentioned something about a "Mera Guy" you met....was his name Marciel?? keep us posted.... d
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07:31 AM
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Oct 14th, 2011
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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oh what a great and glorious day, My Pontiac TransAm fired up and ran for 3 minutes today and i must not confuse that it may only be a fuse, that stops it from runnin at this moment ....to my, dismay. but, thats a good thing compared to yesterday and the no go show SO THE WORD OF THE DAY IS...."HORR-AY"!! [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-14-2011).]
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12:34 PM
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Dan, I'm glad for you..... unfortunately my word of the day starts with "F". My battery exploded, acid everywhere, large dent in the fender, trunk carpet stained......... oh well, on the bright side it was my Alfa Romeo and not my Mera. Apparently my voltage regulator failed and my alternater overcharged the battery. When I went to start it, the spark is all the gasses needed to explode like a shotgun! So you can now figure out that the "F" was not for "Fantastic" grrrrrrrrr ------------------
Julian - MERA #8071
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02:27 PM
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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good to hear you were not hurt. that would have sucked with the Acid and all.......ye-ikes!! and jolly lucky it was not the Mera.....wonder what the fiberglass would have done??!! hole right thru as opposed to a dent, eh?? you got to post a pic. sounds scary. on a up note i got the TA to start again....but this time the check engine light came on....uhoh!! needs oil changed anyway its most likely low...... more to come........good luck with that Alfa, Julian. glad you were not hurt or maimed. daniel [This message has been edited by batousai666 (edited 10-14-2011).]
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09:28 PM
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Oct 15th, 2011
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batousai666
Member Posts: 4222
From: MI usa
Registered: Jun 2009
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09:17 AM
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Julian
Member Posts: 515
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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Dan, I know how to fix that check engine light....... Just unplug the light from the back. It works, I did it when I had a battery charging light last week..... LOL ------------------
Julian - MERA #8071
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10:51 AM
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winter project. 
