i am not sure if i have enough room for the turbo but i have the supecharger intake all made now . the S8 engine is hard to find and the price is much higher so for the money the A8 engine is a better choice is the A8 the only thing is i wish i would have started with one that has a timing chain not bet and Niksil cylinder bores

quote Originally posted by engine man: ...but i have the supercharger intake all made now

And you know there's a bunch of us who are really curious to see how that works out!

Patrick I am sure it will work out fine as the engine it self has had forced induction put on it with turbo charging i just chose to use a supercharger and for intercooling i chose water / meth injection but i know that the proof is in the pudding as they say

pictures of supercharger intake

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Brad

well i have been working hard on getting the mercedes done so i can get that extra money for this project . I know one thing i am having a great time building the car and sharing it with all of you

quote Originally posted by engine man: I know one thing i am having a great time building the car and sharing it with all of you

We appreciate you sharing it with us... and we're all coming over for a spin when you're done!

no problem i would love to give rides

hows the progress coming?

I haven't had the money to work on it so for right now nothing is being done but by spring time i will be back on it

this is the Engine music i hear when I am driving my Fiero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkcATpEJwrQ and that is with the engine with a burnt piston

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quote Originally posted by engine man: this is the Engine music i hear when I am driving my Fiero...

If you'd like to share the "music" with us, the video can't be Private.

sorry dint know i did that but it is fixed now

well i bought a borescope to look at number 1 cylinder just to see if i might be able to just hone it and put a new piston in

i just orderd the honeing stones , lapping felts & lapping compound so i can re-hone & re-lap the cylinders

At a local car show yesterday, someone came up and showed us pics of a similar project he's working on. He's stuffing an Audi 1.8 into the back end of a Pontiac Sunfire track car. Looked pretty cool.

so it will be a mid engine Sunfire i would have liked to see that was it automatic or standard transmission

I got my borescope for my tablet it cost $10 so tomorrow i will pull #1 spark plug and look at how bad it is and i am going to try taking pictures of it and post them

it looks like cylinder #1 might be able to be honed hear are some pictures one is the piston that looks like it was melting on the edge the second is the cylinder wall and piston and the wall has gall lines in it

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I think when i repair the engine and put it back together i am going to switch to the 01x 6 speed transmission because it is much stronger and can be found in 2005 and up A4 Audi fwd

well after doing some honing on one of the cylinders of the engine that was on my stand it is not looking good i have gained 2 thousands of an inch more clearance but the black pitted area have not gone away yet

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i found a good deal on a engine and will be buying it as soon as i get paid for a job i have finished

the engine is on the way i ordered it today

I am getting excited to get this engine i am going to double up the head gaskets to lower the compression ratio down to about 9 to 1 and eventually i will add water / meth injection for cooling of the intake charge i am hoping to have it all back together by the end of January i will be running around 15 pounds of boost

Since i have another fast back rear clip i am going to try making a wide body out of it and showing how it will be a low cost method and should look good and be simple to do

quote Originally posted by engine man: Since i have another fast back rear clip i am going to try making a wide body out of it and showing how it will be a low cost method and should look good and be simple to do

I have the same idea but not sure how to go about it, so I will be watching.

i mocked up some of it today and it looks like it is going to work just fine

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quote Originally posted by engine man: I think when i repair the engine and put it back together i am going to switch to the 01x 6 speed transmission because it is much stronger and can be found in 2005 and up A4 Audi fwd

What do you know about the gear ratios and torque capacity?

Joe

380 Nm or 280 FT lbs of torque i will try and find the gear ratios i think they had 2 different ring and pinion ratios one is 3.85 the other was 3.55 i think

this is a great thread.... but i've sold my fiero and bought a another toy and um... how do you unsubscribe to a thread lol sorry dont hate me lol

no hate but i don't know how to unsubscribe but i did get my engine today

thats awesome. i gave up on my fiero when i got done wrong on the title... bought a porsche boxster... all is well your really long thread (which does rock by the way) keeps blowing up my email every day lolol so thought i'd just unsubscribe.

they put the 4.2 in boxsters you know

Final drive 30 : 8 = 3.750 32 : 9= 3.555
i = Z2 : Z1 1st gear 33 : 9 = 3.667 33 : 9 = 3.667
2nd gear 39 : 19 = 2.053 39 : 19 = 2.053
3rd gear 36 : 28 = 1.286 36 : 28 = 1.286
4th gear 31 : 33 = 0.939 31 : 33 = 0.939
5th gear 26 : 37 = 0.703 26 : 37 = 0.703
6th gear 23 : 40 = 0.575 23 : 40 = 0.575
Reverse gear 34 : 10 = 3.400 34 : 10 = 3.400
the 3.55 final drive comes from the 1.9 diesel

idler pulley and tensioner pulley set up

We need to get you a better camera.

Thanks for the info on the 6 speed trans axle, next up I'm noticing there seem to be 2 very different versions of the 4.2 v8, ones like yours with the cam drives in the front and others with the cam drives in back, the latter seems to be a newer design starting around 2000.

what do you know about the newer engines, and do they fit the 6 speed? I'm getting close to being ready to buy parts for the Fauxrrari project.

Thanks, Joe

yes the engines with the chain drive will bolt up from what i am told and they are shorter in length and put out more power they also have a 8 bolt crank flange so finding a manual transmission fly wheel is not a problem . yes my camera sucks on my phone