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Audi A8 My Fiero by engine man
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yes my camera sucks on my phone


It's a shame... as your thread is one of the more interesting ones at PFF, but your images are so pixelated and blurry.

We're allowed to post images here with file sizes as large as 300 KB. Some of your image file sizes are as low as 41 KB.

Are you shooting those images at the highest resolution that your phone allows? If so, are you re-compressing them to death before you upload and post them?

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its a cheap straight talk phone
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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


Thanks, I think I've found one here in Denver with low miles at a good price, I can see a set of 180 degree headers feeding twin turbos, should sound just evil...

Cheers Beers n Gearz, Joe
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yes twin turbos will have a great sound i know that i have had many tell me how great the engine sounds and most of them are hotrod guys
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The tensioner really should be on the slack side of the belt. The belt tension while trying to pull the supercharger under full boost will pull the tensioner back and cause the belt to slip or be thrown.
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thanks fieroguru i will have to figure something out

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i have solved the problem for the pulley and tensioner but i need to build some parts i will build the parts tomorrow and post pictures
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simple idler pulley bracket finished i need to get the AC pump so the belt runs right and it would be nice to have AC. belt adjustment will be manually done i have bought 2 5/16 heim joints one right hand thread the other left hand thread but they dint have any aluminum hexagon rod to make the adjuster



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today i degreased the engine the best i could i use oven cleaner let it sit for about a hour then pressure wash it off nice and clean and tomorrow i am going to replace the timing belt and i think i am going to stack the head gasket so it lowers the compression
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i started pulling the timing belt but i decided to order a new water pump online it is much cheaper online like 1/3 the cost of auto zone
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I have decided to not stack the head gaskets after talking to a member over at motorgeek he has supercharged his 4.2 engine and runs 10 pounds of boost through a intercooler and said he sees about 8 pounds at the manifold and has not had any detonation problems he said he is making just over 400 horsepower so i figure with the use of the water / methanol injection i should be fine with the 15 pounds of boost and should be making 550 plus HP just enough to have fun
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Is he running 10 pounds on bone stock, never opened internals? If so, good news. You've got me really liking this swap. Keep plugging away.
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yes totally stock parts he told me
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i took all the plugs out of the engine i bought a few week back and did a leak down test and its not good so i pull the head on 1 side and there it is water in one of the cylinders and rusty mud on the top of the piston in another so i dry them out and clean them up then i turn the crank bringing the piston to bottom dead center and there it is pitted cylinder at least a 1/16 inch deep so i call the bone yard i bought it from and send them a picture and thank god they are good they are sending me another engine i bet they check this one out better before they send it

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i took all the plugs out of the engine i bought a few week back and did a leak down test and its not good so i pull the head on 1 side and there it is water in one of the cylinders and rusty mud on the top of the piston in another so i dry them out and clean them up then i turn the crank bringing the piston to bottom dead center and there it is pitted cylinder at least a 1/16 inch deep so i call the bone yard i bought it from and send them a picture and thank god they are good they are sending me another engine i bet they check this one out better before they send it


What a fracking pain in the azz, your not having the best of luck with the 4.2, hope the replacement is good.

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ya you let water sit in any engines cylinders for to long it's not gonna be good
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well the new engine came in and looks much better no water in the cylinders or in the intake runners like the last engine
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i just ordered Injector bungs so i can use the more common 14 mm injectors and i ordered up some injectors i plane on having the engine all in and running by the end of January but i don't think i will have the water / methanol injection on so i wont be running it to much and i wont bring it into boost

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well i put the new timing belt on with a new water pump so that is all set to go now and this next week i don't think there will be much going on in the shop so i should be able to get the engine all ready to go in . I sure have been having fun with this build
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this is the belt drive i just need to space the 2 idler pulleys out to line up

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this is the engine all painted and the only things needed is injectors and they should be in next week


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Merry Christmas every one
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Merry Christmas.

1. That is a *LONG* belt

2. That idler bracket may not be stiff enough to maintain enough belt tension to drive the blower. Keep an eye on that if you find yourself fighting belt slip or not making as much boost as you should be.
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thanks will the belt is 136 long 31 inches longer than stock and i agree the idler bracket is not as strong as i would like so i am going to try to build one out of some 1/2 inch thick aluminum
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i started to build a new idler pulley bracket and it is just as ugly as the other one i built out of steel but i will shape it and sand it to make it look better and i am going to need some one to weld the aluminum

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new idler pulley bracket i need to get it welded but it will be much stronger


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new idler pulley bracket finished and installed it is much stronger zero deflection


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Your new engine looks awesome .You are going to have enough torque to pull out tree stumps .
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Thanks wftb, i think i need to upgrade my transmission but i am gonna try this one but i don't think it will last because of what i am told from transmission guys

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i am going to go look at a 88 notchie non T top chassis and get rid of the T top gt chassis due to i feel the T top flex's with high power
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I'd trade you my roof section for yours so you don't have to get rid of the fastback you already have... Haha
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I can put a rollcage in and that would stiffen it up
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well i bought the 88 notchback chassis from onesexyfiero so once i take what i need off the 88 GT T Top i will sell it
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i have been doing allot of looking at notchback parts and i cant wait but i will just start with going with the stock look other than my engine swap but i do want embrace racing tail lights and head lights


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ok the new chassis is in the shop i need to get it cleaned and painted so the work begins
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well tomorrow i will work on getting the chassis cleaned up and modified for the engine
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front of car after being painted with por-15


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Good to see that poor 88 getting new life. Already looking better than it did sitting in my father's field.

http://postimg.org/image/gq54ae6o1/

Do me a favor and post info to the 88 database thread.
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yes it is i need to take the rear clip off so i can paint the back
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I know my sister must have dropped me on my head and that is why i do the thing i do but i like it
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