This project has a new owner. Due to health concerns, I will not be able to finish it so I have found a new owner for it. Thanks to everyone who has helped with advice over the years. It has been a fun project and everyone's help was greatly appreciated.
Sorry to hear about the health concerns. I wish you the best. Thank you for sharing your experiences with this project. I am sorry to not be able to see it conclusion with you. The new owner has a well documented project thanks in part to this thread. Do you know if the new owner will continue to update us on the progress of this project? That would be wonderful if so. Please keep us up to date with you aw well. Thank you again for sharing your process with us all!
Sorry to hear about the health concerns. I wish you the best. Thank you for sharing your experiences with this project. I am sorry to not be able to see it conclusion with you. The new owner has a well documented project thanks in part to this thread. Do you know if the new owner will continue to update us on the progress of this project? That would be wonderful if so. Please keep us up to date with you aw well. Thank you again for sharing your process with us all!
I don't know if he will or not. He takes possession in a couple of weeks. I'll try to post last photos before he takes the project.
I am no longer a Fiero owner. If my project was going to see completion, someone else was going to have to do it, so I am happy to report that Saturday the new owner and I caravaned from one end of the Phoenix metro area to the other, both of us pulling a trailer with a Fiero on it. I still have a load of parts in my shop, but they will be at it's new home over the next few weeks. I am confident that the new owner will finish the project. He has owned Fieros for many years and is a gifted builder.
I just got a text from the friend that bought my project. He drove it off the trailer and around the block today. So good to see it making progress. If I still had it it would still be gathering dust in my shop.
I will continue to post on this thread. Working on AC system at the moment. I don't understand the variable displacement compressor.
Rick, on the first page of this thread, January 18, 2019, there is info about the compressor. There are also links to a page explaining how to modify a VDC to no longer be variable.
I think I found the issue with the AC system. I charged it from the low pressure side. The compressor needs pressure on high side to engage the compressor. The compressor never pumped and never took any refrigerant through the system.
I think I found the issue with the AC system. I charged it from the low pressure side. The compressor needs pressure on high side to engage the compressor. The compressor never pumped and never took any refrigerant through the system.
Interesting! Hopefully it will function without further trouble.
The compressor is still not working. In never switches to full stroke on compressor. I get very little difference between high and low pressure sides. High was close to 150, while low was over 110. That is too high on low side and too low on high side. I wonder if I should actuate the compressor and weld in place?
I welded the compressor at full stroke and got a little cooling, but something is still wrong. It does not have enough pressure difference. Seems like compressor now has an internal leak.
Took Fiero out for a drive today. Drove nice but won't rev past 5000 RPM. I have a few check engine codes, I don't know if they are causing it to shut down. Feels like rev limiter at 5k RPM.
I got the engine to go all the way to 7k by adding the speed input. I had to trick it a little to get it to work. I will add a second one to run the speedometer. I also rebuilt steering column and put on gt steering wheel. I got the mirrors, door locks and and windows wired in on driver's side. Still need passenger side door rebuilt. I picked a paint color ( dark metallic red) and plan on spraying roof and rear fast back soon. Next step will be window glass.
I got the engine to go all the way to 7k by adding the speed input. I had to trick it a little to get it to work. I will add a second one to run the speedometer. I also rebuilt steering column and put on gt steering wheel. I got the mirrors, door locks and and windows wired in on driver's side. Still need passenger side door rebuilt. I picked a paint color ( dark metallic red) and plan on spraying roof and rear fast back soon. Next step will be window glass.
Glad to get a progress report. How does the engine pull at higher rpms ?
Engine is very strong, it pulls hard to 7k. I would guess it is about 4.5 seconds 0 to 60. My goal over the next couple months is to finish interior and go back to painting panels. There is also a bit of wiring and gauge work to do.
Nice to hear about the progress. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds is pretty quick, isn't it? If it pulls hard to 7000 rpm, it could be a pretty fast car. Any plans on visiting a dyno?
In think it still doesn't have enough fuel supply to the engine. I am planning to get it out of storage in the next few weeks. I want to finish the interior and start working on the painting again. It still has a couple electrical gremlins but easy to fix.
