I'd like to finish my chop top this year & finish my GT40.
The restoration of the GBCT is going very well. As you know the GBCT was chopped a bit differently than the chops after that. Rob Kris are pretty fussy in just about everything thay do, so we decided to upgrade the chop on the GBCT to current levels.
Archie
The GBCT seems like a perfect candidate for a Mad Arch wide body kit. If you've gone this far, might as well keep on going... unless you want to hold-onto the past.
The GBCT seems like a perfect candidate for a Mad Arch wide body kit. If you've gone this far, might as well keep on going... unless you want to hold-onto the past.
I'm pretty fond of the past.........If I wanted a wide body I think I would buy #13
I am thinking about making one change to the GBCT, that's should I keep the rear spoiler like it is.........or should I put on one of the rear lip spoilers like most of the wide body's use. Opinions.........
I am thinking about making one change to the GBCT, that's should I keep the rear spoiler like it is.........or should I put on one of the rear lip spoilers like most of the wide body's use. Opinions.........
Or put wing tips on the end of the wing (like the PPE).
Well I have decided to get rid of the Fiero wing and do the lip spoiler like most of the wide-bodies have. I really don't want to change the look of the car to much. I have owned the GBCT for several years now one of my biggest complaints was the way the roof had a small downward sloop towards the back. Archie and crew had made a few changes to the way the roof was chopped over the years to compensate for this.The other thing that I wanted to change was the rear shape of the chopped 1/4 window. Instead of remodifing an already modified rear clip Archie and crew replaced my clip with one they had at no extra cost to me..............
Well I have decided to get rid of the Fiero wing and do the lip spoiler like most of the wide-bodies have. I really don't want to change the look of the car to much. ..........
Well, you know by changing over to the Camero wing... that pretty much will kills the GBCT old nostalgic theme.
I'm always in AWW when I look at the mods done here.... maybe one day I will bring my Black Widow in for the choptop effect. But I will keep the notchie look ..... too many choptop fastbacks and normal fastbacks on the road.... no disrespect intended. Hats off to the Archie Team.
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Hey Archie. I need a set for my next project. How much for the everything in the picutres (expect the deck lid)?
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Bringing this thread up to date....
I don't think I ever described the hinges we made for the hatchback lid.
As I've stated before I wanted this hatchback kit done so that no mods needed to be done to the rear clip to install the hatch. So we modified the old Fiero decklid hinges to fit under the plastic upper rear roof section of the rear clip.
We then inserted a threaded plate between the 2 layers of the Fiero spaceframe behind the sunroof opening.
Originally posted by madcurl: Any news regarding these two cars?
FieroBobo's car is still a work in progress. Problems with the ECM mapping have been addressed and while they have diminished, they still persist. I'm hoping to bring the car back to Ken Kelly, (ECM Guru'), and see if he can take another look at the ECM and eliminate the problems once and for all. My gas mileage leaves a little to be desired, only 10-13mpg. But then again I'm using the car as my daily driver back and forth to work, only 8 miles each way, the engine barely gets warmed up before I have to park it. The performance of the LS376/480 is absolutely breathtaking. I have hit 95mph in 3rd gear. I have yet to wind it out in 4th or 5th, maybe this summer at a road course in south jersey. And I need to find a nice set of 17x9" or 17x9.5" wheels for the back of the car. Once I've got the wheels I'm planning on running Falken Azenis RT-615 tires, 225/50-16s up front, and 275/40-17s on the back. Oh, yeah, I've got to get the Coke can pic posted. As soon as I find the pic, and remember how to post the pic.
~Bob
Oh, I almost forgot, my darling wife has informed me that my car is, "Too loud. It sounds like a tank". So, in the interest of marital bliss I will have a set of Car Chemistry "Silencer", 4-disk exhaust inserts installed. She might be right about it being too loud, besides I'd rather not draw the attention of the cops unnecessarily with a loud exhaust. ~Bob
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I am still LOL over that that ride was just after going to mexican and I told the operator I would pay him an extra 20 if they got sick LOL. the last pic of all of us in the back seat was great it looked like a clown car when we were getting out. thanks for the great time Archie and Crew. D.
Archie that looks great! I only wish it was there when we were is it a tighter fit than the Fiero?
I wish it was done when you were here too. We could have had a lot of fun practicing our drifting skills.
As far as a tight fit......
If you're talking about the LS3 fitting into the car, it's not bad as long as you have everything in it's place. The LS into the Fiero has a bit more room for CAI & other things in a Fiero.
As far as tight fit in the interior, the Solstice sucks....... It's tight. There's not even a place to put your garage door opener. The stupid sunvisor opens the opposite way & is all plastic, so you can't put it up there. There's no place to lay your cell phone where you can get to it before it goes to voice mail etc. With the top up you can't see the person at the drive up window at Starbucks. But you don't go to Starbucks anyway because the mickey mouse cupholders in the Sol suck big time.
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