I'm stripping the bumper covers because of spider web cracks in the old paint. Once i'm over these hurdles hopefully it will be smooth sailing. Knock on wood!
The only thing that scares me about doing this project is wiring it.
I see a lot of cutting this wire, running that wire, this pin, and that C-500 or whatever connector, and I really don't know what that means or why it is being done.
Wouldnt it just be easier to take the wiring harness out of the Fiero, and install the one out of the donor car you got the engine out of Just use the switches from the pedals and such, and the IP, and you should be good to go right? Except for the transmission that is.
The only thing that scares me about doing this project is wiring it.
I see a lot of cutting this wire, running that wire, this pin, and that C-500 or whatever connector, and I really don't know what that means or why it is being done.
Wouldnt it just be easier to take the wiring harness out of the Fiero, and install the one out of the donor car you got the engine out of Just use the switches from the pedals and such, and the IP, and you should be good to go right? Except for the transmission that is.
The two cars are way different. 1. The doner car has the engine the front whether Fiero has it in the back. So the wires are going the wrong direction. 2. The connectors are different so you will need to splice or felon connectors to get things to work with each other. It is really not as hard as salespeople think it is. Just take your time and if you get stuck there are plenty of people on here that can help.
It really isn't that complicated. Detailed yes so keep good notes. I used Mike Gonzales prints spread sheets and marked every thing off in with a pink sharpie as i made the connections. This was the most informative thread I used. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/113892.html
The thing that I had the hardest time wrapping my head around was how to run the wires or modify the donor harness. Finally RULOOKIN explained it best to me. Which was to take the donor car's harness apart down to each component like the fuel injectors or coolant temp sensor and cut the wire at the computer leaving a 6 inch tail or so on the computer wire, Cut them staggered to different lengths so you don't have a stack of splices all in one spot. This is when you run the wire from each component with connector on the component through the car where you want how you want them routed and cut to length at the computer, most wires will be shortened but some will have to be added on to. Some people cut the wires to length at the computer and crimp on a new pin (nice but not necessary)
You will be removing the old computer from the fiero harness so you will have to reconnect things from the new computer back into cars wiring like the tail lights tachometer speedometer cruise and whatnot.
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It really isn't that complicated. Detailed yes so keep good notes. I used Mike Gonzales prints spread sheets and marked every thing off in with a pink sharpie as i made the connections. This was the most informative thread I used. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/113892.html
The thing that I had the hardest time wrapping my head around was how to run the wires or modify the donor harness. Finally RULOOKIN explained it best to me. Which was to take the donor car's harness apart down to each component like the fuel injectors or coolant temp sensor and cut the wire at the computer leaving a 6 inch tail or so on the computer wire, Cut them staggered to different lengths so you don't have a stack of splices all in one spot. This is when you run the wire from each component with connector on the component through the car where you want how you want them routed and cut to length at the computer, most wires will be shortened but some will have to be added on to. Some people cut the wires to length at the computer and crimp on a new pin (nice but not necessary)
You will be removing the old computer from the fiero harness so you will have to reconnect things from the new computer back into cars wiring like the tail lights tachometer speedometer cruise and whatnot.
Part of my issue is that when I read a sentence like the one I quote in a sec, I dont know what he said... QUOTE:---------> I will be wiring up the 203 and 500 connections today. I counted 11 connections to the 203 (4 of which connect to pin K) making it 8 pins used on the 203 plug in the car and 4 connections to the 500 plug by the battery.
Originally posted by Stainless1911: Part of my issue is that when I read a sentence like the one I quote in a sec, I dont know what he said... QUOTE:---------> I will be wiring up the 203 and 500 connections today. I counted 11 connections to the 203 (4 of which connect to pin K) making it 8 pins used on the 203 plug in the car and 4 connections to the 500 plug by the battery.
The hardest part about doing anything is thinking about it.
I ordered 2, four cylinder dogbones from TFS. They were out of the sixes at the time so i made these and got them painted today. I also got some other little goodies from ZZP today Credit goes to Loyde, I got the idea from one of his builds.Keep in mind the (engine) right dogbone is offset to accomodate 2 equal length axles on both sides.
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Aaaargh!!! I broke my sail window trying to remove it. I just ordered two tinted sail windows for it from Chris Cook. I have the door windows out so I can tint them.
Well, there it is ready for paint. I sanded the high build with 320 because that's all i had for sand paper. I mixed up some more DP50LF and cut it thin with reducer and sprayed a sealer coat over the sanded 320. The DP50 should hide the sander marks I hope.
Thanks. I am wore out. Its been a lot of work. I want to take it to the Wisconsin Dells Run this weekend, We'll see. I ordered my quarter windows from Chris Cook, I don't think they will be here in time for that.
Two cars, I can fit my Tahoe and a Fiero in it comfortably with room to walk around everything.
I got the rest of the panels on the car besides the hoods. I also sprayed the rear clip. It is still masked and baking in the garage. I cant wait to get it sanded and polished.
Cooling $24.00__Coolant tee $00.00__Filler tee $49.99__Automatic radiator $20.99__E72003 Radiator hose $2.38__Heater hose $10.98__Hose clamps $9.99__Over flow tank
$118.33__TL
Fuel $21.99__PT2352 ACDelco fuel pump pigtail $18.76__Fuel hose $79.99__Fuel pump (Airtex equivalent to EP376) ( I have since upgraded to an EP381 ACDelco fuel pump) $14.99__Fuel filter
$135.73__TL
$3403.80__TTL $1400.00__Minus cars
$2003.80__With out the 2 cars for just the various stuffs.
plus 7.25% sales tax
I think that is pretty much it. I will up date it as I think of more.
Not including paint or windows.
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Every time I open my garage door, I get a big cheesy grin. I've put over 300 miles on it and its ran great! (Knock on wood) I added the performance shift switch in the dash after I drove it with out it for a while, and it does make a pretty big difference. It's bone stock and scary fast as it is. I can't imagine what the mods will do like some of you guys have done like a twin turbo.
I got to ride in a new ZO6 with NOS. We went up to 120 MPH and back down to a full stop in a quarter mile and it was like slow motion, kind of like when you get arrested?
Its amazing the work you can do when you really apply yourself! I'm getting close to putting my engine together, definitely a lot of good info in here. Great build!
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