August 18, 200718 yr Author Ok so mostly for my benefit i'm going to type up a kind of summed up list of stuff to do.Install Motor MatReinstall a/c compressor and alternator as well as motor mount.Fix a/c lines to work with fiero hookup.Water hoses from 4cyl fiero install 3.4" pulleyInstall new BeltsFigure out heater hoses!!!Mount fuel pump resistor thingy on underside of body. AxlesInstall new tie rod ends and ball joints. Overhaul rear calipers and install new brake padsFull suspension poly ($100)Cradle poly mounts($50) --if i don't get the aluminum ones i ordered (%^&*)Get computer reprogrammed ($125)clean gas tankMount coil pack on firewallfill in holes on trunk (no more spoiler)Buy quarter window replacements when available (~$250)Buy headlight buckets and headlights(~$300)Buy air/fuel gaugeBuy new brake pads...hehBuy emergency brake cablePossibly buy walbro 255Maybe Fix water neck from 2.8 to fit on 3800.
September 29, 200717 yr Author hopefully by the end of today the engine will be in the car...here's what we did last night
October 12, 200717 yr I hatew ur pics Matt.........I can never see them bro, but from what you have told me it sounds killer man!!!!J
December 28, 200717 yr Author not much at all actually. in about two weeks scholarship money comes in and i can spend way too much $$ on exhaust stuffs, right now the computer is shipped off being reprogrammed (for a little extra HP too)exhaust and axles are the two main things i need. I will be buying the axles when scholarship money comes in too.
December 28, 200717 yr Author actually i'm wrong... after looking over the pics i never put any up of the engine actually in the car. That's where we're at now. The rear suspension is all put back on but nothing tightened up (since there will be new shocks, probably springs, and of course the axles)here it is right after put pulled in to place.
March 6, 200817 yr Author ok so lets start with what i have of the exhaust. Had to pretty much start all over because the engine sits WAY lower than we expected. What you see is about 1/2 of the exhaust. I'll have a cat on each side like the one pictured (other was supposed to be here yesterday). From there it goes about about 4" more then another 90* angle and it comes about 14" to exit. Not a very long exhaust at all. heh.the rest of these are just suspension....ball joints and tie rods will hopefully be here tomorrow. this next picture shows my two favorite tools, the torch and the hammer.
March 7, 200817 yr Author the real progress doesn't show in pics. We got the new computer in, got the wiring ran in the interior and only have three more wires to hook up (need good wire to extend it). The car does crank up now, and the shifter is finished.
March 7, 200817 yr the real progress doesn't show in pics. We got the new computer in, got the wiring ran in the interior and only have three more wires to hook up (need good wire to extend it). The car does crank up now, and the shifter is finished.well then take pics of that stuff
March 7, 200817 yr Pictures always help. You should get some videos up when the car is running and tearing ass. I could imagine how well that car could handle and whatnot when set up, I mean the car is like the size of a Lotus. I can only imagine the possibilities.
March 7, 200817 yr Author the real progress doesn't show in pics. We got the new computer in, got the wiring ran in the interior and only have three more wires to hook up (need good wire to extend it). The car does crank up now, and the shifter is finished.well then take pics of that stuff well the interior just looks "normal" except for the computer being velcro'd to the carpet behind the driver's seat (ghetto temporary until i figure out my sub situation)and thanks everyone else for the kind words, progress has been slow as hell, and i probably won't get to touch it again until summer...and the damn bees again.edit: i have a vid of us cranking the car up but it's on my cell phone and i can't upload it till tomorrow when i get back to my laptop.
March 7, 200817 yr yep, progress!! that fiero is going to fly!!wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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