Real Fiero Tech

We raced SCCA, ITB class, at Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Nelson Ledges, and a few tracks in Michigan and Indiana.

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I'll share some of our experience we have had in roadracing a Fiero.. When we started, a lot of our competitors shared with us that we should change brake pads every weekend, or better, every race. So we did. But we were removing almost perfect pads, that looked like they hardly wore. I usually save...

Every manual, and most rebuilders call for "Bench Bleeding" the master cylinder before putting it in the car. Pushing the brake pedal cannot completely stroke the pistons in the master cylinder to push out all the air in the cylinder. They tell you to first put the master cylinder in a ben...

The TIRES you select to race on is far more important than the unsprung weight. If you spend big bucks for lite wheels and race against someone who runs street legal race tires, you'll loose. Goodrich, Yokahama, and a few others sell street legal tires that come fronm the factory already shaved to a...

The TIRES you select to race on is far more important than the unsprung weight. If you spend big bucks for lite wheels and race against someone who runs street legal race tires, you'll loose. Goodrich, Yokahama, and a few others sell street legal tires that come fronm the factory already shaved to a...

Actually "bead blasting" usually refers to glass beads, great for cleaning metal of paint and rust. What you want is SHOT PEENING. And it does exactly what you describe. It also work hardens or toughens the metal surface, too. Results are often fantastic. I have seen the fatigue life of sp...