Real Fiero Tech

Don't be a pussy: http://www.marine-diesels.net/480-hp-de ... 16v71.html

Detroit 16-71 FTW!!!

I think you're going to have a REALLY hard time passively deflecting or absorbing RF, though the idea of a passive deflection array under a RF transparent body is a cool idea... The mesh idea is a proven concept - look at any skeletonized radar dish, or the mesh covered window of your microwave. Sti...

They just put plastic faced particle board tops over the desks at work to cover the holes...

Somebody needs to put a 2.8T/3.6T/F40 drivetrain in the Fiero... Never mind it'd cost several times what the car did and it'd still be a Fiero but it could be cool.

Radar is harder to pinpoint you with, and easier to jam, though you're breaking more laws simultaneously... I read a story about how these physics majors in college back in the days got a BIG HUGE energy storage capacitor and put it in the trunk of this 70's pimp cruiser. They had it connected to a ...

Look up "iron ball" paint - it's a type of radar absorbing material that they applied to the F-117 and such. Metallic or semiconductor (that is, having high electrical resistance, but still conductive nonetheless) particles convert radio energy into heat energy, reducing the amount of refl...

A friend I know that owns a repair shop had nothing but (vehement) curses for the Ford 6.0 (he owns a diesel F350, obviously not with that engine)... He showed me some billing records belonging to this poor dude who came in, almost monthly, for several ~3000 dollar repairs. It was brutal. The factor...

Brutality...

I didn't know you drank, Atilla. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Totally beat me to it. I was gonna say "I guess I wasn't the only one drinking tonight"... Can't you guys imagine sitting at a light, and one of these rolls up beside you. You're gonna expect no more than 100 HP, right? The light changes...

Shift shaft... Is this one of the exploders that you have to shift it into 4WD? The Mountaineer seemed to have no such thing, being all time all wheel. I forget what fails in those, though I thought it had to do with the chain eventually skipping teeth (!!!). Either way, looks like some good work, a...

The Dark Side of Will wrote:I didn't know you drank, Atilla.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Totally beat me to it.

I was gonna say "I guess I wasn't the only one drinking tonight"...

I'm sorry? :-D Just kidding. That does look pretty cool. I assume it was 300 buck with doing all the work/machining yourself, right? How brutal is going through the T-case? I'm just waiting for the call from back home when my mom's decides to blow up. All the fluids from the front and rear diff look...

The Saab Turbo X has the same drivetrain: 280 HP 2.8T, with 6 speed and AWD.

This says everything we need to know about the parenting skills of the coming generation... Maybe they deserve a trillion+ in debt?

Hennessey's still in business? Why do people keep going to him after he's defrauded half the Viper owners on the internet? I wouldn't let him work on my Red Ryder wagon. I was wondering the same, but forgot to mention it... I read through a thread where Hennessey himself supposedly belittled and mo...

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Keep in mind this is a 4000+ Lb car... Kind of makes me want to get an 02 Trans Am or something for cheap and build up an LS3 or something...

Congrats man! I didn't know newborn babies could have such a thick head of dark hair?

Bikes pull a huge advantage on most cars below 40. At highway speeds and above, bikes are rapidly being overtaken by aero drag, which doesn't affect cars as much until higher speeds. Unless that car is a 2.5L Fiero with only 92 horses :-) Hey, hey, hey now... Though it may be true that I lost to a ...

My next Atilla-esque engine swap project is going to be a 2.3L Q4 HO/282 drivetrain I have sitting around. Compared to my DOHC car, I kinda wanted to build something smaller, lighter, and more nimble. 2 more MPG and double the crank HP of the duke are welcome outcomes as well. I know they're not the...

You're a lucky motherfucker... Congratulations on the discovery, and hope the thief gets his. I was going to ask if somebody was punking you for humors sake or something - A buddy of mine got a car or two stolen out of his driveway, and they were found in the same neighborhood parked in the driveway...