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- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:37 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
Re: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
Drop in replacement forged Pistons stock bore. JE 321237. Has a 19cc dish. Compression ratio comes out to 11.1:1. I believe JE says they weigh 421 grams. Not sure what stock is. .007 overbore is JE 321238 with a 21cc dish. CR is about the same. $750 at summit with about a 4 week lead time. These pis...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:38 am
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:26 am
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Front spring selection for 84-87
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2677
- Mon May 29, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4152
Re: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
Reis engines don't last long enough to need dry sumps either.
- Mon May 29, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4152
Re: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
Fieros aren't going around corners at sustained 1g Will. This discussion is a total waste of time when it comes to fiero owners and how you drive these 80s shit boxes.
Dry sumps aren't necessary in our applications. But you goofballs build it and install it. It's your time and money.
Dry sumps aren't necessary in our applications. But you goofballs build it and install it. It's your time and money.
- Wed May 24, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Installing 3500, LZ4, for the time being
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11419
Re: Installing 3500, LZ4, for the time being
Nah. It's ready to go in, just haven't done it yet.
- Fri May 05, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Installing 3500, LZ4, for the time being
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11419
Installing 3500, LZ4, for the time being
It was cheap, and at first I thought it was a 3900, but turns out it was a 3.5. So I figured I'd play with it, see what it could do. 135k miles junkyard Sbe Comp cam 218/236 and around 560/590 lift Pac1218 Arp head studs. That's it. I am reusing one of the 3.5 heads which I swapped the springs onto ...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: At the epicenter of the known fiero world today
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1350
Re: At the epicenter of the known fiero world today
Looks like a dump
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:37 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Extremely Good Thread on Camshaft Design and Valve Events
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8315
Re: Extremely Good Thread on Camshaft Design and Valve Events
Excellent. Keep us postedericjon262 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:31 pm today I learned that there's a machine shop near me that grinds camshafts... I might reach out about the idea of having a 3900 cam reground.
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4152
Re: wet sump engine oil control, a thread.
Here is my opinion but you won't like it. Ditch the idea of a windage tray and or crank scraper. At the end of the day it's a lx9 engine from gm. It's not a formula 1 engine. Not having a crank scraper isn't gonna give you a noticeable loss in power nor is it gonna do anything measurable for oil in ...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
Re: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
Did you check into having 4.3 V6 rods narrowed like Upson (I think?) did? I thought some variation of the 4.3's have the same 2.250" rod journals as the LZ4/LZ9 do. You'd need custom pistons to set the piston deck correctly, but those are cheaper than custom rods. Going to do an unboxing video...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:17 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: '88 wheel bearing and hub upgrades
- Replies: 159
- Views: 301291
Re: '88 wheel bearing and hub upgrades
99% sure pickardt performance is not the ls4 oil pan guy.
Moroso oil pan was done by a guy building monte carlos and mating them to 4t80s.
I actually had the same idea when I had my ls4 and found his oil pan by accident while researching options.
Moroso oil pan was done by a guy building monte carlos and mating them to 4t80s.
I actually had the same idea when I had my ls4 and found his oil pan by accident while researching options.
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
Re: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
Yea I'm swapping over to an lz4 for the time being. Maybe I'll have the Pauter rods in a built engine ready to go by the winter or next year depending on my motivation. I am going to use my comp cam in the lz4 too that I had in my built 3.9. If you order a lnj cam, you might be able to send it off t...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Extremely Good Thread on Camshaft Design and Valve Events
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8315
Re: Extremely Good Thread on Camshaft Design and Valve Events
It will work just fine. What were your current cam specs
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: progress on the banshee...
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 368527
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: progress on the banshee...
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 368527
Re: progress on the banshee...
I am very interested in spec-ing my own cam, after lots of research I do not think the reverse pattern Strip Cam is going to suit the LZ9 very well as the intake ports greatly outflow the exhaust ports. I do want to dyno it first and then see what I can pick up with nothing but a cam change. If you...
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
- Topic: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3064
Re: Pauter rods for 3900 engine???
I'll have pics in 10 weeks
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
- Topic: Splayed Valve Heads Porting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1782
Re: Splayed Valve Heads Porting
Eric weingartner on YouTube will flow the heads either stock or ported, and give you the results. And it's cheap. Maybe 30 plus the shipping. He has a professional bench too.