Real Fiero Tech

I did... some slight tune up to the parts. I just had the car realigned. The tech got to -1.0 camber and 5.9 caster both sides with no weight in the driver's seat. I held the wheel against the steering lock while he set the toe, so that the wheel was level/straight while the tech set toe. With my 25...

I'm setting up for the next batch, which means revising the drawing. Time to incorporate this great feedback. For some reason, I had it in my head that the OE bushings installed from the front. This doesn't make sense, because braking force would tend to unseat the bushings from the control arms. Ac...

Can you elaborate a bit more on the firewall reinforcement plate? Is this more of an adapter for your custom parts, or does it also have a reinforcing (strength? stiffness?) function? I feel like a part of the Fiero's poor (soft) brake feel comes from the firewall flexing as the driver pushes on th...

Wow, I have the assembly pallet and shim selector, but you have ALL the tools!

"Big Picture" list of things to do: Engine bay prep (cut hinge box, heater hoses, fuel hoses, etc.) Finish wiring/fuel injection system Finish development of the firewall reinforcement plate. This will be required in order to mount the DBW accelerator pedal and a clutch pedal stop to work ...

Silly me for thinking R was refrigerator

Plans for this weekend include test fitting the Sprinter left manifold with the Jeep (OM642 car application) fuel lines. I will most likely modify the manifold to fit the original fuel lines, rather than trying to retrofit AND modify the Sprinter fuel lines. I bought a set of Sprinter fuel lines off...

First, Japan is rad, I would love to go check it out again, especially as a civilian. Second, might want to build the VSS, and back up light harness with a connector so it can be be divorced from the main harness, and adapted to other transmissions. Japan is cool. There were the kind of snazzy JDM ...

Before I left for Tokyo, I finally got the coil pack harnesses DONE. The coil pack connectors for each bank have seven cavities. Four are for coil signals (positive side). One is for signal ground for all four signals and goes back to the ECM. One is for power for all four coils and comes from the c...

Fwiw, I did a tape measure alignment on my car. I set camber with an angle finder, then measured to the wheel faces for toe. Tire wear has been acceptable, and the car drove great. There's essentially no caster adjustment in the early front end... So if your tub and crossmember are straight and you...

jelly2m81 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:04 pm

The Dark Side of Will wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:37 pm Let me know when you can swing by and help... I'm sure we'll get it together then.

Guess I didn't type that correctly, it was supposed to be a fun jibe, but yeah reading it again it doesn't read that way

No sweat... It's just the internet. Everyone here is an asshole.

Welcome!
Yes, Fieros look great in silver. I've never owned one that color, unfortunately, but I like to see them that way.

Series8217 has done a CARB legal LQ1 swap. I messaged him this thread.

Manifolds arrived back Thursday or Friday. I didn't get the chance to do anything with them over this weekend, but I did make a lot of progress on The Mule's coil harnesses.

Shaun41178(2) wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:27 am 80% humidity in Dyno cell.

In January. Brutal.

Great job getting it there!

Are you thinking the stack intake is the big difference between this build and your last one?

Let me know when you can swing by and help... I'm sure we'll get it together then.

Just paid the invoice, so the manifolds and Y-pipe should be on their way back today or Tuesday

The SBC started off with 2.000" rod journals, then went to 2.100" rod journals. The 4.3 at some point (IIRC) had 2.250" journals to help with crankshaft stiffness because it had split crank throws. IIRC, the 4.3 started off odd-fire, then later GM split the journals to make it even-fi...

So the big end would need to be narrowed like a typical SBC rod when converting to our engines as the LS engines have a similar rod width to the old sbc rod It seems that the coating comes off the rods at the big end, since that's where the rods in a stock V8 application share a rod journal, so the...

If you go used, you probably could find a set of Ti rods, on a budget. This one is $1,250: https://www.ebay.com/itm/266472618709?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=a2Ts-uUeSvq&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I would be very cautious about u...

I decided I had gotten everything done that I reasonably could on the stand and it was time to pull the engine off the stand and start assembling the driveline. Here's the "fully dressed" weight: https://i.imgur.com/xaCXauI.jpg?1 Included: Everything from last time PLUS: Exhaust manifolds ...