Real Fiero Tech

Will post a big write-up with a lot of pics once I get the whole thing done. I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and wire brushed and Cerakoted the OM642 valley. I sprayed the Cerakote two weeks ago, then had drill last weekend. I finally was able to look at it this weekend. Wherever the Cerakote pudd...

I'm making an attempt to organize my life better, so that hopefully I can accomplish more things, faster, and I was hoping that some of you would share the things that you do. Life or car projects? Organizing your life better may mean getting rid of car projects. For a project in general, I try to ...

For lean six sigma, I learned using post it notes on a wall sized sheet of butcher paper. You can move the notes around if you need to change the process or reprioritize. You can use different color notes to represent different workflows. You can take the butcher paper off the wall and roll it up i...

https://i.imgur.com/MvPFxar.jpg Looks like a South Carolina yard I have three large pine trees left to cut, unfortunately, they're all leaning in directions that make it difficult to just chop and drop, I'll have to get up there and tie them off, and put tension on them while I cut. https://i.imgur...

Emc209i wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:54 pm Scorn and contempt, not sarcasm.

You always did seem like a "rye whiskey, neat" kind of guy.

These hubs were cut on a CNC machine. From what I see, the inboard and outboard sides of the hub were machined in two different setups. When the part was flipped over to machine the other side, it wasn't well aligned with the machine; the offset between the different setups (and hence the bearing r...

Countersunk flatheads in the adapter plate... Uggg. If I wanted to see that shit, I'd head over the Rcheeee's. Edit: The '93-'99 engines have decent intake and exhaust ports, with a good flow balance for NA power. These engines have hydraulic flat tappet valvetrains. The video notes that the Northst...

You asked why not keep the vvt. I show why, and you say "so". Hey man, when you do your 3.9 on the stormtrooper you can spend hours tuning your vvt cam for an extra 400 of additional rpm. You yourself said that he didn't have it tuned. Everything gets screwed up if it's not tuned. My expe...

So? Upson did a bunch of dumb stuff.

It's gonna run a microsquirt amp. Vvt is being deleted for simplicity of swap I have yet to see anyone who kept vvt with an micro or megasquirt do a Dyno to see where their power peaks. However j upon did dynod his with his modified vvt and it wasn't dialed in correctly. I believe power fell off be...

Are the block casting numbers different? It doesn't look like there's enough iron to move that bolt hole outboard 4mm The earlier blocks have the bolt pattern the same as the 2.8. there is no need to move the bolt hole out further Eric is saying the lz9 is out a bit further. But it's close enough w...

Shaun41178(2) wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:36 pm Got the intakes, valve covers and pushrods out. Still need to remove timing assembly and lifters, then the lnj cam can go in

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What's the point of the LNJ cam again?

Are the block casting numbers different? It doesn't look like there's enough iron to move that bolt hole outboard 4mm

The shift (fore/aft) cable is quite stiff in bending because it has to be strong enough in compression to handle the synchro loads during a max effort shift. The select (left/right) cable is much smaller and more flexible, since it only has to be able to push through the bias spring that keeps the t...

I thought the 3900 had the upper water manifold at the back. I guess I was wrong about that.

Are the water manifolds two separate pieces or one large cover as with the Gen II & III engines?

Shaun41178(2) wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:52 am There is no upper bolt hole.

I must have gotten my wires crossed about which bolt hole is there and which is moved on the GenIV blocks then.

What else is the bracket attached to? One bolt ain't gonna work.

Gotta trim/grind the front mount like you do on the dohc 3.4 swaps. I also trimmed some excess webbing on the oil pan. A bit off the pan and a bit off the mount instead of it all off the mount. But that's it. IMG_20231115_133433017.jpg https://realfierotech.com/download/file.php?id=1649 Had to slot...

pmbrunelle wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:33 am
I suppose that with a leaf spring, you can tune it by rotating the spring in the pitch axis, so the axle moves back a bit with bumps.

This requires adjusting the pinion angle on the axle, which is much less easy.

Not bad:) I was hoping it would get the coolant out of the passages as well but maybe more time would do it. Some cleaners def work better on carbon than others. Maybe Eric needs a "coolant cleaning tank" and a "carbon cleaning tank" instead of "dirty" and "clean&...

It sucks when you have to admit that to yourself, but frees up headspace for more important things.