My 3.4 DOHC powered red and black camo '88 Fiero Track Car

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New seat! Got a Sparco Evo to replace my very very old (1999 build date, I think) Sparco Rev.
I also put new upholstery on the Corbeau A4 on the passenger side. Went from red seats to black ones. I might do custom upholstery at some point to spice things up a bit, but I'm liking the black for now.

It weighs 21.3 lbs including my 3mm thick steel mounts. I designed these mounts in CAD. First I test-fitted the seat with some cheap Amazon.com mounts, then I 3D scanned the seat and temporary mounts, designed the new brackets, and had them lasered and bent by Send Cut Send.

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Update for April 2024

After I had some autocrosses under my belt and a lot of new confidence in the car, I booked a weekend with NASA at Buttonwillow Raceway and got to work on the last few major items on my track prep list.

First on the list was recovery points. I checked my front tow loop and it was still in good shape. No work needed there.

I also added a new tow hook that bolts to the rear wing mounts, along with nicer wing mount hardware. No more shiny silver on this black and red car.

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I also added a LifeLine 360 Novec fire suppression system... because Fiero.

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This also required completing Rev A of my totally custom center stack. You will notice nothing is familiar here, because I replaced everything but the dash. The center vent stack HVAC control surround, and Fire suppression button panel are my design and 3D-printed in ABS. The center tunnel cover is aluminum wrapped in vinyl.

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You might notice something else new behind the steering wheel... yep that's a digital dash. I'm using a Joying 10.25" head unit running RealDash, which connects to the CAN bus. I'll go into a LOT more detail on this in a later post, because there's a lot of custom work software and hardware work behind it.

I finished up the fire system install and got the digital dash working the same day I loaded my car onto a trailer to take to the track -- a weekend with NASA at Buttonwillow Raceway. That event is detailed in my other thread here.

Despite the oil pan leak and lots of rain, the track weekend was overall a success. Nothing I built or designed broke, the car was getting faster and faster, the ABS worked amazing even in the wet, and I'm really motivated to continue taking this car to the next level.

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