Look what followed me home:

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:14 pm

My new GT:

42K miles on it, 1985 Fiero

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:23 pm

It was a 24 hour adventure to drive down to Milwaukee, WI to get it and come back basically non-stop:

It is using a 3.4L v6 from a 1995 Camaro with around 50K miles on the engine, the paint is at best a 7 out of 10 but needs to be redone.

The interior is in great shape, and the engine runs strong and I have a bunch of mods planned for it.

Eventually I would like to turbocharge the engine that it has, but that won't happen for a little while.

The mods list:
*Mr. Mikes Leather seats
*Custom polished Stainless Steel trim pieces with matching steering wheel
*Fiero Store Glove Box
*Mr. Mikes Leather sunvisors
*Flushmount headlights
*Quarter Panel Scoops
*AT Italia 17x7" wheels with new tires (wheels have around 200 miles on them!)
*Leather with Fiero logo spare tire cover
*Gas hood prop struts
*Gas decklid prop strut
*New Optima Redtop Battery
*Fierostore poly dogbone mount
*Underdrive Pulley
*1.5" Lowering Springs front and back
*New Monroe shocks and struts front and back
*Leather Mirror bras
*Supposedly the engine has an upgraded "stage 2" cam - whatever that means
*DM bored throttle body
*MSD 6al Ignition Box
*MSD blaster coil
*Ceramic coated FOCOA headers

That's all I think, but by next week I hope to have the dual throttle body "Enterprise" that I bought from Shaun on the car.

I'd also like to swap out the front and rear bumpers to '85 GT bumpers.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:29 pm

I also have a mustang scoop for the decklid to put on it also hopefully by next weekend and get the decklid painted.

The car has A/C, cruise control, PW, PL, sunroof, power trunk, and a decent stereo, the best part - EVERYTHING WORKS GREAT! The only option that it is missing that I want is the factory subwoofer setup for it.

Here's a couple other pics:

I have since removed the "PONTIAC" decal from the windshield - :puke:

The frame is in gorgeous shape, and it has all original paint/body panels. Perfect car to start my next project!!

coinage · Post by **coinage** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:38 pm

feel like pulling a valve cover off and measuring the insides vs. the stock fiero ones? people with massive rockers would like to know if this will clear :afrocool:

edit: nice ride, just throw an imsa spoiler on the back and call it a day

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:41 pm

It will be wingless, the IMSA is cool, but not for me.

I may be able to measure it for you. I would like to know myself. I can't tell if they are any bigger. Too bad I sold my old 2.8L valve covers.

Also I should note that this winter I will be installing the Falconer heads that I got from Will. :thumbleft:

coinage · Post by **coinage** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:46 pm

sweet... get a before and after dyno, id love to see where these heads really gain the power

im finally making some headway on my motor again, turbo is ordered, clutch is back to twin disk, and all new 88 rear links from held with the spherical bearings... headers are going to start to get made here soon.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:50 pm

Damn I was going to say it needs an imsa wing too.

If you can find a cheap shop to get 1 run in for a baseline I say go for it. Then see what it does afterwards to see what sort of gains the ehads and intake make. If you can of course.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:54 pm

there is a dyno shop about 2 hours away from here so it might happen:
$100 for 3 pulls, and $60/hr after that.

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/redlinedyno/

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:55 pm

besides... who needs a dyno??

I GOT

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:22 am

Niiiiice car!! Someone put a lot of work into that thing. Coolness.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:32 am

Beautiful. I've admired that car for a long time. I love the interior.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:36 am

Thanks for the comments. This car used to belong to "Haze Performance" on Old Europe and was called "Hiosilver". He sold it early this year to a kit in WI and he moved to Washington to be in the army and the car has pretty much just sat for 6 months. There are a few little issues, but nothing major. Been driving the car every day since I bought it.

cactus bastard · Post by **cactus bastard** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:12 pm

Nice score :thumbleft: I don't dig the wheels , and I agree that it needs a spoiler or a wing... Might fill in after you add the rear vent though. Nice Fiero though, looks like it's received it's share of love.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:06 am

Worked on it a lot today, but wasn't able to finish due to a crappy cradle bolt. The head is stripped pretty bad:

Exhaust manifold studs and FOCOA ceramic coated headers:

New intake manifold:

Holley adjustable fuel pressure regulator:

Next is to finish the headers and intake manifold, but I need to get the cradle bolt off to do the rear manifold. Then it's the underdrive pulley, MSD 6al box, poly cradle bushings, and new engine strut motor mount.

After that I'm not 100% sure what's next... Probably just a fuel rail gauge and some more g-tech runs. :scratch:

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:20 am

underdrive pulley:

finally got the other header on:

bling bling

tomorrow morning I will finish the exhaust, and bolt up the throttle cables and go for a spin!

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:31 pm

This thing is ugly, and I'm not sure there is an easy way to make it pretty...

After un-criss crossing spark plug wires and fuel injector harnesses it fired right up and idles at around 1,200 rpm. I assume I can knock it down a little with throttle body cable positioning.

Here is my cable bracket:

I had to modify it to fit the new throttle body cable. So now it has 4 cables running off of it.

-Throttle cable
-New Throttle Body cable
-Cruise Control Servo
-Automatic Tranny Kickdown Cable

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:31 pm

damn thats complicated with yoru auto tranny. Glad I didnt' have to play with that and had the manual tranny.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:43 pm

It wasn't that bad actually, all I really had to do was make a hole in the original bracket:

Oh, and can't forget 5 quarts of the good stuff

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:51 pm

5? you don't prefill the filter?

I prefill the filter, then add 4.5 which is 5. AFter running for a few seconds it reads at the full mark. I fiigure while driving there is a good quart in the top end of the motor.

Chris-Nelson · Post by **Chris-Nelson** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:44 am

Well, it is the 3.4L and I read that it was just a little bit more than 5 quarts... maybe my info was wrong. but it seems to have worked out well.