Real Fiero Tech

right. if you look at the definition of torque, its directly/linearly linked to weight. and, hp is directly & linearly linked to HP's. thereby, twice the weight needs twice the HP - or - more accuratly - twice the torque. this is also all assuming many other things held equal. traction & pow...

right - meant yes as in agreeing wit ya - I just hear that other statement alot.

The Dark Side of Will wrote:

Pyrthian wrote:got nothing to back me up, but I have always heard a rough approximation that a car that weighs twice as much, needs 4 times the power to accelerate as quickly.

Not true.

yes, goto any 1/4 mile calulator that inputs weight & HP
its a straight line relationship - hp vs weight

got nothing to back me up, but I have always heard a rough approximation that a car that weighs twice as much, needs 4 times the power to accelerate as quickly.

I think it's amusing that as computing power goes up, software overhead goes up. Consequently, tasks you do on a computer are NO FASTER than they were 11 years ago when I was in high scool. It still takes just as long to open Word as it used to, etc... of course. theres always the "little thin...

DiggityBiggity wrote:Does anyone know anything about silver and gold coins? Like... how much is a silver half dollar REALLY worth?

silver - roughly $25-35 for a 1 oz coin.
a actual silver half dollar - depends on the coin.
gold - roughly $500 for a 1 oz coin.

every generation of OS has more operating overhead than the previous. new hardware makes this work. if you want to use a new OS, use new hardware. 1394? lol, so your the guy useing that port..... :thumbleft: I have no doubt that Vista installs nicely - windows installs have improved greatly in every...

1st pick is the EGR. during light throttle is when it is most active. unless you have a chip that disables EGR 2nd pick - TPS. the very beginning of the throttle position sensors wears off the quickest, and the ECM get 0 throttle, even if it slightly open 3rd pick - MAP sensor - not being sensitive ...

yes....
spambots, calibots & cletusbots.....
the tech is overwhelming.....


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does that thing have one side shielded, or is it 360* of light?
most drop lights have a shield, so you dont blind yourself, when trying to look/light something in fron tof you

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for those who may be looking into beating the snot out of your Fiero
or any other vehicle you find fun to flog

the year before I blew my trans at the dragstrip Did you post about that here? I'd like to see pics & info. nope. it was my first 4.10 trans. didnt know there was a V6 version...... was my first time at the dragstrip, after swapping from the old TH125 did a 2800 clutch dump, heard a little chir...

nothing last season - but I tried.
I had time reserved at Gingerman raceway - but a Porsche club knocked me off the schedule.
the year before I blew my trans at the dragstrip
I did the Waterford & Milan events at the Fiero 20th
I will be Auto X'ing this season

How many times have I said this? THe car drove fine even at half throttle. The car also drove fine at full throttle. Also acceleration was faster at 100% throttle, then at 60% or even 75%. There was a difference despite what everyone else WITHOUT a dual tb intake thinks. I had it on the car for two...

Ok... if you're engine maxes your throttle body at redline rpm, how much air is it pulling at half that? You are effectively at WOT at 50-60% throttle at low engine speeds, yet you don't have a problem with that. Talk to Shaun about the dual throttle intake. He is one of the VERY few who's actually...

that injector is poo-poo'ed.
Fiero injectors are Pintle style, and, from the sounds of it - you broke the pintle...
that injector will not atomize properly now.

damn...and we are still waiting for snow to stick here......

and this same flow stuff is why I think you should use smaller throttle bodies on a dual throttle body setup. like the 3.2L @ 6000 rpm using 339CFM. with a pair of stock throttle bodies - you hit that at 1/2 throttle.

Huh, and I thought locking all 4 tires when entering the spin would have stopped it....... That just makes the car continue to spin in a straight line rather than randomly veering across the track as tires gain traction unpredictably. right. if he was by himself, yes, gassing it and trying to recov...

that was just plain old oversteer
snap oversteer is when you actually temporarly recover, and it snaps around the other way.