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by pmbrunelle
Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:12 pm
Forum: Technical Conversations on Pontiac Fieros
Topic: The Mule rides again (sort of) - pics.
Replies: 1485
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Re: The Mule rides again (sort of) - pics.

I read a dude's blog entry about the practice of showing up to the airport hours ahead of the scheduled departure time. He submitted that being late and missing a flight has a cost (monetary, time, schedule, etc). However, he also pointed out that showing up excessively early also involves some sort...
by pmbrunelle
Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:31 am
Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
Topic: progress on the banshee...
Replies: 1265
Views: 382071

Re: progress on the banshee...

Our cars (for the moment) share the same Y-pipe topology; the (vertical) weight of the turbo is taken up by the mount which is hopefully vertically stiff, but laterally flexible. The rear pipe locates the turbo horizontally, and handles forces due to acceleration/braking/turning. If you simply added...
by pmbrunelle
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:26 pm
Forum: Pontiac Fiero Discussion (General Non-Technical)
Topic: progress on the banshee...
Replies: 1265
Views: 382071

Re: progress on the banshee...

Thanks to Will for rapidly responding to my request to join here. It's definitely better to use the bellows to take up only axial movement. There's a lack of available specs for these exhaust bellows, but we do see shaft couplings using bellows, for zero-backlash applications. The bellows shaft coup...