Got this car dropped off to me a few weeks ago from a local (Denver) guy. He bought this Fiero from Florida seeing only photos of it before he picked it up. He had called mme about 6 months earlier, I explained it all the details to him and what the approximate cost would be. He contacted me as soon as he had time to really look at the car and swap, none of the gauges or anything worked so he mainly wanted to ask if there was an easy way to get it all working. Without seeing it, i told him what to look for and what wires should go where. After he really got into looking at the wiring he was really unhappy and called me to work oout a deal to redo it.

Anyway here is what we started with.

The Patient


The 3800


Custom throttle cable !


Some of the creative wiring I found.




This is the donor cars fuse box and ignition cylinder to defeat VATS in the trunk.


And one of the best custom mods I have ever come accross


Can you guess what it is ?


That is..........................A VSS with a plywood wheel stuck on the gear. The wooden wheel is supposed to ride on the CV axle boot to spin it, and it ran a bicycle type speedo that sat on the dash !


So I did some cleanup and getting rid of "extra" stuff and this is what the engine looks like now.


And started making new exhaust, it had a T straight into the side of a 20" cherry bomb.


Test fit for exhaust clearence



The new wiring harness is done, Ryan sent me back the PCM, and the engine will be going back in the car for the last time in the morning. Should be running tomorrow night, if I didnt forget any parts I need and need to stop and run to town.

And yes, he asked for purple ! It was a difficult color to create out of spray cans !

Sorry if the original owner is on here and this offends them !

I will try to update tomorrow.

[This message has been edited by Mike Gonzalez (edited 05-07-2011).]

How about that remote oil filter!?

So THAT is how the VSS goes! I am at that point now! What size wooden circle do I need.

Ya, forgot to mention the remote filter, Its needed to give room for the VSS !

[This message has been edited by Mike Gonzalez (edited 05-07-2011).]

If the original owner is here I would like to discuss a few things with him in a dark alley.

This is a prime example why Mike G is the man at this stuff !!

LOL, thanks....good to see you here ! You should visit more often

Looking good Mike! The wiring looked like a mess! I especially liked the "VATS" bypass!

Thanks ! The wiriing was a mess, They had left all the unused sensors and connectors, just tied them up anywhere. Even still had the downstream 02 sensor hanging underneath the fuel filter.

I got the Engine in today, I Just need to hook up all the hoses/cables and start it up !

Got the Brakes and Wheels back on tonight, and got the new exhaust done. His old exhaust was a 2" downpipe T'd into a glasspack with 1-3/4" tailpipes out each side. Now we have a Dynomax muffler with 2.5" pipes, sounds good now ! He described the old exhaust as sounding like a big exhaust leak, I think he will like the change !

I will pull it out tomorrow night and get a drive in and see how it feels ! and get more pics of course ! I was in the shopp till around 11 tonight after working all day, didnt feel much like taking pics tonight.

Dang Good Job i Actually Like The Silver And Purple Doesnt Really Go With the Body But Loooks Goood!

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Just an update, put about 70 miles on it yesterday and it ran great the entire time. Now he has all guages the work properly (after fixing some theings hacked by the PO) and a nice mellow exhaust. Not a "Giant exhaust leak" as he said it sounded like before ! Only thing not working is cruise control, I installed digital cruise but his control stalk is broken. And he needs to re-visit the home made coil overs on the rear, they clunk hard on bumps, i suspect the springs are too strong and there is little to no compression at rest.

Mike,

You do nice work, man!
I was going to say that the engine pic didn't look too bad.

...and then I looked at that abortion of a wiring job.

I'm sure the new owner will be happy.

(Plywood wheel and bicycle speedo?! Just damn.)

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Raydar
88 4.9 Formula IMSA Fastback

Read Nealz Nuze! Praise the Lowered!

[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 05-22-2011).]

Thanks ! LOL, everyone likes that speedo setup, i might hang it on tha wall as a reminder of how bad it could be ! The wiring was a chopped up mess, suprised it ran at all.

That VSS belongs here:

http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/