Hey guys, I finally got my hands on a good 88 GT with t-tops. I bought it and drove it home 800 miles with no issues. I have a lot of plans for this car with a planned budget of $20 - $25K. That being said, I'll be needing lots of help and input from you guys. Plans include:
Exterior: Complete paint job: need help deciding on a color. New sail panel windows, fog lights (suggestions), powder coat engine vents and wiper arms, LED tail lights.
Wheels/tires: having trouble finding a 17x7 F, 17x 8 , or 18x8 rear.
Engine/Trans Swap: I really need help here, I can't weld, or do Fab work, so I either need to find someone who does swaps, or find someone to help with the Fab work. Considering 3800 SC with F40.
Interior: Custom leather heated seats, momo Evo steering wheel, G1 Dash, Dakota Digital HDX custom gauge package. Push button start with keyless entry, navigation head unit, carpet, door panels, new seat belt webbing, new shift knob, illuminated power window switches, tint, homelink auto dimming mirror, and HUD if possible. I would also like to add a more modern climate control panel/interface.
There’s a guy on Facebook doing ls4 swaps. I think he’ll offer turnkey swaps on the cradle. Might be worth looking into. Can wait to see what you’ll do with it. Remember, friends don’t let friends drive stock Fieros.
Thanks I'll definitely check it out. My concern with a V8 is that the torque may be too much for a t-top car.
QUOTE]Originally posted by KissMySSFiero:
There’s a guy on Facebook doing ls4 swaps. I think he’ll offer turnkey swaps on the cradle. Might be worth looking into. Can wait to see what you’ll do with it. Remember, friends don’t let friends drive stock Fieros.
I removed the seat belts and sent them off to be reconditioned and add black webbing.
More to follow.
Where did you send the seat belts to? I've been wanting to do this but all the information I've seen says that it's difficult to still have a functioning retractor afterwards.
Where did you send the seat belts to? I've been wanting to do this but all the information I've seen says that it's difficult to still have a functioning retractor afterwards.
I sent them to a place in Massachusetts called safety restore, e everything seems to be fine.
13" rotor upgrade that allows you to retain the stock calipers, parking brake and parking brake cables. It is a bolt on installation w/o any other modifications to the upright or a-arms for proper clearance. It does require 17" wheels, use with lowering ball joints is not recommended due to interference issues, and longer braided stainless steel brake hoses are typically used as well. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/060122.html http://fieroguruperformance.com/
13" rotor upgrade that allows you to retain the stock calipers, parking brake and parking brake cables. It is a bolt on installation w/o any other modifications to the upright or a-arms for proper clearance. It does require 17" wheels, use with lowering ball joints is not recommended due to interference issues, and longer braided stainless steel brake hoses are typically used as well. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/060122.html http://fieroguruperformance.com/
Yes, something like that. What are those pieces of hardware shown with the rotors?
Well, I got the new seat belts put in. I also installed the new carpet on the passenger side, but with the dynamat and the stock carpet underneath, it is too thick, so I can't get the trim pieces to line up properly. Unfortunately I am going to have to remove it. The carpet listed for sale in the mall.
Originally posted by Chief08: Yes, something like that. What are those pieces of hardware shown with the rotors?
To run larger rotors with the stock calipers, you have to space the caliper out from the rotor center. The flat brackets with 4 holes move the calipers out to accept the 13" rotors vs 10 1/2" stock. The rotors come from another application which uses a larger center bore for alignment to the hub. To keep the rotors properly centered on the smaller fiero hub, concentric rings are required to fill the gap. The other two smaller parts are to extend the passenger side parking brake cable. Bolts are needed to attach everything. Sandpaper is provided to clean the rust off the hubs where the concentric rings fit.
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To run larger rotors with the stock rotors, you have to space the caliper out from the rotor center. The flat brackets with 4 holes move the calipers out to accept the 13" rotors vs 10 1/2" stock. The rotors come from another application which uses a larger center bore for alignment to the hub. To keep the rotors properly centered on the smaller fiero hub, concentric rings are required to fill the gap. The other two smaller parts are to extend the passenger side parking brake cable. Bolts are needed to attach everything. Sandpaper is provided to clean the rust off the hubs where the concentric rings fit.
Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the info, I truly appreciate it.
13" rotor upgrade that allows you to retain the stock calipers, parking brake and parking brake cables. It is a bolt on installation w/o any other modifications to the upright or a-arms for proper clearance. It does require 17" wheels, use with lowering ball joints is not recommended due to interference issues, and longer braided stainless steel brake hoses are typically used as well. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/060122.html http://fieroguruperformance.com/
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