I bought a second Fiero. It's a 84 2M4 with absolutely no options. I can see the engine through the lovers in the hood. What does the recall weather strip look like? Mine has flat sheet metal plates on either side of the center hood vent. I haven't seen any like this before.
84's had a vent in the middle of the rear deck and two solid panels on either side of the center vent. This is the only year to have this. I don't a picture of the recall strip, but if you open the deck you should be able to see it under the rear window. It's a flat rubber strip. If it's not there it was removed when the car was recalled.
Hi John, I don't have the strip but I see where it must have been clipped to the deck lid. It must have been about 4inches or so wide. I'm going to have to improvise on this one. I hate hearing the exhaust manifold hiss when water runs off the hood and down onto the hot parts.
My 84 had the recall done, but for some reason they left the strip on. I guess they had reasons for removing it, but it seems to help keep water and junk from that area of the motor. Maybe a little better heat removal?
My '84 had the weatherstrip and louver shields removed under recall. When I went to pick it up, I wasn't happy because the foil wrapped wires were visible through the vent. The service manager said they had thrown the strip and louvers in the scrap bin, so I dug them out and re-installed them. Water going through the vent will hit the manifold regardless.
Excluding the one angle brace, I believe this is the factory configuration:
Water going through the vent will hit the manifold regardless.
Yes... even with everything still intact, water going through the vents runs all over the exhaust manifold. I've got two 84's, one with and one without the "recall" components on the decklid. There needs to be some sort of shelf added under the decklid vents to direct water away from the engine. Might save the manifold from eventually cracking.
Found these images online. They show the "recall" underside louver assembly which is normally missing.
Oh, that last one isn't an '84. I was just sort of distracted... by the engine.
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Thanks for starting my day off with a chuckle. Ah yes -- distractions.......... I think you are onto something there.
I'm going to think about some kind of engine cover/deflector and if I come up with anything I'll pass it on. Really good pictures of the factory deflector. Do you have some pictures of your 84's that you might like to post?
Do you have some pictures of your 84's that you might like to post?
One of my 84's is a parts car... you don't want to see what it looks like presently.
This is the other '84, with a swapped in 5-spd. As you can see, it's been altered. I autocrossed it for four years, and it was a lot of fun. It's currently feeling sorry for itself at the end of my driveway. I've transferred the customized '86 hood and '87 decklid from the '84 to my 5-spd '88 Formula, which is the Fiero now used for autocross. Did you follow all that? I really loved driving the '84 (especially with the modified suspension), but I felt the need for a bit more power.
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Yes... even with everything still intact, water going through the vents runs all over the exhaust manifold. I've got two 84's, one with and one without the "recall" components on the decklid. There needs to be some sort of shelf added under the decklid vents to direct water away from the engine. Might save the manifold from eventually cracking.
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Originally posted by woodyhere:
I'm going to think about some kind of engine cover/deflector and if I come up with anything I'll pass it on.
I had a good look at my '84 and I've been inspired to build a shelf under the grill to prevent (or greatly reduce) the amount of rainwater that saturates the exhaust manifold. I think it can be done without restricting air flow too much up and out of the center grill.
Using David Hambleton's photo here - The area indicated in red is where the shelf needs to go. (Water does not run straight down onto the engine from the larger grill area.) I plan to angle the shelf down towards the front of the engine bay, with a lip turned up along the forward edge (indicated in green) to divert the water off to the sides. The shifter cables restrict how far the shelf can be tilted down on the driver's side, but having the shelf also minimally tilted somewhat towards the passenger side would be fine.
I picked up some sheet metal the other day and I'll see what I can come up with. I'll post my results. Keep in mind, I work with glacial speed.
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I was thinking the same thing but a little different. I was thinking of making a curved cover that mounts on the engine. I is probable harder to do and might not be as good as the deck lid mount. I'll mess with it too when I get a little more fee time.
I sold the 84 a year or so ago. I have an 85 GT to restore at some point and my 87GT that I stole the 427 from for another project. The 87 has new 350 mild motor. Only put 14 miles on it this summer
My 84 did not have the weatherstrip removed during the recall. I recently bought a NOS center 'grill' because the original was in sad shape. However the new one came with no weather stripping.
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I really loved driving the '84 (especially with the modified suspension), but I felt the need for a bit more power. 
