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roger that. here you go.
PS i do not any more retarding.
dont you think i am retarded enough??




for now i have to resize the rest or you can go to page 29 about half way down and do your orginal link

some time later like 5 min....time sure flies when its fricken raining out.....

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Hey guys, hope everyone had a relaxful long weekend!

Wow, that is one strange conversion. Sounds like he has $$ to spare, wonder why he didn't just put in a V-8 from the start?

Dan, I think you're ok with that temp. I installed the low temp thermostat and Rodney's low temp fan switch, so now my temp rarely even approaches 180. Still yet, my Fiero gets a lot hotter than the Mera...can probably cook burgers and hot dogs on the grills. LOL..actually, not a bad idea. Put a frozen lasagna on the Fiero grill when I leave work, and it will be piping hot by the time I get home.

Never had a chance to post my CAI mod. I did this a while back, and never had a chance to go back underneath and take photos.



Had a heck of a time removing the "water separator box" or whatever that is. Seems like from other threads, there is some "discussion" as to its real use. Anyways, with the Mera panel, there was no way of getting that box out, so I just ended up hacksawing the thing out.

Here's a pic of where it mounts to the panel. You can't see it, but I used is the aluminum ducting they sell for dryers, the one that has a 12" length that is meant to go through walls. I used tin snips to cut it down to size, and then used some bolts/nuts to attach it to the hole in the panel. With the left over duct, I used it to create the junction between the rubber elbow from the air cleaner housing, to the dryer hose. I wrapped electrical tape to where the large hose clamps go, so they would not dig into the aluminum hose when tightened.

Pretty inexpensive mod. About $15 total for the duct that I used for the mounting, the hose, and three large hose clamps (bought them all at the local hardware store).



Does it work? Well, I made a very unscientific test. Before I did this mod, if I held a lit cigarette near the opening, I could not tell if the smoke was being sucked in. After the mod, the smoke is DEFINITELY being sucked in! Difference in power...I'd say nil. But with the increased sucking noise, the butt dyno thinks there is. I personally like it. With that said, however, I don't think I would recommend this mod if your Mera is going to be driven in the rain. Unlike a Fiero, the opening in the Mera is where rain can accumulate and get sucked in.

And one more CM (Cheap Mod). Early on (LOL, I think on page 1 or 2), Rodney noted that I had the wrong exhaust tips (mine came out quite a ways, and was just a verticle cut). So what I did was hacksaw them at an angle, and closer to the body. Filed it down, sanded it, and painted with high-temp black paint. I know, not OEM (Original Equipment Mera), but it looks better.



And you might ask, what's that car in the background? Its the Mera's stablemate...88GT w/ T-Tops.







This was suppose to be my Project Car. Had it shipped here from CA. But then, the Mera came along. So instead the 88GT became my daily driver...one of the most reliable cars I've owned. The gal I bought it from...she was on the 1988 women's US Olympic Basketball Team (she gave me one of her Olympic business cards!). She bought it in 1988, drove it a little, and when she went off to play professional women's basketball, she put it in storage. When I bought it around 4 or 5 years ago, it had less than 40K mileage.

Later,
Tom

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