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| How long have you been working on your project? (mine turns 10 today) (Page 2/3) |
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sourmash
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JAN 01, 07:27 PM
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I'm not sure project car was ever begun because it'll be a long time working on it when it commences. [This message has been edited by sourmash (edited 01-01-2021).]
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hyperv6
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JAN 01, 11:32 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by dremu:
Specifically, *old* cars. My daily is done, inasmuch as the only mods I've ever done (and ever will) to it are rubber floormats.
But the Fiero, well, either I get a wild hare-brained idea to "upgrade" or "enhance", or something breaks, or something breaks which leads me to a wild hare-brained idea ... or I get tired of the "upgraded enhancement" and put it back to stock. A Fiero is the automotive equivalent of the Winchester Mystery House (those not from central CA, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...hester_Mystery_House ).
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For me I am always on the look out for a new idea. If I am not doing that I am upgrading a stock part that if it is not like new I try to make it such.
As for black cars and showing them there is always something to clean.
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hnthomps
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JAN 04, 10:05 AM
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All of my Mera restoration projects have taken an average of 7+ years to get them in final form. A lot of this stretched out time period is because of personal time availability and/or money necessary to do a good job on each car.You are never totally done and I always end up making incremental changes/"improvement" as time goes on.
Nelson
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ltlfrari
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JAN 04, 01:07 PM
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Fiero projects last from the day you buy it until the day you get rid of it. So on that basis, I'm at around 13 years for my current car. ------------------
Anything I might say is probably worth what you paid for it, so treat it accordingly!
Dave
www.ltlfrari.com
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Quadfather
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JAN 04, 03:39 PM
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When I started this thread I was thinking about major projects or upgrades, but these responses have all been great.
I thought it would take me about six months to get my Fiero on the road with the Quad in it. Doh. What I should have done was fix the Iron Duke and start driving the car, then address all the issues one at a time while still being able to enjoy driving a Fiero.
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Quadfather
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JAN 04, 03:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
Jan 2012 - developed a rod end lateral link kit using off-the-shelf parts - open sourced the details
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Please point me to this part of your build. I'd love to replace the inner tie rod on the rear suspension of my '87 with a link to the lower A frame.
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cvxjet
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JAN 04, 05:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Quadfather:
I thought it would take me about six months to get my Fiero on the road with the Quad in it. Doh. What I should have done was fix the Iron Duke and start driving the car, then address all the issues one at a time while still being able to enjoy driving a Fiero. |
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When I make a list of everything I need to do (With any project) I can go down the list checking things off and get a lot done...quickly. If I don't have a list....well, it may take me 3 years to change the wiper blades!
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fieroguru
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JAN 04, 07:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Quadfather:
Please point me to this part of your build. I'd love to replace the inner tie rod on the rear suspension of my '87 with a link to the lower A frame. |
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This was specific to the 88 rod end lateral links... Won't be of much help with the 87.
It has its own thread (in addition to being part of the build thread):
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/120882.html
It is also detailed here:
http://fieroguruperformance.com/?page_id=295[This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 01-04-2021).]
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Quadfather
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JAN 04, 09:33 PM
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Oh, on the contrary, it’s a tremendous help. I know the suspensions are different from ‘87 to ‘88, but you’ve proven that I could use the same technology to make a much shorter inner tie rod end that attaches to a homemade bracket welded on the ‘87’s A frame, instead of two feet away on the engine cradle where the stock one does.
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Boozeman
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JAN 06, 11:03 AM
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. [This message has been edited by Boozeman (edited 01-07-2021).]
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