A Real Mera in Paradise (Page 62/713)
batousai666 JAN 05, 06:05 PM

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Originally posted by Fiero-in-Paradise:

Been in holiday hibernation mode...

Hey guys, I heard on this am's news of yet another cold(er) front moving through the CONUS. Be safe...and warm!

Gotta run to work.
Tom




funny.....
this is what 0 degrees looks like mathmatically...



and speaking of rare,
there you are Thomas. hahahaha...sup??
seems that 1987 SE Fieros are in their own right rare, due to low production numbers.
less that 4000 SE's total. thing is, some of thems were 4cyl. huh?
guy says at a car show "out of 100 Fieros he was the only SE." Daytona i believe.
thats something...onto its self. cool.
this Mera thing keeps getting better....later

Dan

*EDIT* for....
ohhh i had Mera X shipped from FL via "portable parking lot" with that ding dong bid process... made it take longer,
but by comparison it seemed to shave a cool $500 plus for your patience.
so i waited 'pernt near 3 weeks for delivery after payment of car off e bay.
total price was $643 or so. not bad price and happy with the new arrival.

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hnthomps JAN 06, 12:17 AM
I do not believe that the car is worth $25 K. If you want to pay me $25 K then I might consider selling my 87 Mera with a turbo 3.4 engine.

Nelson







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Originally posted by Tom Slick:


i would love to have this car, it's so close (location) and yet so far away (price).
is this car worth $25K (I know if someone is willing to pay then it is)?
i would go check this car out but it 1.5 hours away, then only time i would be even close to it would be after NTFC monthly meeting. if they still have it then i might swing by to look at it. if it's open on saturday.

thanks...

edit:
now i see the car listed on ebay for $19K


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Fiero-in-Paradise JAN 06, 04:22 AM
Per the Matson Navigation webpage, $1,072.00 to either Seattle, WA, or Long Beach or Oakland CA ports, from Honolulu. Not sure if they tack on HI tax to that. I am confident I could drive my Mera cross country.

I haven't had time to install this yet, hopefully soon though:



This is Rodney's Tru-Line Damper System, made specifically for the Mera due to the larger tires up front. This set is brand new, never installed. Rodney no longer makes these. This is probably the last new one in existence anywhere.

Also got a set of Fiero1Fan's low profile headlight buckets. I had them professionally powder-coated black. Still need funds to buy the lights and harness. I'm hoping to be the first one to have the round, low profile lights on a Mera.

Tom
reholmes JAN 07, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by hnthomps:

I do not believe that the car is worth $25 K. If you want to pay me $25 K then I might consider selling my 87 Mera with a turbo 3.4 engine.

Nelson



Nelson, that is one beauty! You have posted it before, wish you would stop rubbing our nose in it ;-)

What sort of horses does that engine put out?
mera7 JAN 07, 12:53 AM
very nice car nelson.
hnthomps JAN 08, 11:04 AM
Does anyone want to help me choose the exterior color of the last MERA that I have for restoration? It will have a Beechwood interior and I am thinking about either a British Racing Green or a Fly Yellow color. Right now I am leaning towards the BRG color. What other colors might also look good with this car?

Nelson
hnthomps JAN 08, 11:28 AM
I really do not know the engine HP with this setup since I have never dynoed it. I am only using about 7 pounds of boost right now and do not have the car tuned to a fine point for maximum HP. I am conservative enough to want reliability over raw HP. I also have a couple other vehicles with larger engines if I really want to play. My best guess is that the engine will produce somewhere around 220 to 230 HP at this time.

My first 88 has a 3800 SC Series III engine with cam, N* TB, intercooler, 3.4 puley, cold air intake, etc. and pulls a lot harder than the 87. Here are a couple of photos of this vehicle.





That other 88 MERA will have a 383 engine that has been dynoed at 440 HP and will be a beast and a half. This will be a long term project and I do not expect to complete everything in the next 18 to 24 months. This is the original project vehicle that I will use for this restotation effort.




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Originally posted by reholmes:


Nelson, that is one beauty! You have posted it before, wish you would stop rubbing our nose in it ;-)

What sort of horses does that engine put out?
reholmes JAN 08, 04:13 PM
Great! Like the 3800 T-Top. The top makes it look more like the 308 GTS, and the 3800 III will scald the F-car. I like it; would like to have one like it, ultimately. Would even consider a straight Fiero with those feature--probably be less of a cop-catcher.
hnthomps JAN 08, 05:31 PM
I see some eyes and heads of the boys in blue rotating toward me when I drive the red T-Top. So far they have only looked but I have been careful to only open it up a bit at night on a deserted highway. The only time that I have ever been pulled over was in a F308 rebody. The cop followed me for a mile or two and then hit the lights when I signaled to do a left turn into a restaurant. He asked for my license, registration, and insurance. When I supplied them, he then left. According to him, I had run a red light several miles back but I did not even push a yellow. I also believe that he would have pulled me over then if I had really run the light. He inspected the car thoroughly during the stop so I think that he just wanted to look at the car. Maybe he was just not expecting to see a grey haired old guy crawl out of the car.

Nelson


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Originally posted by reholmes:

Great! Like the 3800 T-Top. The top makes it look more like the 308 GTS, and the 3800 III will scald the F-car. I like it; would like to have one like it, ultimately. Would even consider a straight Fiero with those feature--probably be less of a cop-catcher.
Rick 88 JAN 10, 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by hnthomps:

Does anyone want to help me choose the exterior color of the last MERA that I have for restoration? It will have a Beechwood interior and I am thinking about either a British Racing Green or a Fly Yellow color. Right now I am leaning towards the BRG color. What other colors might also look good with this car?

Nelson



I like the green, but I have not see many green Ferrari's. The Fly yellow would look good too. How about having the Cromodora's powder coated in the magnesium gold color of the '"Scuderia" racing Ferrari's That color wheel would look good with either paint color and tie into the beechwood interior also.

What kind of paint did you use for the engine compartment on the 3800 car? I want to detail mine and I like the low gloss finish.