A Real Mera in Paradise (Page 696/713)
swing69 DEC 30, 09:24 PM
Well my 900 mile road trip is complete. MERA #8118 is now in my garage! Its been sitting for ~ 3yrs.....so its going to need a little lovin. headlight motors quit, ebrake lever stuck.....a little cleaning a maint to do.
Build notes: Still all MERA badged. Miller-Woods Turbo 2.8, front lowering spindles, cut rear spring., steering damper, hi-wing (like on the old Supra's) added by corp. concepts , Leather seats, the rest of the interior is stock Fiero.
T-Top, 5 spd!! Yahoo!

Truth be told...I was hoping for a little more "road ready"....but this will have to do!

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swing69 DEC 31, 09:27 PM
[img]http://images.fieroforum.com/userimages/ swing69/frontbay1.jpg[/img]I didn't get to clean it up...I managed to get it onto the storage lift. In NJ, the DMV is on appt. only, the earliest I can get the title changed over is 1/23/21! darn Covid!

More info on the build: 5 spd, CJB T-tops, stock stereo, 1" lowering spindles up front, rear springs cut 1". Rodney's steering damper. F-215-60-15, R-265-50-15 with 1" wheel spacers. Woods Miller stage 1 Turbo kit prof. installed. Special wing (supposedly built by Corp. Concepts), I'm the 3rd owner. Immediate plans: rebuild both headlight motors, full fluids change, new tires (these are from 2001 according to DOT code!). .....and change the steering wheel. This Formula wheel looks awful IMHO. and a modern stereo upgrade and speakers.

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swing69 JAN 02, 08:58 PM
before I run out to get finger extension surgery in order to open my driver's door. Is there any adjustment that can be made to make it less of stretch to lift the outer door latch?
its seriously not easy.

options?

UPDATE on the wing. I spoke to the original owner (Robert Pursley); he said that he had the wing installed after he bought it. Not sure.

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hnthomps JAN 03, 09:10 AM

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Originally posted by swing69:

[img]http://images.fieroforum.com/userimages/ swing69/frontbay1.jpg[/img]I didn't get to clean it up...I managed to get it onto the storage lift. In NJ, the DMV is on appt. only, the earliest I can get the title changed over is 1/23/21! darn Covid!

More info on the build: 5 spd, CJB T-tops, stock stereo, 1" lowering spindles up front, rear springs cut 1". Rodney's steering damper. F-215-60-15, R-265-50-15 with 1" wheel spacers. Woods Miller stage 1 Turbo kit prof. installed. Special wing (supposedly built by Corp. Concepts), I'm the 3rd owner. Immediate plans: rebuild both headlight motors, full fluids change, new tires (these are from 2001 according to DOT code!). .....and change the steering wheel. This Formula wheel looks awful IMHO. and a modern stereo upgrade and speakers.




That Mera build sticker looks different than any I have ever seen previously. Maybe it is a reproduction if the original one was damaged.

Nelson
IMSA GT JAN 03, 12:47 PM
Whats going on with the cold air intake tube? Why is that routed in that direction?
swing69 JAN 03, 09:11 PM
Thats the turbo to intake pipe. Now MICE....I hate mice. #8118 was said to be kept in pristine condition. Sure...she looks great, but lets start getting it road ready. It only covered roughly 4K miles in 14 years.

Pull the headlights to fix the gears. Rebuild kits from Rodney on the way. I pulled the resistor and blower to have a look.......oh.....my oh my......where these mice get the pink stuff? garage insulations? the is even some visible in the bottom door edges. Mice living in the doors too?

I guess I gotta pull door panels now too. sheesh.. are the outers hard to pull? or should I just pull the inners?
IMSA GT JAN 03, 11:28 PM

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Originally posted by swing69:

Thats the turbo to intake pipe.



I should have read your mod list. I see it mentioned in there. Good stuff. Beautiful car.

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Rexgirl JAN 03, 11:34 PM
I choose to only pull the inner panels to remove almost 20 years of San Diego detritus from my Mera's doors. I imagine the good news is that fiberglass insulation in your heater fan's resistors is a lot less flammable than leaves :laughing:
Rexgirl JAN 04, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by hnthomps:


That Mera build sticker looks different than any I have ever seen previously. Maybe it is a reproduction if the original one was damaged.

Nelson



Yes Nelson, that does appear to be different than a factory sticker. Dan did a great job in presenting a representative collection of Mera ID labels in his post here:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...77195-160.html#p6369
hnthomps JAN 04, 08:47 AM
Most of my Mera stickers look similar to this one and I know that they are original. This particular build label is from an 87 Mera.



Nelson