I don’t have much to update for the Fiero, I am still waiting for the engine to come back from the shop, but I may move the Fiero to the garage soon. My youngest brother has been doing work to the middle brothers 02 Civic, and that is taking up space in the driveway right now as it is on jackstands. He has a sweet Eastwood tool for flaring lines and is making all new brake lines for the car. It has burst at least 3 since we have had it, other than that it is a sweet car, stick, vtec, 45mpgs, 85,000 miles. I have been helping him with that, we are replacing the front end control arms, bushings, ball joints, inner and outer tie rod ends, and endlinks. The car is getting driven by my brother’s friend out to cali soon where my brother lives. Once the Civic is done the Fiero will get moved.

Some of my brother’s handiwork


I bought dew wipes for the Fiero from member silver 85 se and they look great, came in quickly too.



My cam came in too, and I was wrong, it does have a larger intake duration and lift than the exhaust.



I have also decided to get new roller lifters, I would be so mad if a roller broke and ate my cam and possibly trashed the rest of the motor. I can use my current lifters to size the pushrods for length and order the new lifters at the same time I order pushrods.

I have a big bin full of degreaser I have been letting the parts soak in, only the lower intake manifold is left to clean. I am planning to use Eastwoods engine enamel, it is 2 part and I always find 2 part paints are superior when it comes to longevity. I will probably go for the aluminum or cast iron colors, which are different shades of gray. I like gray because you quickly know if something starts leaking. I will take my oil pump apart soon too for inspection.

And in bus news, I have spent a decent bit of time stripping a camper that I knew someone was getting rid of, got a rooftop AC unit and a sweet propane setup including mini stove/oven, and collected all the hinges and latches and other bits that are mobile home specific. There was a really nice Dometic propane powered fridge freezer tower combo, but it was massive and will take up too much space unfortunately.



Edit to say that all my images are sideways from uploading on my phone, I will fix this later

Edit also to say that ericjon262 was nice enough to send me his dxf files for the LZ9 headers he has been working on, and suggest OSHCut to me for where to get them plasma cut. I got 3/8” 304 stainless and it came out to around $150 for the pair which was awesome, I was expecting more for 304!

[This message has been edited by zkhennings (edited 04-10-2021).]

Using Eric's dxf I was able to mock up a rough set of headers. I imagine that I will need to make adjustments to the design if there are any components I need to clear. I know I will have to clear the back of the timing cover and the shift cables and throttle body on the firewall side headers, and the diff housing on the trunk side. These are 1.75" primaries and they are all within 0.2" of 28" long. I tried getting the headers to the same length as early on as possible while also minimizing sharp bends, leaving me flexibility to route the 3 straight tubes in different ways if I need to. It will be extremely easy to cut all the tubing to the exact shape and size necessary to make these as the majority of bends are 90*, and they are all the 2.63" bend radius of the tubing I have selected. I started by defining the tube that has the longest distance to travel. Both collectors will end up in the same place relative to the header flange. I think this will work out ideally for me but I need to do some mock up with the actual engine once I get it back. However this rough mock up gives me a good idea of exactly how much tubing to purchase and the quantity of bends I will need.

Firewall side headers



Trunk side headers



The headers should stay pretty tucked against the engine, I think they stick out max 6.375" from the head itself. I will have to check the engine bay for clearance once I get the engine mounted.

I intend to have an equal length Y pipe that runs over the transmission similarly to how my custom Y pipe was routed on my 2.8, I think I am just going to have it be 3" tubing like the rest of the exhaust.

If you think I will run into issues, let me know, I would like to get these more finalized so I can order material.

[This message has been edited by zkhennings (edited 04-11-2021).]

------------------
"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society for reasons which I alone am able to appreciate. I am therefore not subject to it's stupid laws, and I ask you to never allude to them in my presence again."

cognita semper

------------------
"I am not what you so glibly call to be a civilized man. I have broken with society for reasons which I alone am able to appreciate. I am therefore not subject to it's stupid laws, and I ask you to never allude to them in my presence again."

cognita semper