Quad 4 swap (lot of pics) (Page 15/31)
Quad Raider OCT 03, 09:42 AM
Looks fantastic. What kind of paint did you use and did you clear coat it?

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stickboy OCT 03, 12:20 PM
Looks great!
sardonyx247 OCT 03, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Quad Raider:

Looks fantastic. What kind of paint did you use and did you clear coat it?




The same paint I used on the engine, rustoleum engine enamel gloss black.
I did not clear coat it as clear dulls the polish and can yellow over time.
sardonyx247 OCT 03, 06:54 PM
Here are some more pics of how the IDI was modded to fit.


4 of the cam cover bolts had studs welded to the top of them.




To fit the studs the holes on the IDI cover had to be ovaled a bit. Then underneath the cover where the bolts go through it had to be ground down to accommodate the thickness of the bolt heads. And the post that sticks up was cut off.




I sanded flat the half ring to give a better contact area for heat transfer from the ICM module that is now on this side of the cover. I will add a spacer between the coil pack and the ICM to hold it against the cover to transfer heat.




The IDI cover is now done and ready to get the coil pack and go in.
sardonyx247 OCT 07, 06:40 AM
I have been working on the fuel lines.

First some pics of the stock fuel rail.






Dissambled.






The fuel rail has quite the capacity.




The standard fuel pressure regulator.




But, I found this one on the Quad 4 I stripped years ago.
It has a schrader valve, Bonus.




The fuel rail it was on.






Since I don't want the lines comming out in the stock location, I had to get a new line and bend it to where I want.
I pulled this off of a K5 blazer, but most GM lines should work as they are mostly all the same size.




The end has to have a flare on it like the stock line.
Stock on top, new one on the bottom.



The flare is a little smaller, so the o-ring may come off, but I will adress that later.


I found useing a tube bender to bend line, the line can pull and slip then kink.
So I used a flaring tool to hold the line against the bender and it worked great, I also used some WD-40 on the bender so it all would slide easy.






I got the fuel lines to come out where the stock non 84 lines run. (84s run on the other side of the engine)




And this is where my camera battery died. I will get more pics later of the lines.

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sardonyx247 OCT 08, 09:06 AM
With the tube with the smaller flare, the perfect solution presented itself.
The fuel rail that has the schrader valve, uses a hard plastic o-ring like spacer behind the o-ring. So the flare catches it nicely and holds in the o-ring, problem solved.




How the fuel lines came out.




To join the Fiero lines to the Quad4 lines I used compression fittings, like so and the sizes.




The final placement of the lines.

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Quad Raider OCT 08, 01:26 PM
Very nice work. Where did you get those fittings?
sardonyx247 OCT 08, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Quad Raider:

Very nice work. Where did you get those fittings?



They have them on the shelf at Autozone for cheap. You can also get the at Lowe's or Home Depot, for 4 times the price.
34blazer660 OCT 08, 11:12 PM
id like to check it out once you get it on the road, nice work
sardonyx247 OCT 09, 06:41 AM

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Originally posted by 34blazer660:

id like to check it out once you get it on the road, nice work



Of course you can check it out, before and/or after it is all running.