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jediperk
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MAR 03, 11:02 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by dobey:
I don't think you'll fit a full size battery under the headlight bucket very easily. You could put a small Braille battery up there, like fieroguru did with his build. You could put a second battery offset to the right up front as well. Depending how much audio equipment you're going to run, you probably also want a higher output alternator. You could also get a set of the projector housings from doublec4 on here, and get a little more room under the headlights, as they get rid of all the mechanical bits, and mount to the hood. They'll also give you better aero when you need the lights on. With them, it might be possible to fit a full size battery under the headlight. |
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 This is probably your best bet and I would do like Dobey posted above and use a second battery offset to the right. If you are going all out on your suspension and its adjustable you can "weight jack" it to compensate for the left/right weight distribution anyways so I wouldn't worry too much on trying to get it perfect. You just want to get close so it makes the suspension adjusting less of a PITA...
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Steven Snyder
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MAR 03, 12:04 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by jediperk:
This is probably your best bet and I would do like Dobey posted above and use a second battery offset to the right. If you are going all out on your suspension and its adjustable you can "weight jack" it to compensate for the left/right weight distribution anyways so I wouldn't worry too much on trying to get it perfect. You just want to get close so it makes the suspension adjusting less of a PITA... |
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Note that weight jacking affects cross weight (diagonal weight distribution) but not left to right or front to rear distribution. Adjusting the cross weight to 50% via weight jacking will help of course, but there will still be a difference in performance on left vs right turns if the lateral weight distribution is uneven, and thr only way to redistribute the weight is to actually move it.
Since Fieros don't have ABS, getting the weight balance perfect from side to side is a big help when it comes to braking too.
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4thfiero
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MAR 03, 12:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Formula:
How close do those tail lights fit? They look good. |
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They fit pretty close, no mods are needed height wise, but there is some cutting and fiberglassing needed on the sides to look good. Not a huge thing. Then that panel was made to go in the middle. 91 rx7 3s tail lights. Im gonna mod that panel a little further to look better.
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4thfiero
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MAR 03, 12:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by dobey:
I don't think you'll fit a full size battery under the headlight bucket very easily. You could put a small Braille battery up there, like fieroguru did with his build. You could put a second battery offset to the right up front as well. Depending how much audio equipment you're going to run, you probably also want a higher output alternator. You could also get a set of the projector housings from doublec4 on here, and get a little more room under the headlights, as they get rid of all the mechanical bits, and mount to the hood. They'll also give you better aero when you need the lights on. With them, it might be possible to fit a full size battery under the headlight. |
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What are projector housings? Ill look into the braille battery, and yeah i put "the big" alternator off a pontiac solstice onto my car, its high output. I knew i wanted that. thx for the suggestion.
And yeah i wanna try and get my weights as close as possible before setting up the suspension. Fun Fun Fun!
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dobey
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MAR 03, 01:27 PM
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fieroguru
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MAR 03, 01:57 PM
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With a Aero fascia (or the OP's modified front fascia), you can fit a full size battery under the stock head lights. You have to trim the sheet metal in the bottom of the bucket housing, but the rest is fairly simple. The Coupe fascia ins't deep enough for a full size battery to fit, so with my LS4/F40 car, I ran a smaller Dyna-Batt battery bolted to the underside of the stock head light bucket.
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jediperk
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MAR 03, 04:16 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Steven Snyder:
Note that weight jacking affects cross weight (diagonal weight distribution) but not left to right or front to rear distribution. Adjusting the cross weight to 50% via weight jacking will help of course, but there will still be a difference in performance on left vs right turns if the lateral weight distribution is uneven, and thr only way to redistribute the weight is to actually move it.
Since Fieros don't have ABS, getting the weight balance perfect from side to side is a big help when it comes to braking too. |
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My Fiero pulls a little bit to the left when I brake hard. Now I am wondering if my weight distribution has anything to do with it...
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dobey
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MAR 03, 09:07 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by jediperk:
My Fiero pulls a little bit to the left when I brake hard. Now I am wondering if my weight distribution has anything to do with it... |
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Could be, but if your car is basically stock, I'd probably look at something in the suspension first. At what speed does it start doing that? If it does it in low speed, then I'd definitely look at suspension/brakes/tires first as the cause.
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4thfiero
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MAR 04, 05:57 PM
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Just for kick and giggles...i plan to do a push button start upgrade when i get my alarm system. The Viper fob can integrate with the digital guard dog start unit, u just unlock the car, stick the fob in your pocket...press the button and your good to go.Works with command start too. I wanna get the Red nissan nz2 button out of a gtr.
http://www.digitalguarddawg...motive/pbs-x/product
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jediperk
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MAR 04, 07:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by dobey:
Could be, but if your car is basically stock, I'd probably look at something in the suspension first. At what speed does it start doing that? If it does it in low speed, then I'd definitely look at suspension/brakes/tires first as the cause. |
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Brake system is new and only exacerbated an existing problem. It happens at speeds above 30 mph really. It's probably the suspension since that is the only thing I have not touched since I bought the car...
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