Quad 4 swap (lot of pics) (Page 24/31)
Fierobsessed FEB 13, 05:56 AM
Sorry, I just get a little worked up when someone dogs someone elses choice in what they want to do with their car. Especially when someone is gracious enough to share with the community in such great detail just how they are going about persuing their goal. It's a real demotivator. Thats why so many people, especially many 3800 guys won't necessarily share their experiences, because someone will invariably crap on them if the work is being done in a way that they wouldn't do it in. And I don't mean constructive critisizm either.

Alls well that ends well, and now back to our Brandys.
Quad Raider FEB 14, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by sardonyx247:


As far as why,.. read post #1



It's the same reason I'm doing the swap. I had an HO Quad from my rusty old GTZ and just needed a new home for it. Of course, the low budget is also the reason my swap is proceeding at a glacial pace. I used to get mid-30 mpgs in my GTZ on the highway. Can't wait to see how the Fiero does.
Xyster FEB 14, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by Quad Raider:


It's the same reason I'm doing the swap. I had an HO Quad from my rusty old GTZ and just needed a new home for it. Of course, the low budget is also the reason my swap is proceeding at a glacial pace. I used to get mid-30 mpgs in my GTZ on the highway. Can't wait to see how the Fiero does.



Exactly. The Quad HO in my Grand Am frequently cleared 40mpg highway and averaged upper 20s in town under a heavy foot.
sardonyx247 MAR 06, 05:55 AM
It runs

I had alot happen recently, and I have not been able to finish the Fiero as I would have wanted, or keep this thread updated as I wanted.
But I still have pics to upload and updates to do, not as many as I wanted (not that I don't have enough allready) with a hard drive crash, and no time to take pics just trying to get it done as quick as I could with the small time allowed I had each day.

The last 10% is always the most time consuming getting everything to fit right, and finding all the just-the-right-parts.

I still have a few things on the Fiero to button up before I can drive it. I got it running tonight and it was late so I came home.

What a LOUD engine when it FIRST starts up. It takes a few mins for the lifters to pump up and quite down.
One the lifters had oil, it sounds SO NICE, loud yes, doesn't sound like a 4 banger at all . I did check the oil again once the oil pumped up and had to add another half quart (I filled the engine before to the full line, it took 4 1/2 quarts to do that, then after the other half quart it was a full 5 quarts)

The only thing left engine wise to do is, for some reason my fuel pump doesn't come on with the key, (I jumpered it at the ALDL to run the pump to start it) (I added in the ALDL fuel pump jumper pin ) I do have it running though a fuel pump hot wire setup, I just need to test the wires, prob just an old relay actually.

I should be able to drive it tommorow
Quad Raider MAR 06, 09:49 AM
Congratulations. And thanks again for taking the time to post all the photos and comments.
josef644 MAR 06, 07:55 PM
Keep up the excellent work. I have been enjoying the $hit of this thread. Might even try one of these my self just to get the power steering.
-Joe

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sardonyx247 MAR 07, 05:42 AM
I got the Fiero together today and got to drive it.

It is deffinitly more fun than the duke.

At 3000 RPM it starts pulling good, then it hit 4000 and it really pulls all the way up, I got up to 7200.
Not close to as fast to my turbo GT, but it is deffinitly fun, for a MPG Fiero.
With the exhaust I have, it is LOUD I won't lie about that. and it does shake the Fiero a bit.
With the gears I have in the trans(3.65FDR) it pulls first and second gear well, then not as much in third, I bet with the 3.94FDR it would, but I am going for MPG so it is fine for now.

I figured out the fuel pump issue, I used the relays that came with the harrness, being it was from an Indy, they are 84 Fiero relays. turned out those relays suck. I even grabed another 2 from another 84 and those didn't work either(total of 4), so I plugged in a standard Bosch relay and all is good now.

I still have pics and info to catch up on, but when I have the choice of finishing my Fiero or posting here, sorry you guys can wait. (I know alot on here would rather post then work on thier Fiero, IE high post counts :P) I will get to it soon.
sardonyx247 MAR 07, 05:46 AM
doh' double post

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sardonyx247 MAR 19, 05:48 PM
It's been too long since I updated this post.
I have been so busy, I havent had time to add pics and updates. I have had lots of small things to tweek the on the engine etc.
I charged my A/C last night as it is starting to get hot here in Vegas, and the line I made is working, so far so good.
I have to find all my pics and start posting the finsh of the build, (I had to recover the data from my dead hard drive, I even found a way to use beer to get data back, but that is another story)
More pics to come soon.

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FFIEROFRED MAR 19, 08:51 PM
For good mpg, at cruzing speed, you want hot air at the intake and normal engine temps. Cold air is good for power, bad for mpg. same for engine temp.