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skywurz
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NOV 07, 09:23 PM
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So I have found myself with 2 88 GTs a fellow forum member alerted us to a wrecking yard that was closing down. They were crushing all of their inventory and selling it as scrap this included 8 Fieros. Unfortunately they crushed 1 of them before our forum member talked with the owner and got peoples attention. They had 2 88 GTs so I took them and they pulled out the forklift and loaded them on my trailer.
Now that I have them home safe and sound i'm trying to do inventory and figure out what car to build out.
So far
Red 5spd Sunroof No Interior except drivers door panel and carpet. Fiberglass damage/rot in rear passenger 1/4 missing rear brakes
White Automatic (i want a 5spd) Nice Interior Missing drivers door Front end collision damage Rear window defroster.
So as you can see i have some decisions to make. Do I want a sunroof or rear window defrost. Do I want to do an interior swap or an auto to manual swap Do I want to deal with the front end space frame damage or fiberglass rot.
I have enough parts to build 1 good GT I just don't know what the easiest best path forward. Im open to input and ideas.
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sourmash
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NOV 08, 08:28 AM
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The red 5 speed. [EDIT: But the white one looks better from here.] My pick would be NO sunroof, 5 speed, but many would disagree about the roof. You can change or save the top, just remember there are nuts at the top of the windshield holding the top on near the A pillar.[This message has been edited by sourmash (edited 11-08-2020).]
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skywurz
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NOV 08, 10:12 AM
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quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
The red 5 speed. [EDIT: But the white one looks better from here.] My pick would be NO sunroof, 5 speed, but many would disagree about the roof. You can change or save the top, just remember there are nuts at the top of the windshield holding the top on near the A pillar.
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Yeah last time i pulled a roof i killed the plastic on the A pillar... I could probably do it but im not sure i want to.
Update:
After looking at the VINs turns out the red one is an 87 with a Full 88 suspension swap.
There's now no doubt in my mind im going to be putting the White GT back together. It has 86k original Miles and ran in 2016. The Red isn't an 88 last ran unknown last history for it was 08 with over 110k miles.
I will be taking the trans and all of the trans parts from the Red and swapping them into the White but ill keep the Whites engine with it. More labor than a cradle swap but i think it would be worth it.
But first ill have to pull out the front end where it was stuffed and caused this car to wind up where it was.
Edit:
Actually First im going to pull the door on the red one replace the glass with one on the shelf ( door was complete minus window it was broken) because winter is coming and i don't want the insides anymore weathered.[This message has been edited by skywurz (edited 11-08-2020).]
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Raydar
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NOV 09, 11:36 AM
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quote | Originally posted by skywurz: ... I will be taking the trans and all of the trans parts from the Red and swapping them into the White but ill keep the Whites engine with it. More labor than a cradle swap but i think it would be worth it.
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Unless the red car has an 88 engine, you'll have to source the 88 or later flywheel. The 88 is neutrally balanced, where the 87 has a balance weight cast into the back of the flywheel.
Good luck!
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skywurz
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NOV 09, 11:49 AM
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quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
Unless the red car has an 88 engine, you'll have to source the 88 or later flywheel. The 88 is neutrally balanced, where the 87 has a balance weight cast into the back of the flywheel.
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Thanks! this is the first I heard that there was a difference in flywheels. I will check the casting numbers after I drop the engine on the red car. I would not be surprised if they had swapped the full rear cradle from an 88 when they swapped all of the suspension... This also means I should probably run a compression check on it vs the White car. I was working on the assumption that the Red engine was a 120k engine but the White car is 86k and ran when parked.... ... .. .
Anyway slight update. I found that the Red car was originally an Illinois and Missouri car. So i went out to check for rust.... and its done the space frame is done. Maybe why they decided to swap suspension is because the original was eaten away... but yeah the space frame is rusted out in some key areas. I did not notice because it was a 5spd GT and I got tunnel vision on that.
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skywurz
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NOV 11, 03:37 PM
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Boozeman
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NOV 11, 04:57 PM
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Wow - most impressive! I can't believe the electric window worked and the car fired up to boot! Good luck - keep us in the loop...
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skywurz
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NOV 12, 10:26 PM
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skywurz
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NOV 14, 09:39 PM
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Spadesluck
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NOV 16, 02:47 PM
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