1988 LFX Build Lessons Learned/How to (Page 9/10) RandomTask NOV 22, 09:25 PM I was bumping Daryl's thread; glad you figured it out. I went with https://www.keislerautomation.com/ for my harness. You could build your own, but for his price (~$900), saved a LOT of headache. Parts are with the powder coater now. After that, hopefully finishing it up! More pics to follow RandomTask DEC 07, 09:39 PM Getting new front suspension bits ready for swap this weekend. Going to finish the front SS brake lines while I'm at it. I'm not a fan of thr gloss black from the por 15 on the cross member but fot the cost delta of what everything else cost to powder coat, it's hard to beat. Trinten DEC 07, 11:21 PM Looking sharp! That looks like some OEM, NOS, out of the box stuff right there! It's like one of those pictures that everytime you go to a car show, you'll be like "why can't you look as good as you did in *that* picture!" (I know, most people don't look under cars at car shows, but every now and then you see that guy who's brought the dressing mirror and/or the drive up car stands to raise one side of the car.) RandomTask DEC 08, 11:37 AM quote Originally posted by Trinten: Looking sharp! That looks like some OEM, NOS, out of the box stuff right there! It's like one of those pictures that everytime you go to a car show, you'll be like "why can't you look as good as you did in *that* picture!" (I know, most people don't look under cars at car shows, but every now and then you see that guy who's brought the dressing mirror and/or the drive up car stands to raise one side of the car.) Thanks! I do it more for the rust protection and hoping to keep the car for a while. That and all the suspension stuff was/is original so 30+ years and~120k miles old. On thing I'm trying are the front shocks. We have absolute -crap- for selection. I really want some bilsteins so I was browsing their catalogue and they have some that are usually used on '67 camaros that should work for us. The unknown is the damping ratio. Anyway, I bought a set to see if they physically fit. I'll report back on ride quality. Will DEC 08, 12:01 PM Am I remembering poorly or are the upper control arms on the wrong sides? RandomTask DEC 08, 02:43 PM quote Originally posted by Will: Am I remembering poorly or are the upper control arms on the wrong sides? They're on the correct side. I'm still hunting for the smaller mounting shaft washers. Because of this, I haven't pressed the front bushing back in yet. MikesFirstFiero DEC 14, 02:28 PM Have you considered KYB shocks? I've used them in a couple of cars, including my Fiero, with good results. RockAuto has them at about $30 each. For the rears the 85-87 will work but you must grind off a sharp edge near the top bolt hole. Someone already has a posting of doing that. RandomTask DEC 27, 11:28 AM Will have to load pics from my phone but was able to get everything buttoned back up. All the new SS brake lines installed (Now I want to do the clutch line; go figure.), brakes rebuilt and back on, and back on the ground. Was talking to my wife last night for the next steps. 1.) Do the dash. RIght now I have a manual oil pressure gauge with a jury rigged installation. Planned on picking out an aftermarket dash (IE AiM) and installing so I can monitor everything real time. 2.) Drop car off at a shop for four wheel alignment+help figure out why car is going stupid in closed loop. 3.) Switch body panels for Aero parts (Still on the hunt of someone generally local parting out a GT) 4.) Mr. Mikes seats. 5.) Paint. Let the kid pick the color. She wants it red w/ a #10 on the side. No idea why, but that's what's going to happen. Will also need a new windshield as one on car currently is properly cracked. La fiera DEC 27, 06:35 PM quote Originally posted by Blacktree: I'm thinking of swapping a 3.6 V6 into my BMW, for similar reasons. The biggest engine available in the E46 BMW was a 3 liter straight-6, with just over 220 HP. I could swap in an engine from an M3, but that would be stupid-expensive, and the M3 engine is about 100 lb heavier (iron block). Or I could swap in a GM 3.6 V6 which weighs less than the BMW 3.0 L6, and makes about 70 more HP. Hmmm... Anyway, I didn't mean to derail your thread. Are you going to take video of the engine running? Another route is using just the cams from the M3s. I used to do that cam swap back late 90's early 2000's for the stock endurance racers and it was worth about 30hp. Add to that, that you can get stock ITB's for the in line 6 with a Megasquirt, H beam rods which are available and balance the entire assembly and rev it to 8200rpm. That would be a killer set up at the track and on the streets to have fun! Oh, and make it manual! RandomTask MAR 12, 03:46 PM So update; I'll get pics loaded soon. Placing order for dash this weekend. Settled on the AiM MXG Strada. Designing a new dash to plop in. Moved battery up front. Buddy cutting out box dimensions as we speak. Discovered headlight module was roached. Replaced relay inside. POR-15'd front of car. Installed rivnuts on all the holes the trim usually uses for those stupid plastic nuts. Seems like slow progress, but once dash get's in and installed, car can go to and be made 100% driveable (hopefully). So getting to the final stretch! Items after that are all for appearance (coil overs, wheels, paint, etc)