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fieroguru
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SEP 24, 06:13 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by oldrock2401:
A Fiero legend that lives only 30 miles away, how awesome. Champaign is a nice town, welcome.
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Legend?? I don't think I qualify as a legend, just someone crazy enough to dedicate his metal fab/machining hobby on the 88 Fiero.
Champaign has a lot to offer. Shops/stores/restaurants for my wife, http://ccsportscarclub.org/ for me. I hope to do a bunch of autocrossing next year.
Where are you located? Whenever you are in town, let me know and I can take you for a spin in the LS4/F40 Fiero.
On the car front, I am getting spoiled with working cruise and glad I went through the effort to get it working!
One of these days, I may take it on a road trip up and down the interstate to check my IL fuel mileage. I have also been thinking of doing it with the car in 5th gear to get the mpg delta that 6th gear adds for my swap... just out of curiosity.[This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 09-24-2015).]
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oldrock2401
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SEP 26, 08:43 AM
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I am in a small town about 20 minutes away from the Danville area....also, I will aboslutely take you up on the offer for the ride in the ls fiero
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fieroguru
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OCT 04, 02:05 PM
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I have grown to really like the cruise... use it every day now!
Back to working on lots of small little things.
Today, I swapped out the window motor. When driving in the rain, after about 20-30 minutes, the motor would just stop. I could turn it off, then in about 1-2 minutes it would return to the home position, then I could turn them on again... Not the reliability needed for a daily driver. So I swapped it out with a used one I had on the shelf.
Also, removed the HVAC blower motor and checked for debris. Most of the summer, I haven't used the HVAC fan, so I just wanted to make sure there wasn't any debris in there, and there wasn't.
Lastly, I started working on some annoying rattles. The engine vents rest on a stud off the rear decklid hinge. Normally, there is a sleeve of plastic that sits on the stud to eliminate the metal to metal contact. One side of mine had the sleeve broken, the other side it was missing entirely. I don't know if anyone sells the sleeve (didn't take the time to look), instead I just used 3 layers of heat shrink tube.
Bare stud:
Broken sleeve with the layers of heat shrink
Installing the heat shrink tube:
Stud with 3 layers of heat shrink tubing:
Wednesday, I am going to the local car club meeting, we shall see what kind of welcome the Fiero gets.
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davylong86
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OCT 05, 10:48 PM
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Any Fiero you bring to a meeting would have to get a lot of attention and questions. Worked in Champaign in construction and it is a really nice town. Beautiful house you have there and thanks for the up dates.
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Jefrysuko
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OCT 06, 10:59 AM
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Paul,
I assume you are going to the CCSCC meeting.
EDIT: Whoops meant to send in a PM....[This message has been edited by Jefrysuko (edited 10-07-2015).]
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Jims88
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OCT 08, 07:20 PM
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Neat trick with the shrink wrap
Glad to here the cruise control solution you came up with is working well.
After the challenges you struggled with to get the digital cruise control system to work. I will make it a point to consult Dakotadigital before I purchase their cruise control module, hopefully they will be able to tell me if its combatable with the 06 system.[This message has been edited by Jims88 (edited 10-08-2015).]
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fieroguru
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OCT 10, 07:08 PM
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Went to the CCSCC meeting on Wednesday last week. There is another guy in the club has an LS RX7, but he wasn't there. At the meeting I found out about a CIR SCCA even in Rantoul (19 miles away) this weekend as well as an CCSCC autocross next weekend.
So I dug the helmet out of storage on Friday and went to the CIR SCCA event today. Good news is the car was issue free, drove to the event, did 9 runs, drove home. The DS rear wheel bearing does have a little slop in it, so I will likely change it this week so it will be tight for next weekend. The car still needs some work to be a better autocrosser (and dedicated autocross wheels/tires)... might even need a driver mod or two. I spun out on 2 of the 9 sessions, so even though I wasn't "fast", I was certainly entertaining!
Here is a crappy video of one of my runs. The threaded mount in my camera is loose, so the camera is quite bouncy (sorry - maybe I will get a go-pro for Christmas)
Here is one where I spun out towards the end (1:45):
Unfortunately, I have a family get together to attend on Sunday, so I can't go back tomorrow. I will try to do both days next weekend![This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 10-10-2015).]
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Patrick
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OCT 12, 12:14 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
Here is one where I spun out towards the end (1:45)...
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There's something missing from the spin... swearing!  Heh heh
Car sounds great.
Just curious... Why are you reaching for the shifter at 1:39 in the first video and at 1:36 in the second?[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 10-12-2015).]
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fieroguru
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OCT 13, 09:49 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
There's something missing from the spin... swearing! Heh heh
Car sounds great.
Just curious... Why are you reaching for the shifter at 1:39 in the first video and at 1:36 in the second?
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I have another video with some cussing and pounding on the steering wheel... went on the wrong side of the same cone 3 times in a row...
I almost never drive with 2 hands on the wheel, so it doesn't feel natural to me (yet). My default is 1 hand on the wheel and 1 on the shifter, so after I got past the wallom and made the turn, my hand instinctively went back to the shifter. From right after the launch, the car was in 2nd and stayed there the rest of the way, so I "should have" kept both hands on the wheel the rest of the time, but old habits are hard to break! This is one of the items I want to focus on more this coming weekend.
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Patrick
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OCT 13, 10:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
I have another video with some cussing and pounding on the steering wheel... went on the wrong side of the same cone 3 times in a row...
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Those type of videos are fun to share as well.
| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
From right after the launch, the car was in 2nd and stayed there the rest of the way, so I "should have" kept both hands on the wheel the rest of the time, but old habits are hard to break!
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Exactly... keep those hands (both of them!) on the wheel.
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