LS4 / F40 swap - fieroguru (Page 120/216)
fieroguru JUL 30, 07:38 PM
The top of the lift pad is only 2 5/8" tall. The body stays under 3" tall for most of its length, until it gets to the rear portion where its height increases quickly.
The lift height is 23 3/4"

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fieroguru JUL 31, 05:28 PM
On the way home from the HRPT, I met the family at the St. Louis Arch and a guy there was wearing a shirt with a "Manual Gearbox Preservation Society" logo. It had the proper 6 speed shift pattern as the F40, so I told the wife to find it and buy me a shirt. Well, they also have graphics, so she got me one of those too!
http://thecurbshop.com/collections/tmgps
Neils88 JUL 31, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by fieroguru:

The top of the lift pad is only 2 5/8" tall. The body stays under 3" tall for most of its length, until it gets to the rear portion where its height increases quickly.
The lift height is 23 3/4"

http://www.harborfreight.co...apid-pump-60678.html




That would work for me.
MED AUG 05, 12:39 PM
Will you be going to any of the autocross events in August? I would love to see what your car is capable of with the v8 and suspension mods you have. I have been going to events in Rantoul for over 10 years on and off with my blue 87GT.
fieroguru AUG 05, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by MED:

Will you be going to any of the autocross events in August? I would love to see what your car is capable of with the v8 and suspension mods you have. I have been going to events in Rantoul for over 10 years on and off with my blue 87GT.



August isn't looking good, but the next Rantoul event is the 20th and 21st so I still have a couple of weeks to decide.
This is the busiest time of the year for my day job and I have several fiero R&D projects underway which are taking up my free time.

I really enjoy the autocrosses, but I leave the house about 8:30 AM and get back about 3:30 to 4 PM and spend a total of about 10 minutes running around the course during that time (at least that has been my experience). That is a pretty significant time commitment for a a few minutes of driving fun vs. the progress I could make on R&D projects during the 8 hrs.

PM me your email address or send me an email at fieroguruperformancellc@gmail.com and I will let you know if I decide to go to the event on the 20th or 21st.
RacerX11 AUG 08, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by Neils88:


That would work for me.


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RacerX11 AUG 08, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by fieroguru:

August isn't looking good, but the next Rantoul event is the 20th and 21st so I still have a couple of weeks to decide.



There will also be a CIR SCCA event at Rantoul the following weekend (Aug 27th and 28th).

Marty
fieroguru SEP 04, 07:59 PM
Been a while since I updated this... not much new with the LS4/F40 Fiero... just racking up the miles.

My 97 Silverado Z71 4x4 lost 3rd and 4th gears in the transmission... truck has 285K and starting to rust pretty bad. Looking for a 2007ish crew cab Colorado 4x4 to replace it with. I am looking for a southern truck and will likely do a fly down/drive back deal when I find the right one.

Had a little free time and decided to get the Rockwell 14" bandsaw actually running. I picked it up 4+ years ago on craigslist as surplus from a school, but it was setup for wood (3000 ft/min blade speed) and 3 phase. To convert it to a metal bandsaw, I needed to slow it way, way down. Right now it is 252 ft/min and I have a smaller pulley for the motor to get it slower.

New 120V motor, bi-metal blade, poly tires for the wheels, fabed up the jack shaft, assortment of pulleys, a little trim work on the base to fit the pulleys, and used a LS4 accessory pulley as a tensioner!... I still need to fab up a new belt guard, get the filler puck for the center hole around the blade, and I am waiting for my new start/stop switch to show up.






One of the casualties of this project was my 1/2" drill. Can't remember how old it is, but I think I got it about the same time as my dewalt saws all - probably 15 or so years ago. I have abused it relentlessly and it finally stopped working. I have been abusing a 4 1/2" Hitachi angle grinder for 5+ years and quite happy with it (went through several dewalts and others before this one), so I decided to tryout their 1/2" drill. Time will tell how this one holds up, but it spun the 1 3/8" hole saw though the base in a couple of spots.


Next tool related project is to get my 6" Dayton belt sander running as well. It is already 120V, just needs a new motor (1 1/2 hp and 3450 rpm). I did order the same start/stop switch for it so as well.

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qwikgta SEP 08, 10:26 AM
I know that several of us w/ 88's and LS motors want to run larger rims/tires in the rear. Some have taken the time to measure the offset and order custom rims to take advantage of the space available. Looking forward to your redesign of the rear trailing link to allow a wider rim/tire. I already have the AMS/Held tubular lateral - trailing link setup w/ heim joint ends, similar to your design, and have wondered what can be done to make some more room. Not sure if a "bent" arm would work, or be a good idea?

Rob
fieroguru SEP 08, 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by qwikgta:

I know that several of us w/ 88's and LS motors want to run larger rims/tires in the rear. Some have taken the time to measure the offset and order custom rims to take advantage of the space available. Looking forward to your redesign of the rear trailing link to allow a wider rim/tire. I already have the AMS/Held tubular lateral - trailing link setup w/ heim joint ends, similar to your design, and have wondered what can be done to make some more room. Not sure if a "bent" arm would work, or be a good idea?

Rob



The bent bar setup has been done before: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...090907-2-091389.html

Buckling under full throttle acceleration is the only concern with this method. I still need to sit down and do the math to see how much of a concern it would be and what could be done with material diameter and thickness to alleviate. However, any additional tube diameter increases the needed offset. Additionally, I need to decide if I just want to make it work with the current wheel/tire setup or if I want to make it with additional clearance for a future wheel width increase (that would also require other mods).