Project MIDTRBO (Page 13/35)
ALLTRBO JUN 21, 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by Rallaster:
...and like you, I don't think I could live with myself if I made it not a manual. LOL



Exactly, if I didn't want to shift I'd drive my wife's Civic. No thanks! This ain't gonna be no granny car!



Now...

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ALLTRBO JUN 21, 09:16 PM
Here's more. First the obsession started out with this:





Then the boost gauge came, of course, then I figured that I just had to get some accurate engine readings so I got a couple more, then... well, one by one, then a few large ones at the end, and I ended up with all this! (Note: This is not the layout I'm going to have, they just gave me this packaging with the most recent order, figured it was perfect for pics):



















Now the only bit from the original overlays that I'm going to use is the HVAC control. LOL

The trick is to order these over the course of a couple years, and only when Speedhut has sales. They have several good ones throughout the year, and I didn't pay full price for a single gauge.
Just don't let my wife know how much they cost when added up. Dare I say it? They cost me more than I paid for the car!

The numbers/letters/symbols will glow either blue or green at night, depending on the mood I'm in (BLUE!) I'll leave my actual layout up to your imagination for now, but I bet it isn't exactly what you're thinking.

I'm still thinking of a few more I could use, but this is most of them (muhahaha).

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Rallaster JUN 21, 09:47 PM
Ok, I'm loving the possibilities of the gauges.. LOL As a former OTR truck driver, I got used to gauges, LOTS of gauges and have been contemplating gauges, just cuz in mine as is.. My only question is, how will you fit them with out obstructing your view of the road and it still look good??
ALLTRBO JUN 21, 09:51 PM
I have my ways. (It really won't be hard with only 8)

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ALLTRBO JUL 11, 06:51 PM
Oh man, I was just looking for something and ran across a date. 6/6/09. This means that my Fiero has been at Dave's shop for over a year now! Wow, time goes by insanely fast. When I was in third grade or whatever, one month took this amount of time to pass.
Soon I will have owned this Fiero for 3 years, and I still haven't driven it.
The good thing is that in a short time from now, mine will be the one and only Fiero he is going to work on until I drive it out of his shop.

I'll never give in, but man, it'd be nice to have been driving even a 3800SC Fiero for nearly the last year (did I just say that?). You can't beat those swaps at the Haus for bang for your buck and a quick turnaround.
Ah well, this car will be built the way I really want it to be.

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bmwguru JUL 11, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by ALLTRBO:

Oh man, I was just looking for something and ran across a date. 6/6/09. This means that my Fiero has been at Dave's shop for over a year now! Wow, time goes by insanely fast. When I was in third grade or whatever, one month took this amount of time to pass.
Soon I will have owned this Fiero for 3 years, and I still haven't driven it.
The good thing is that in a short time from now, mine will be the one and only Fiero he is going to work on until I drive it out of his shop.

I'll never give in, but man, it'd be nice to have been driving even a 3800SC Fiero for nearly the last year (did I just say that?). You can't beat those swaps at the Haus for bang for your buck and a quick turnaround.
Ah well, this car will be built the way I really want it to be.




Yeah, it has been a year....and that means my orange and black car hasn't been driven in that long also
Anyway, I had to put the swaps on the secondary list, but I do find about 15-20 hours a week on average to work on them. I plan to make progress this week on project Midtrbo, so I'll post up some new pics on here.
The odd part is when I sneak down to the shop to work, I get so much done....during the work week, I have to answer the phone, and get about 5 customers walking in every day to have me listen to some noise in their BMW's suspension or check engine light. Then my ten hour day turns into about three hours of work.
I think Steven will be really impressed with our exhaust idea. I do need to send him the design idea for approval first, but once the trunk it cut, I'll have dimensions to work with.
Dave
ALLTRBO JUL 12, 08:32 PM
BMW's pay the bills, you do what you gotta do.
I'm looking forward to more PC'd parts, and that exhaust layout!

...also, Dave let me know today that the "tested" starter that I had the junkyard send to him was actually no good. I'm really sick of sending him bad parts!
He's going to pick up a re-man'd starter for it. It's a Gen III 60V6 starter (3100/3400), they're lighter and more efficient than the earlier ones.
Rallaster JUL 13, 02:20 AM
ALLTRBO JUL 15, 12:12 PM
The trunk is being chopped in half today (IIRC), lots of the smaller engine/swap parts have been installed, and the turbo bracket has been fabbed. My upper intake will be powdercoated in crinkle (or wrinkle) black, and either Dave or I will sand the raised "3100 SFI" down to the aluminum to give it a nice contrast.
After that it sounds like it's on to the final cold-side exhaust designing.

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dobey JUL 15, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by ALLTRBO:
The trunk is being chopped in half today (IIRC), lots of the smaller engine/swap parts have been installed, and the turbo bracket has been fabbed. My upper intake will be powdercoated in crinkle (or wrinkle) black, and either Dave or I will sand the raised "3100 SFI" down to the aluminum to give it a nice contrast.



Are you going to paint or powdercoat the plenum?