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Fieroseverywhere
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APR 01, 10:27 PM
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Fits like a glove. Very nice work! The rest of us can only dream of tuneups that easy. What about fixing an exhaust manifold?Nicely done.
EDIT: Page 6 OWNAGE!  [This message has been edited by Fieroseverywhere (edited 04-01-2008).]
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APR 02, 02:03 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by bmwguru:
The worst part is I gave up an addiction this weekend and my head is pounding.....energy drinks. But I started feeling like crap when I was drinking them, so I thought it was a good time to quit.
Dave
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do yourself a favor and stay away from anything containing Aspertame... that's bad stuff being touted as an artificial sweetener. it causes lots of bad things and can't be processed properly by the body (because it's synthetic, and it's bad). if you're looking for an energy boost, try an orange. it's natural and has a boatload of vitamin C (good stuff)------------------
Arty: a.k.a. FestYboy or Fieroman87
'87 GT 5 spd. (soon to be 3.6L TT 6 spd.), '88 Festiva 5 spd. rockin' a high revin' 1.6, '87 Scirocco 5 spd. (VR6 swap?)
AIM: FestYboy88L
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APR 02, 02:20 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroman87:
do yourself a favor and stay away from anything containing Aspertame... that's bad stuff being touted as an artificial sweetener. it causes lots of bad things and can't be processed properly by the body (because it's synthetic, and it's bad). if you're looking for an energy boost, try an orange. it's natural and has a boatload of vitamin C (good stuff)
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I have to second that. I had an ex gf that had a lot of health problems partly because of Aspartame. Really bad stuff. We replaced the Aspartame with Splenda and a whole lot of her problems went away or decreased in severity. Plus it tastes better. It's like 15.000 times as sweet as sugar, vs. Aspartames 12.000 or so times. Me likes sugar. 
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Erik
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APR 02, 02:27 AM
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green tea with caffeine is good for energy..its not going to hurt to add 12 grams ..about 3 sugar cubes for sweetening + green tea cold or hot is loaded with antioxidants and guys, its also good for your prostate. Just keep yoursugar consumtion in check and it will keep you from being tired crappy ..
diabetics need more monitoring of course
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bmwguru
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APR 02, 06:46 AM
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I was mixing weight lifting energy drinks from GNC and Monster drinks....I gave up the Monster, I tried but I couldn't break away from the GNC stuff. It is mostly NoX and creatine...and caffine. I drink water the rest of the day...and a beer or two at night.
As for the exhaust manifolds....I can remove them in the car with ease. Same goes for the intake and cylinder head...and oil pan (without cradle drop). I'm planning on swapping to a short ram intake when I add the turbo, so it will be on the window side. The only modification I will have to do will be to the throttle body wiring to move it to the other side of the head.
It looks like I'm going to modify the passenger side decklid to fit just right, but I don't think it will too bad.
Dave
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bmwguru
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APR 02, 06:58 AM
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I'm curious, with all your electrical know how are you going to be doing a custom interior or dash swap along with the engine? These things interest me. |
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I honestly haven't planned out the interior yet. I am leaving my options open in case if I plan on using the VW cluster or VDO gauges. The Fiero gauges won't read properly. The CAN line goes into the VW cluster and the laptop can read the module for the cluster, so I might go that route....I'm really undecided at this point.
Dave
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Fieroseverywhere
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APR 02, 10:26 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by bmwguru:
As for the exhaust manifolds....I can remove them in the car with ease. Same goes for the intake and cylinder head...and oil pan (without cradle drop). I'm planning on swapping to a short ram intake when I add the turbo, so it will be on the window side. The only modification I will have to do will be to the throttle body wiring to move it to the other side of the head.
It looks like I'm going to modify the passenger side decklid to fit just right, but I don't think it will too bad.
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Cool. I was hoping you'd say something like that. Looks like the perfect motor for a fiero.
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APR 02, 03:03 PM
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Did you get yourself a Bentley Manual for the MK4? If not, you should... it contains all of the electrical diagrams and mechanical info you will ever need for that motor and gearbox. Runs about $80.
Also, parts4vws.com, germanautoparts.com. and mjmautohaus.com are great places to get good OEM and aftermarket parts for cheap.
http://www.parts4vws.com/ca...PartNumber=LPV800120
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bmwguru
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APR 02, 03:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by PC Oldskool:
Did you get yourself a Bentley Manual for the MK4? If not, you should... it contains all of the electrical diagrams and mechanical info you will ever need for that motor and gearbox. Runs about $80.
Also, parts4vws.com, germanautoparts.com. and mjmautohaus.com are great places to get good OEM and aftermarket parts for cheap.
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I have the Bentley manuals and Alldata. VW does not provide pinouts for their connectors like other manufacturers. Germanautoparts.com buys their parts from Worldpac....same as me. I do have an account with MJM...that's where I got the Peloquin LSD from. Basically, the diagrams were not the issue...it was the pinouts.
Dave
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APR 02, 08:49 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by bmwguru:
I was mixing weight lifting energy drinks from GNC and Monster drinks....I gave up the Monster, I tried but I couldn't break away from the GNC stuff. It is mostly NoX and creatine...and caffine. I drink water the rest of the day...and a beer or two at night.
As for the exhaust manifolds....I can remove them in the car with ease. Same goes for the intake and cylinder head...and oil pan (without cradle drop). I'm planning on swapping to a short ram intake when I add the turbo, so it will be on the window side. The only modification I will have to do will be to the throttle body wiring to move it to the other side of the head.
It looks like I'm going to modify the passenger side decklid to fit just right, but I don't think it will too bad.
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uhh creatine without tons of water in your system will mess with your stomach and muscles pretty badly. Also if you take it for to long it will shut down your bodys natural creatine production. If you've been taking the creatine for a long period of time you have to ease off it because stopping completely at first would do more damage than good. Also probably not a good mix with beer.
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