SPY PICS!....first secrets of the GTR exposed! (Page 21/72)
Fie Ro JUL 30, 07:52 PM
Oops, updates:
sanded and primered the inner sailpanels

mockup with the mesh I want to use on the vents.

BUT I am having some serious fuelsystem issues. I'll try to keep it short because I already have a thread about this (which I should update btw..) Old pump (less than 10Kmiles) quits working after 10 minutes of driving. So I replaced the pump last week

replaced filter too and lookie what I found ..rust particals....have seen that before in my injectors

pump works good, engine ran bad so I pulled fuelrail to check the injectors

they looked good and clean, put them back.....no starting. in short:looks like a dead battery and/or starter now (I have a batterycharger)....I hope to do some bodywork finishing next days because technically it isn't going great.

Kohburn AUG 01, 10:09 PM
tellin ya - start shipping those noses to us in the states and we will fund your engine improvements

Kohburn AUG 10, 08:01 AM
anything new on your plate Fie Ro?
ShaddowGt AUG 22, 05:07 PM
how about an update?
TaurusThug AUG 22, 07:25 PM
update...

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Kohburn SEP 16, 06:56 AM
time to talk about clear hatches FieRo

this was a quick sketch I had done about a month ago before I ended up getting two notchbacks..
it was designed to mimic one of Aus's front hood chops..
but the vents along the sides could easily move over next to the solid pillars
Fie Ro SEP 16, 01:42 PM
I started drawing clear hatch ideas when Ducattiman asked for a F40 type of hatch for his BMW V12 conversion...




So I have been researching the F40 style rearhatch for some time now, but I dont know how to make these shapes in plexiglass only...plus I am looking for a cleaner style for the "stock" fastback and trying to make it relatively easy to build.

The idea is a twin-hatch: stock decklid with the middle piece cutout and an added fiberglass piece (between the sailpanels). The seperate top piece has a fiberglass frame with a piece of "bendable" plexiglass plate that can be screwed or popped in place. It is hinged to the rear roof. Ideally it would be nice to have some linkage between the upper/lower hatch so you could open the decklid the normal way and the top hatch would move up a bit more so they dont hit. A one-piece design would be much more difficult to build because it needs to be hinged at the roofsection which is to weak to bear all that weight without reinforcing.
Ow btw, I will also try to incorporate a row of small vents on both sides (like the newer ferrari's) so the rest can stay smooth and clean.


This is one of the latest ideas. I am not going to do this to mine soon, but maybe in the future...hehe.

I need to update the buildup. I havent done much but there are some new detailing pics and ideas I will post as soon as possible.

Kohburn SEP 16, 01:47 PM
yeah I was planning to have it be a 2 peice also - the idea was to have two struts positioned like Kameo's rear sun deflector ..
i think that last pic of yours chopped but adding some rows of vents at the very top (high suction and it doesn't block any view) and down the very edges would look very very slick
Fie Ro SEP 16, 03:05 PM
Some mods to the sideskirts (I had to use the stabilisers "somewhere"!) Mockup:

Weatherproof Leds:

Testing:

Now it would be nice to shave the moldings on the fiero but I know I break stuff so I want the bodypanels being removable.....but that doesn't mean you cant smooth anything. I have been looking at the triangle thingie:

And thought about something like this (PS):


I think I will do this mod...

I will also try to take some pics of the smoothed (not shaved!) doorhandles and the cleaned up underside of the hoodvent.

Kohburn SEP 16, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by Fie Ro:


man i was hoping to be the first.. I want to do the shaved attached to the doors for my suicide lambo doors to keep the lines smooth when the door is open without a huge notch missing from the front of the door

edit: on secodn thought that would then look funny if the windows were down with the door up, hmm

[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 09-16-2004).]