This must be "my day".
Attended a local cruise-in / car show today, along with 50 other cars and got a trophy for PEOPLES CHOICE!
All the car owners had to vote for a car other than their own and damned if I didn't get the prize!
Having won quite a few trophies since we started showing the car and even getting a few "best of show in class" in some large shows, I really treasure this "peoples choice" award because it means that Fieros are getting favorably noticed and are gaining popularity even around some VERY nice street rods and customs.


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Well, the next upgrades to "Tangerine Dream" are just starting.
Actually, the upgrades never seem to stop!

I'm waiting on a 7730 ECU and adapter harness from "Mulletproofmonk" and a reprogrammed memcal from Ryan at Sinister Performance.
Not much to document on that swap that hasn't already been done elsewhere, so I'm just waiting for the parts to arrive and get them installed and wired up.

The other upgrade is my starter....

One of the very few *old* parts that I re-used during the 3.4L engine rebuild was the old original 2.8 starter.
We took it to the parts store and tested it and it checked out fine, but I guess it finally has out lived it's time after 23 years of faithful service.
The blasted thing has stuck engaged to the flywheel *running* one one occasion, and has disengaged, but kept running on another occasion.
The solenoid is my first suspicion, but rather than rebuild that huge old beast, I've opted for THIS:


It's a new gear reduction type starter for a 98' Grand Prix 3.8L

I checked the OEM style starter against this one at the parts store counter and the mounting, nose length and pinion gear all look to be the same.
Another thread here on PFF listed all the vehicles that this type of starter is used in and suggested it was a "bolt on" replacement for the OEM 2.8L starter which I used on my 3.4, so I figured I'd give it a try...

These pics give a better idea of how small this thing is:




If time allows, I'll be installing it tomorrow or Friday and hopefully it will fit and work properly.
One thing's for certain...I won't have any trouble lifting it into place to bolt it in!

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One more little item:

At a car show we entered last weekend they were shooting photos of all the cars against a "green screen" back drop on the side of a building.
They offered a framed and matted 18 X 24 photo of your car super-imposed onto a variety of backgrounds of your choice for sale.
We bought this one:


Hard to shoot a photo of it directly straight on because of the glare from the glass, but you get the idea.
It's one of the coolest photos of my car that I've gotten yet, even though it's *phony* as all hell
(Only the car, the little gray stone wall and some of the asphalt pavement are real...the rest is photoshopped in, but VERY nicely done.)
They even match the color of your car in the border around the matt.

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