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Trinten
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NOV 10, 10:24 PM
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That all looks so nice!
Thank you for the update!!
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fieroguru
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NOV 16, 02:51 PM
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The braided stainless hose came in, so I finished making the last hose:
The connection from the coolant tube to the water pump will be a pretty simple hose to find (the coolant tube was trimmed back to its current location by previous installer):
While under the car, I took a couple of pictures of how much I can close up the current frame notch. I used a straight edge to show the approximate location of the new metal I can add back while working on the engine bay:
I never took a picture of the boss I added to the rear transmission mount:
Then I did a little mockup of the resonator and muffler to see how much room there is (quite a bit with the trunk already having been removed):
Fabbed up the MAF mounting boss for the CAI:
Here is an overall pic before I take it all back apart for engine bay prep, cleaning/painting:
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Trinten
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NOV 16, 03:36 PM
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"It's 3:30 in the afternoon, do you know how awesome your car is?"
Why yes, yes I do. Because Guru just put up a post showing off some of the kick-butt stuff he's done! And I got a peek of the setup with the new serpentine belt in place! Which made me really happy - something I definitely needed after the last few weeks (and upcoming 6 more weeks) of work.
I'm loving it man. Thank you.
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fieroguru
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NOV 16, 07:58 PM
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Drivetrain is back on the bench and I started to take some things apart:
I also knocked off the old ring gear and heated up and installed the new one. Here is the flywheel w/o the ring gear:
The reason it is being replaced:
New one installed:
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fieroguru
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NOV 17, 05:41 PM
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Fabbed up the bracket to hold the oil dipstick tube:
Worked on the heat shield for the alternator. I ended up adding it to the rear alternator support bracket:
Also welded up the collectors and primaries on the headers:
I should finished up the heat shields for the starter and tripod boot on Monday, then I will just be waiting for the O2 sensor bungs to arrive so I can add them and ship the headers off to be coated. Hopefully I will also start taking more stuff apart so I can start cleaning/painting all the parts I have fabbed for this swap.
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fieroguru
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NOV 18, 12:31 PM
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Knocked out the other two heat shields today.
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fieroguru
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NOV 18, 02:41 PM
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Also finished up the oil relocation plumbing. With the starter mod for the 142 tooth ring gear, I had to use some copper pipe at the connection to the blockoff plate, so I used it to get around the starter and provide a location for the oil pressure sensor. All assembled it looks like this:
Installed with the braided stainless hoses, it looks like this:
Now its time to start taking everything apart...
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Trinten
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NOV 18, 11:08 PM
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Nice! I really like the change for placement for the oil pressure sensor! And the heat shields are great!
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Blacktree
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NOV 19, 11:25 PM
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Welcome to the Construction Zone. Cool build, by the way. 
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ericjon262
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NOV 21, 03:37 PM
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I've always hated adapter plate swaps(mainly because most seem like hack swaps.), but I do love seeing the ingenuity that has gone into this build. keep up the good work. ------------------
we're in desperate need of a little more religion to nurse your god-like point of view...
Built not bought... Because bolt-ons don't.
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/119122.html
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