[This message has been edited by troyboy (edited 05-10-2012).]

The last 2 days were spent taking care ofthe little things.

Asside from fitting the coil covers we needed to figure out how things we needing to be mounted & routed.

Before the SC installation both decklid hinges were basically stock. On the right side the SC was going to interfere with the hinge. We had anticipated this before the SC arrived from Edelbrock. The good thing is that our measurements from before the SC arrived indicated that the SC didn't interfere with the pivot pin location on the right side. The whole hinge needed to be modified but we knew it would work because we didn't need to relocate the hinge pins.

To have 2 hinges that are on the same axis you have to have the hinges pins in the same relative position.

Everyone knows what a stock hinge looks like..... in case you don't this is one.....



Our right side hinge, had to have the top half modified & to clear one of the intercooler line fittings the bottom half had to be modified too. When finished it looks like this ...





Wednesday, you could see that we had been modifying the Coil covers.

Before Wednesday's mods they looked like this ...



At the EOD Wednesday they looked like this....



I showed you pics of the covers on the engine on Wednesday, However, that wasn't going to be good enough. Even though there wasn't much left of the front cover, we still needed to be able to open the decklid & to make some clearance in the cover for the modified hinge.....

When that was done the covers looked like this .......





On the engine with the decklid in place.....



To clear the SC we also had to modify the right rib on the underside of the decklid...







By the end of the day, we pulled the engine back out of the car so we can get some welding & cleaning up in the engine compartment

But, first you can see the engine thru the louvers in the decklid... & I had to get a few pics of it....





One thing when you're doing something that hasn't been done before, you have to put together a plan on putting it all together. When taking this engine in & out of the car you have to have the SC removed. Among other things keeping us from leaving it on during R&R is that trhe SC has an intercooler connection that just to the right of the right decklid hinge block & it can't be moved. Also the SC drive is into a notch in the right shock tower by about 3/8". So when removing the SC you need to lift on the rear of the SC to get the pulley up out of the notch it's in & then lift the SC to clear out the intercooler connection.

The one thing that makes this SC low enough that we can get it under the decklid of a Fiero is that instead of having the intercooler under the rotors, you have 2 smaller intercooler mounted above & outboard of the rotors. That makes the top of the SC wider instead of taller.

The problem with that is that the fasteners that bolt the SC to the engine are up under the intercoolers.......



You also have to install these bolts before you install the injectors & fuel rails.

That's all fine & dandy if your installing the SC in a Camaro or 'Vette. On those cars at least you can reach in from either side of the car to do this. On our Fiero with the front side of the Sc top only 2" from the back window, you're going to have a problem.

We planned around this problem by planning to use a floor jack up under the rear of the cradle (with the car on jackstands) & removing the 2 vertical cradle bolts & lowering the back of the cradle a couple of inches to give us more room to do all the assembly on both side of the SC at the same time. We will also be removing both sets of coils to try to get to the fasteners without an universal joint.

That's all for today....... you can have the rest of the day off.

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 05-11-2012).]

Here's a suggestion. Why not purchase another set of theses.



then flip the the extra set around-then tweak, so that it balances out the engine install put also covers part of the tranny? Cut were the "L" corners are and cut off right before the super charged engraving starts. This will then match the other side near the strut tower. If possible you might be able to join the parts together like the other side so that you end up with 2-large pieces.



You could then add a shaped aluminum plate nearer to the tranny to cover wires and what nots.

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 05-12-2012).]