Nice clean headlight install. My ballasts aren't secured to anything yet, I think I'll steal your idea!
How did you screw in the shrouds? I think there is like one possible hole for them, but that install wasn't clear at all. I have them taped right now.
Fiero2m8
OCT 01, 08:15 PM
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Originally posted by Fiero42: Nice clean headlight install. My ballasts aren't secured to anything yet, I think I'll steal your idea! How did you screw in the shrouds? I think there is like one possible hole for them, but that install wasn't clear at all. I have them taped right now.
There are four holes in the shroud in the shape of a rectangle. Rotate it until the top two holes line up then replace the projector screws with slightly longer ones. You can do this with the buckets and brackets already in the car, just remove the aiming nuts on one projector at a time.
I made some more adjustments to match the Fiero projector light beam to our other car with factory HID's.
Here's a video to show you how they look from the driver's seat:
Fiero2m8
OCT 01, 08:38 PM
I had a belt squeak issue at cold startup, and upon inspection noticed that the alignment was off on the A/C compressor:
In order to get the alignment I needed, I had to go with a belt 1/2" longer (69.5"):
Once the compressor was shimmed I tensioned the new belt using the tension jam nuts - very simple design that works well:
Here is the belt for my future reference - I enjoyed watching the parts source employee try to measure the outside of the belt until I showed him how to read the part number
doublec4
OCT 02, 07:03 PM
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Originally posted by Fiero2m8:
There are four holes in the shroud in the shape of a rectangle. Rotate it until the top two holes line up then replace the projector screws with slightly longer ones. You can do this with the buckets and brackets already in the car, just remove the aiming nuts on one projector at a time.
I made some more adjustments to match the Fiero projector light beam to our other car with factory HID's.
Here's a video to show you how they look from the driver's seat:
Thanks for posting the pictures and video!
Nicely done!
Fiero2m8
OCT 15, 10:53 AM
Here's a video of Fiero2m8 lapping Sunset Speedway near Barrie Ontario last month:
Fiero2m8
OCT 17, 07:55 PM
A few pics from local cruises this fall in Burlington/Oakville and the last chance car show in Welland:
skorpioskorpio
OCT 23, 04:24 AM
Wow long thread, facinating evolution of this Fiero. I'm particularly interested in the Northstar, do Delortos use the same bottom flange as Webers? In the end was the mid length runner what worked best or what fit best? Was the loppyness of the first version because of bad sealing, impropper timing, something else wrong that maybe the rebuild fixed or was it the short runners? The engine is now carburated, but still uses the crank trigger, so did I miss how that works? Is there still some aspect of the Caddy computor at work here?
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Will
OCT 23, 09:53 AM
The Northstar has no distributor, so it needs a fully electronic ignition. The ignition still uses the crank trigger.
skorpioskorpio
OCT 24, 05:17 AM
I understand there is no distributor in a Northstar, a hall effect crank trigger requires some level of micro controller logic to fire the cylinders every other rotation and provide advance function, so I assume some aspect of the original Caddy ECU is still used here or replaced by something else to provide this function.
Will
OCT 24, 09:36 AM
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Originally posted by skorpioskorpio:
I understand there is no distributor in a Northstar, a hall effect crank trigger requires some level of micro controller logic to fire the cylinders every other rotation and provide advance function, so I assume some aspect of the original Caddy ECU is still used here or replaced by something else to provide this function.
Waste spark doesn't need to know which half of the cycle the engine's in. It's an Electromotive HPV-1
