Fiero Argento Signora build thread w/lots 'o' pics (Page 3/21)
Fieroseverywhere SEP 27, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by Darren's 87 coupe:

Hey man, good to see the progress. I am still having to work on my house, so mine is at a stand still right now, but I did get it under the car, and the cradle bolted up for the first time. I will still need to pull it out and put it back in a few more times, but that's no big deal. In a few weeks I should be able to get back on it for a little while. I have big brake brackets on the way, and my computer chip is back and better than it was. Special thanks to Aaronrus for that.

I can't believe the hack job they did to get those speakers in there. That is sick, and I can't imagine how bad the exhaust fumes were in that car. Glad you are plugging them up. Just wanted to say hey, and glad to se your moving on it again, I will join you on the V8 path as soon as I can. Talk at you later, it's looking really good,
Darren




Hey Darren, glad to hear from you. So the house is coming along good? Are you ready for the new addition to the fam? BIG BRAKES, woo hoo!!!

He he. I had this motor in three times and back out twice in those three days I worked on it. It know it will still come out at least one more time when we put the exhaust in also. By the time I'm done I will be a master at puting in and taking out a 4.9.

The holes in the firewall are plugged now but I am considering using the holes, since they are already there, to add some subs. Because my battery will be up front and I am doing a custom air intake that will pull through the decklid there will be nothing behind that area. I was thinking I might install a set of 8" subs I got lying around in there and make a couple custom boxes that go into the engine bay. Since the holes are already cut I see no reason why I shouldn't figure something out.

Glad to hear thing are coming along for you. Keep up the good work and keep me posted. I can't wait to hear that baby purrrrr.
Fieroseverywhere SEP 27, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by CTFieroGT87:

Here is that pic I was supposed to put up a loooong time ago!



Thanks for the pic. Looks great to me. Seems I forgot to post a pic of my completed ones. You can see one of them in the last pic I posted today. I still need to figure out a mount for the engine grates. Since I will be converting to a fastback I will have to come up with something custom. The fastback grates mount a little differently and use a ring that goes around the strut top. I cant use it cause of the new placement of the strut. I'll try to get that figured out next time I'm down working on the car.
CTFieroGT87 SEP 28, 09:43 AM
Just use the 86-87 fastback mounts. The triangular bolt pattern that we use didn't change, so where the pre-88 engine grille mount goes is still the same location. Just modify the pre-88 grille bracket like I did. The 88 ones don't fit, either.

I have a better picture that will show what I'm talking about, I can post it sometime tomorrow.

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Fieroseverywhere SEP 28, 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by CTFieroGT87:

Just use the 86-87 fastback mounts. The triangular bolt pattern that we use didn't change, so where the pre-88 engine grille mount goes is still the same location. Just modify the pre-88 grille bracket like I did. The 88 ones don't fit, either.

I have a better picture that will show what I'm talking about, I can post it sometime tomorrow.




You know, I didn't check out an 86-87 fastback mount. I just took a look at the 88GT. Now that you mention it of course they are different. They cradle and strut mounting position didn't change til 88. The 88 one mounts in the opposite direction from the notchies so I just figured the 86-87 were the same. Good call. I'll look into that. It wont be tough to make a small "L" bracket to hold the grill anyway so I have another option if this doesn't work out. I appreciate the info. Thanks again.
Fieroseverywhere OCT 07, 01:25 PM
Just a little update. I will be heading down to do some more work on 10/11-10/13. I will be puting in the Dynomat aswell as puting the interior back together and finishing up the engine bay. I will be doing the exhaust in 3 weeks on the next trip down as some stuff has come up and money is a little tight for the few couple weeks.

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Fieroseverywhere OCT 15, 09:36 PM
Forgot my camera.

Dad's going to UPS it to me. Here are a couple "teasers" til then... (camera phone pics)

Saw this outside while walking by with only my phone. v-rods rule


Camera died, no charger. Phone was handy. What could we be doing here?


Wait til you see the interior.

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FieroMaster88 OCT 15, 11:27 PM
That engine looks awesome! Nice work!

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3.8 SC OCT 15, 11:40 PM
That swap looks great! As for what is going on up front - I believe you are getting ready to put the battery up front. Am I right?
Darren's 87 coupe OCT 16, 06:01 PM
Glad to see you posting some stuff. Saw the relocation kit in the other thread, so I know what you did. I still haven't gotten my Box ordered from Norm yet. I have been able to get a few things done this past weekend. I will work on it a little tonight, then maybe this weekend, I will actually have enough done to post some pics.

Are you working on yours again this weekend?

Darren

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Fieroseverywhere OCT 16, 08:21 PM

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Originally posted by FieroMaster88:

That engine looks awesome! Nice work!




Thanks! Much appreciated!

If you think it looks good now just wait til the intake is done. It should really clean up the engine bay dramatically.

And thanks again for those GT gauges. They are going to make a very nice addition to this car.


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Originally posted by 3.8 SC:

That swap looks great! As for what is going on up front - I believe you are getting ready to put the battery up front. Am I right?



Right you are. I know, it wasn't much of a teaser but I dont have much for pics til the camera shows up. Since the cat is out of the bag...



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Originally posted by Darren's 87 coupe:

Glad to see you posting some stuff. Saw the relocation kit in the other thread, so I know what you did. I still haven't gotten my Box ordered from Norm yet. I have been able to get a few things done this past weekend. I will work on it a little tonight, then maybe this weekend, I will actually have enough done to post some pics.

Are you working on yours again this weekend?

Darren




Darren, good to hear from you again. Glad to hear its coming along for you. Cant wait to see some more of those pics!!

Not this weekend. Unfortunately I don't have the time or money to drive the 125 miles every weekend though I would in a heartbeat if I did. I will be going beck down the following weekend (10/26-10/28). Without giving away the rest of what I did this last weekend I can tell you that I will be puting together the mock-up exhaust. I am doing this using some pieces that are lying around. I will then take it down to the local muffler shop (Goofy's) to have them either copy one for me or bend the pipes I need so Dad can weld it all together (he is a much better welder then I am). I know they do excellant work. They do all of the exhaust work on the sprint cars and have done quite a few other custom jobs for the guys at the Harley Shop. 454 SS chevy dualies ect (this truck is crazy!!). The only reason it wasn't done this weekend is because we found out we didn't have a set of isuzu shift cable brackets. Luckily we found a set on the 85 parts car that I can use. So with the throttle cable and shift cables in place I can actually see what kind of space we have for exhaust. I will be using 2" for the majority of it with the exception of the pipe going from the cat to the muffler which will be 2.5". I will be using a stock style muffler with the 2 into 1 cat inplace of a "Y" pipe. It will be unique for now but if it works as well as I think it will it'll probably catch on pretty quickly. Even most the best "Y" pipes have more restriction then this cat does. And since they are available with a 3" outlet also they can be used for just about any engine swap with most of the pipe being run in the stock position or with the use on any cat-back system. I have a few other things planed but I can't go into it til I get these pics from last weekend posted or I will give it all away.

So where are you at right now in your build?

On a side note. Dad got the old 88 2.8 out of this car torn apart and found something odd. The crank is bad, but thats not the odd part. Its the way is went out. It looks like the whole crank shifted forward and carved a nice groove in the side next to the bearing seats. We have had many 2.8's apart for rebuilds and have never seen anything like this. I will grab a pic to illustrate what I am talking about next time I am down there. Everything else is good so that alone was worth the cost of the car.

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