The Rottin Resurrection (Page 36/70)
jetsnvettes2000 OCT 13, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by infinitewill:


I believe that was Whodeanie's old choptop.

Rob, would the standard cable release for the fuel door still work with the Chevy replacement you noted directly above?

Dr. W.



The chevy door does not use a cable, it just has a pop lock on the back side. I was looking at them today at Autozone, and the see ma bit large. The Dodge one is a bit smaller but still huge and the Ford one well they must be compensating for something cause that dang door is big enough to put a foot ball threw. I would like to see one for a jeep wrangler in the same style, I think it will be the right size.
EvilSqueezles OCT 13, 01:17 AM
To move your C pillars in to create the hip effect you simply cut a section off each side of the deck lid and rebond it to the body of the car. That makes the deck lid narrower and allows it to pass the pillar while maintaining the same body gaps. Bozzie covered it pretty decently in his build.

Is one of the extra mods I plan to do while I'm going widebody.

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cyrus88 OCT 13, 02:48 AM

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Originally posted by jetsnvettes2000:

Geoff from Champion Radiator sent me a reply, they are going to send out a replacement orifice tube for the radiator! Cool! now I do not have to make one!!

Oh and the size of the orifice tube on this radiator is 5/16 24 threads not 1/8th npt, I took the remains to work and had the machinist identify it for me since I no longer own a calipers.




Well, I wanted to replace the orifice on my Champion radiator and the threads are BSPT (British Standard) 1/16-28.
I measured it several times with a caliper and the major diameter is exactly 0.3045". I checked the pitch with a pitch gauge and 28TPI fits perfectly whereas 24TPI is not even close. Then I tried mating it up with a 5/16-24 nut and no success. Oh, and the threads are definitely tapered.

Since these radiators are made in China, perhaps Champion doesn't specify what the threads should be, and the manufacturer just uses whatever is available. So you end up with 5/16-24 straight and I end up with 1/16-28 British Taper.
jetsnvettes2000 OCT 13, 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by cyrus88:


Well, I wanted to replace the orifice on my Champion radiator and the threads are BSPT (British Standard) 1/16-28.
I measured it several times with a caliper and the major diameter is exactly 0.3045". I checked the pitch with a pitch gauge and 28TPI fits perfectly whereas 24TPI is not even close. Then I tried mating it up with a 5/16-24 nut and no success. Oh, and the threads are definitely tapered.

Since these radiators are made in China, perhaps Champion doesn't specify what the threads should be, and the manufacturer just uses whatever is available. So you end up with 5/16-24 straight and I end up with 1/16-28 British Taper.



That could very well be the case, I was looking at another club members car that has one of these radiators and I noticed around the area of the trani cooler fittings in the tank his had a lot more meat to work with as well.
jetsnvettes2000 OCT 13, 08:05 PM
OK, with a ton of fiddling and a big hammer I got the left hip on fitted and looking good enough to bond the skin halves.
The door frame will need tweaking with these hips to fit right I have discovered. This may not be the case for those without lambo hinges but in this case I had to bend the screw lip on the front in and on the back of the door that lip has to be bent out at the top.

I am happy with how it turned out, it all looks stock now and is held down with the factory plastic screw thingys like a stock skin. so here are some pics of the drivers door tomorrow I will be final fiting the passenger side then they are ready to bond together. For now they are riveted together and really I could leave it at that as the way I cut the top skin after the door handle and trim is on the cut areas totally are covered up but, I will be bonding the skins together anyway just because.

Top view from the front:



Down the side view you can see how the door hip aligns with the rear hip now


Looks kinda cool from behind!

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solotwo OCT 13, 10:09 PM
Wow that looks great
skuzzbomer OCT 14, 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by jetsnvettes2000:


The chevy door does not use a cable, it just has a pop lock on the back side. I was looking at them today at Autozone, and the see ma bit large. The Dodge one is a bit smaller but still huge and the Ford one well they must be compensating for something cause that dang door is big enough to put a foot ball threw. I would like to see one for a jeep wrangler in the same style, I think it will be the right size.



That style you've gravitated towards looks like the stock fuel door on my motorcycle. Most modern sportbikes use a similar cap, and they aren't the size of your head. Maybe you can find one without a key and have the lock cylinder redone to match the ignition key for the car?

Edit: the keys are dimensionally similar as well, only the Fiero keys aren't cut on both sides

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Macs86GT OCT 14, 06:26 PM
Do the hips cause the lower panels to angle out a bit ie slight wide body, and do you need to remove the whole rear clip to put these on just curious the rotten chop is looking great and its a nice subtle look still fiero but yet not quite stock.
solotwo OCT 19, 03:08 PM
did you get the parts car?
jetsnvettes2000 OCT 19, 07:38 PM
So, last night a little 8 wheel package was dropped off in my driveway for the build!! FInally we have the missing parts!!!!!!! so today I started doing a little work getting the stuff off I need. Also I started figuring out a few other nagging issues we are running into.

8 Wheels get it lol ok so maybe not funny but helpful!!

Here are what the seats look like John, the middle is suede the bolsters shiny leather and then the sides cloth. the drivers side has a small split in the bolster can be seen in next pic.


Otherthan that the dash is awesome and so is the rest of the onside guts. with a little cleaning it will look nice. If you trade steve those seats for his I think it would look even better still since they have speakers in them for the radio.