My Wife’s 88 T-Top Chop-Top LS4 Build (Page 4/73)
dratts JUN 18, 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by katatak:

I feel like I know this car - I believe it has my radiator in it! Looking good so far. I really like the Chop Top T Top! All you need now is a power rear window - nearly a roadster!

Pat



Yes! Do a power rear window. Has anyone done this? You have the advantage of having less window to roll down.
1988holleyformula JUN 18, 01:39 AM
I love that it is a NOTCHBACK! Sweet build! I'm a fan of those five-spokes as well.
jscott1 JUN 18, 03:43 AM

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Originally posted by dratts:


Yes! Do a power rear window. Has anyone done this? You have the advantage of having less window to roll down.



This sounds better than it really is... on a mid-engine car there would be tons of heat and noise coming in on you making the rear window not so pleasant.
Gokart Mozart JUN 18, 05:52 AM

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Originally posted by dratts:


Yes! Do a power rear window. Has anyone done this? You have the advantage of having less window to roll down.



ECM wiring is still in the way and the angle of the firewall is wrong
F355spider JUN 18, 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by Gokart Mozart:


ECM wiring is still in the way and the angle of the firewall is wrong



Yep a lot of heat at the window.
This has to be the cleanest and WOW engine bay preps I have seen.
dratts JUN 18, 11:17 AM
I see what you say about the angle. As far as the wiring is concerned, Joe put my wiring in the trunk so that I have a clean firewall in my ls4 Murci roadster. I always hear about heat problems with fiero roadsters, but I have two of them and engine heat has not been a problem. If anyone could do it you could Mike, but it obviously wouldn't be easy and anyway you already have a unique car, being that it's a chop top t-top. Maybe a removable window for the roadster look.

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dratts JUN 18, 11:19 AM
I see what you say about the angle. As far as the wiring is concerned, Joe put my wiring in the trunk so that I have a clean firewall in my ls4 Murci roadster. I always hear about heat problems with fiero roadsters, but I have two of them and engine heat has not been a problem. If anyone could do it you could Mike, but it obviously wouldn't be easy and anyway you already have a unique car, being that it's a chop top t-top.
Riceburner98 JUN 18, 11:42 AM
A Fiero roadster is probably a different story with heat, with the whole top gone. 13 years ago (yikes!) I drove a notchback around for a couple days after removing the rear window (forget why) and thought it would be a good idea. Even with the sunroof out, the engine heat was cooking my head and I put the window back in. I think the heat just gets sucked back into the car through the open window because of the roof air flow..

Good job on the chop! I like it..

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dratts JUN 18, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by Riceburner98:

A Fiero roadster is probably a different story with heat, with the whole top gone. 13 years ago (yikes!) I drove a notchback around for a couple days after removing the rear window (forget why) and thought it would be a good idea. Even with the sunroof out, the engine heat was cooking my head and I put the window back in. I think the heat just gets sucked back into the car through the open window because of the roof air flow..

Good job on the chop! I like it..


Well so much for that idea! It would have been a lot of work anyway.
qwikgta JUN 18, 10:13 PM
OK, ,so what am I missing. If you lay the window back, the T-TOP panel has to go back into the rear clip if it stays the same size. If you don't change the size of the top, then did you cut the top like the old school chops and lower the whole thing? I guess im having an issue with how its done, because I have looked at my top, and I can't see how you would do this and have the top line up with the windows.

Rob