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Sourmug JAN 20, 06:04 PM
The small bubbles in the headliner shopuldn't affect anything once it is covered with vinyl. The reason I ordered the bare fiberglass unit is because I will need to modifiy it to suit the Stealth pod before I cover it, as you can see it is considerably smaller than the stock unit:

Here is are some pictures of the stock headliner for comparison:


I will also have to cut out the 3rd brakelight hole as it was missed prior to shipping.

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Sourmug JAN 20, 06:14 PM
And now for the item that I'm really excited about!

I ordered a set of HVAC controls from Riceburner. These are the units that he makes for the F355 dash kits and it is sure a quality piece of work. Bob (Riceburner) is a great guy to deal with and if you are looking for something like this he is the gent to see! My car does not have A/C so the HVAC unit is different than the usual one he makes in that the non-A/C cars will require 3 actuators instead of the usual 2.

Here's the kit:

The solid-state controls:


And this is where it's going to go:



OK, that's it, time to do some actual work on the car!

Nolan

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Fiero1Fan JAN 20, 06:51 PM
Good to see you back at it. Man how do you "just happen" find someone locally that just happens to not want to do the brake upgrade and just happens to have everything needed??? He doesn't just happen to have a cousin with the same problem does he??
Emc209i JAN 20, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by Sourmug:

And this is where it's going to go:



OK, that's it, time to do some actual work on the car!

Nolan




That is a Great idea!! I really might go this route when I build a new console. Check your PM's.

Paul
Emc209i JAN 20, 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by Sourmug:

And this is where it's going to go:



OK, that's it, time to do some actual work on the car!

Nolan



Nolan,

That is a Great idea!! I really might go this route when I build a new console. Check your PM's.

Paul
Sourmug JAN 20, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by Fiero1Fan:

Good to see you back at it. Man how do you "just happen" find someone locally that just happens to not want to do the brake upgrade and just happens to have everything needed??? He doesn't just happen to have a cousin with the same problem does he??



Sure, things "just happen". No cousin that I know of though...

Emc209i

PM back at you.

Nolan
Brocephus JAN 20, 11:45 PM

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Originally posted by Sourmug: The only problem that I see is that our population is about 10% of the States and so we have about 10% of any given car. It may be costly to acquire another dash. But I may look around to see if a damaged one is available.




Nolan, while fairly new to the forum, I am no stranger to modding the Fiero, nor am I a stranger when it comes to perusing the aisles of cars at the local junkyard. I live in Radcliff, Kentucky and have access to a vast number of salvage yards, each with an equally vast amount of cars. Upon reciept of an e-mail from you, describing the kind of parts you need, I would be more than happy to hit the local wreckers and see what I can come up with. I could ship said parts to you and would be willing to do this for free. Free, of course meaning that I wouldn't want any compensation for my time or efforts, only that you'd pay the shipping and cost of the items. I don't know anything about crossing international lines or the possible tarriffs associated with do so, so if you do, please let me know. But it'd be a damn dirty shame to let the limited availability of parts be a roadblock to you during the course of this build.

I'd be honored to have you look over my engine/suspension modifications and tell me what you think. If you see an area of weakness or over-thought (as we all can be guilty of at times, hehe), speak freely and don't be afraid to be critical. I don't want to do this more than once, so accuracy and quality are paramount.

I've really enjoyed reading through your entire thread and look forward to seeing the finished product.

Brocephus (aka John, hehe)
Brocephus JAN 20, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by Fiero1Fan:

Good to see you back at it. Man how do you "just happen" find someone locally that just happens to not want to do the brake upgrade and just happens to have everything needed??? He doesn't just happen to have a cousin with the same problem does he??




To explain one case of how this can just "happen", I know a guy in Louisville that bought a big brake kit for his Miata, but later found that once installed, he would get bumped into a higher class in Autocross where he had NO chance of being competitive because he had done no horsepower or suspension mods. Faced with the decision to upgrade the power/drivetrain and suspension to be competitive, he sold the entire brake kit, for a bit of a loss, and it had never been installed.

Just goes to show, do your homework before you buy something for a car intended to be raced.
355Fiero JAN 21, 01:51 AM
Nolan;

You will not be disappointed with the HVAC unit from Riceburner. Keep up the great work, it is really coming along nicely.

Wish I was able to get out to the garage more for my projects as well. Work is way too busy...

I have the RCC brake caliper mounts that are like the bottom picture you have there. I would recommend going with the top picture as I had to do a bit of trimming on the rear to get it all to fit.

Drop me a line or call me and I can show you the mods I did to get my brake upgrade on. I also used the front rotors from the Beretta as well and not the rears as most of the conversions go. I had an aluminum kidney built for the difference needed to put the front caliper mount out to the right positon. The front rotors give a significant increase in braking surface than the rear rotors do on the conversion.

I also set up the rear calipers differently as well to allow for the bleed screw to be on top where it should be. The hand brake cable goes under the axle and clears easily.

Good luck and keep at it.

Cheers
Don
Sourmug JAN 22, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by Brocephus:
Nolan, while fairly new to the forum, I am no stranger to modding the Fiero, nor am I a stranger when it comes to perusing the aisles of cars at the local junkyard. I live in Radcliff, Kentucky and have access to a vast number of salvage yards, each with an equally vast amount of cars. Upon reciept of an e-mail from you, describing the kind of parts you need, I would be more than happy to hit the local wreckers and see what I can come up with. I could ship said parts to you and would be willing to do this for free. Free, of course meaning that I wouldn't want any compensation for my time or efforts, only that you'd pay the shipping and cost of the items. I don't know anything about crossing international lines or the possible tarriffs associated with do so, so if you do, please let me know. But it'd be a damn dirty shame to let the limited availability of parts be a roadblock to you during the course of this build.

I'd be honored to have you look over my engine/suspension modifications and tell me what you think. If you see an area of weakness or over-thought (as we all can be guilty of at times, hehe), speak freely and don't be afraid to be critical. I don't want to do this more than once, so accuracy and quality are paramount.

I've really enjoyed reading through your entire thread and look forward to seeing the finished product.

Brocephus (aka John, hehe)



John:

Thank-you for your generous offer to look for parts. I have sourced some vinyl that is awfully close to the Stealth pattern and I don't think that the difference will be very noticeable. So far I have been able to locate the parts that I require, e-bay is a wonderful thing: D

Bout your engine/suspension modifications, I would be happy to offer my opinion but I would recommend that you post a thread about them and you will likely get some replies from people who are far more knowledgeable about them.

Thanks!
Nolan