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RCR JUL 18, 07:27 AM
Geez Nolan...You've taken your project to a whole new level...



Bob

And I own page 15..WooHoo!

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Mister JUL 18, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by Sourmug:
The badges are actually two Greek 10 Drachma coins that have been hand cut.
Nolan



That is just ingenious man... a real Pegasus!



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Flying Pony JUL 25, 12:35 PM
I'm always amazed at the ingenuity and talent that is on this forum. This car is looking really great. I especially love the door panels. Great work!
Sourmug JUL 25, 06:49 PM
Thanks guys! I'll be posting some updates soon.

Nolan
Sourmug JUL 25, 10:36 PM
Well I now have a black dash! Nick was kind enough to send me some of the tint that he used on his interior in this Thread

It's similar to a thick "paint" and has a sponge tip applicator on the end of the tube. It's very easy to use and goes on very well with excellent covering ability and is quick drying. I did two coats just to make sure that the coverage was uniform. Here's the before color:

And the tinted dash:




The pictures don't really do it justice. It looks like a brand new dash!

Thanks Nick! I owe you one!

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Sourmug JUL 25, 11:00 PM
Moving on...

I'm currently trying to source a supply for the 3" aluminum tubing I need to make the modified 3.4 DOHC intake. So far it looks like they expect me to make a minimum purchase of 10 linear feet. I don't need 10 linear feet! The thing that irks me is that the vendor I'm dealing with has this statement on their web site:


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“Welcome to the online home of Assorted Metals, Calgary's premiere small volume metal supply shop. At Assorted Metals, we know that "a minimum order" can be frustrating when all you need is 5 feet, so at Assorted Metals, no order is too small, yet our prices are surprisingly reasonable!”



They're looking to see if they have some short lengths laying around so hopefully they will have some.

In the meantime I'm puttering along with the beginnings of the engine swap. Here are my resource manuals:

These are printouts of various threads from PFF and other places pertaining to the swap. My thanks to everyone here who has taken time to document what they have done! It will be very helpful and I have given +'s to you all.

So to start I thought I might as well begin with the mounts. I will be using the Dodge 318 mounts mentioned in numerous threads and so the stock tranny mounts need to be modified. Here's what I began with:

After a nice little fire the rubber is separated from the mounting brackets:

Actually, I must admit that I'm surprised that the only thing that held the mounts together was the strength of the rubber bond to the metal bracket.
Once that was done the brackets were cleaned up and the existing hole in the bracket was drilled out to 1/2" to match the 318 mounts. The stock Fiero engine mounting bracket was cut as described elsewhere and also an additional 1/2" hole was drilled for the 318 mount as well. Here they are after painting:


Here's a shot of the 318 mount. They are larger than I expected:

They have a small bump on one side that needs to be ground off to allow them to lay flat. They also needed some slight trimming to suit the Fiero brackets. In This shot you can see how the mount doesn't lie flat properly due to the mount plate being overly long:
Sourmug JUL 25, 11:06 PM
I placed the mount into the vice and trimmed the plate as needed and after painting it was installed:


Additionally, a small window needs to be cut into the cradle to accept the mount bolt/nut on the rear tranny mount. This is the location from the top side marked out:

And the mount in place as seen from the underside:

Here's how all three mounts look sitting in place:



And the cradle ready for the engine/tranny:
Sourmug JUL 25, 11:12 PM
A few other odds and ends...

I have painted the exhaust manifolds and various heat shields with 1200 *F high temperature ceramic impregnated paint:


I'm also using aluminum cradle bushings. First thing I did was clean out the bushing sleeves with a brake hone:


and the bushings were test fitted and additional honing was done as needed:

That's it for tonight!
Nolan

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Sourmug AUG 03, 10:56 PM
A quick update:

I have cleaned up the fuel tank and installed the new 255 LPH fuel pump. Here's the before:


And the after:


The tank is nice and clean and the three hoses have been replaced with new. The tank is now reinstalled into the car, one more item off the list!

I have replaced the axle shaft seals with the new axle support bearings that I purchased from Rodney Dickman. The old seals were pried out:


It takes a little bit of effort but they come out clean.
Sourmug AUG 03, 11:02 PM
Then the proper locktite (the stuff that Rodney sells) was applied to the new support bearing:

And the bearing was placed into position:

And the bearing installation tool was used to hammer the new bearing in place:




Once seated the bearing opening was masked off and the bearing was painted. These are unfinished steel so they need some protection.

Probably not to interesting for those of you who are experienced at this sort of thing but there's plenty of us who have never done this sort of thing so I thought that I would post how I did this.