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bmwguru FEB 02, 05:51 AM

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Originally posted by JesseM:

Damn you bastards work fast! :]

Oh and I love the Gandalf looking pipe smoking picture




It is funny you say that....I just ordered this pipe a few weeks ago....still waiting for it to arrive.

http://macqueenpipes.com/agaricus.aspx

Yesterday, around 4:45pm we found one of the rear strut mounting plates was egg shaped. Luckily, the Fiero Store's UPS cutoff was made and we will have the new one in our hands sometime this morning. Today, I plan to port the blower case and modify the wiring harness. Ryan plans to finish up the intercooler plumbing install and fabricate the rest of the exhaust. We'll play it by ear for the rest of the day.

Dave
JesseM FEB 02, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by bmwguru:


It is funny you say that....I just ordered this pipe a few weeks ago....still waiting for it to arrive.


Dave



That is totally awesome... I am a huge Tolkien fan. I was also into pipe smoking for a while :]
bmwguru FEB 02, 12:13 PM
Here is our list of setbacks.....quite common on any Fiero swap. When I say setback, I mean a problem that wasn't expected.

Monday setback....
The engine mounts didn't line up with the cradle because the cradle was cut and welded for the front engine mount bracket. We had to fabricate a way to use the stock Fiero poly mounts and keep the drivetrain straight.

Tuesday setback.....
Found strut mounts egg shaped not allowing us to assemble the rear coil overs on schedule.
Found ignition coils to have excessive corrosion on the secondary poles. Had to order new ignition coils





Wednesday setback......
Found the blower snout bearings to sound like sandpaper. Also, the snount shaft was cracked and previously welded, but starting to crack again. I had a spare snout shaft in stock and pressed new bearings onto it for this snout.







Dave

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ALJR FEB 02, 01:51 PM
Wow! You guys know your Shlt... Good work!

bmwguru FEB 02, 02:59 PM
Lunch time!!!!!

Here are a few pics....

Heat exchanger mounted....



F355 bumper from front....



Intercooler reservoir mounted using a Volkswagen coolant bottle. It is kept at the highest point and has a bleed off hose to constantly purge air.



A close up pic of the ball flares of the headers. I wanted them designed this way.
doublec4 FEB 02, 06:15 PM
Looks great, what part of the front did you mount the intercooler to?
bmwguru FEB 02, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by doublec4:

Looks great, what part of the front did you mount the intercooler to?



Here is a better pic. The funky crap they use to hang garage doors is not from us, but from whoever put on the F355 bumper.



We are tired.....the engine is in....



Tomorrow, we plan to finish the exhaust, wiring harness, front suspension, tune the pcm, run the plumbing for the fuel, radiator, and intercooler, weld in the new dog bone support, and fabricate some ignition wires.

Dave
Charlie64 FEB 02, 07:36 PM
 
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Originally posted by bmwguru:


Here is a better pic. The funky crap they use to hang garage doors is not from us, but from whoever put on the F355 bumper.



Dave, can you come up with a superior mounting method for my fog lamps? I hope the people that did the original swap are reading this and taking note on how it's supposed to be done!
Austrian Import FEB 02, 07:56 PM


Your work is amazing! It's an inspiration to us all.

Please keep the pictures coming. One can never have too many pics.
Charlie64 FEB 02, 10:01 PM


Here's how my car looked back in 2003 (pre-swap)

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After the swap in 2004.


Seats from Mr. Mikes....took me some time....and a great deal of grip strength to do them...whew!


Wasn't too difficult doing the interior....ok...maybe it was...


This was the most fun part (calibrating the speedo)!


I didn't like the plain 11 1/4 Chrysler rotors so I installed these slotted and crossdrilled rotors. With all the power Dave's going to give my car I may have to upgrade to the 12" Brembo setup or the Wilwood 13" kit.

Here's what it looked like the day I shipped it to Loyde in July 2007




December 3, 2010 1/4 mile from Loyde's house after the rescue mission!



I spent over 2 weeks cleaning stuff out. Thought I would find some "critters" in the trunk. Did find evidence something was there.



My guess is these were this way because when I reclaimed my car during the initial inspection...the battery cover had been removed and was in the trunk. No telling how long it had been that way.

As you can all see from the pics Dave has been posting Team Guru has been going "balls to the walls" to make my car "right".

Hard to imagine they have gone from this on Monday morning....





...to this today!


Can't wait to see the videos Dave and what my car sounds like when you fire it up!

You guys ROCK!!!

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