ecotec swap (Page 61/98)
doublec4 OCT 31, 07:21 PM
You might be able to try this:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#tr...ctive-edging/=jysgut

Click the plastic edge trim, it could work.

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wftb NOV 07, 02:49 PM
i decided to just use normal square edge weatherstripping .without actually seeing the product , it is hard to get the perfect solution .so i have wasted about 35 bucks on various size and shapes of foam , i think now i have something i like :



i am going to change to slightly narrower side foam to avoid the pinching you can see .and i need to find some matching screws that i like better .at the hdwre store , different lengths meant different heads .the holes were drilled and then tapped in to the buckets .bottom foam is 1.25"W x 3/16 thick trimmed to fit and double thick along the sides running down the hood .this causes the lens to match the contour better .the side foam shown is 3/8 W x 1/4 thick .i am going to 3/16 thick for the final version , should make it easier to pop the lens on and off for aiming .next will be wiring and making a harness for high beams .
wftb NOV 12, 03:48 PM
made up the headlight wiring harness for the drivers side .i want all 4 lamps on for the high beams so i soldered a 7A diode from the high beam 12 V positive wire to the lowbeam 12 V positive wire .also took a feed from the 12V high beam to the coil of a relay and to the input post of same relay .then the NO post of the relay feeds the positive wires for the high beam flappers . i assumed the negatives on the light harnesses were not switched , so then all the negatives got tied in to the low beam harness negative .so when i am on low beam just one light per side is on with the flapper closed .when high beams are selected , then all four lamps will be on with all flappers open .my only concern was how hot the diode might get with the highs on .left the lights on with the car running for 1/2 hour and the diodes got fairly warm but not really hot so they will do the job .pics:




i dont have a pic of it yet but i also changed to the narrower side foam and shimmed the cover so that it now matches the hood contours almost perfectly .i have ordered the other HID kit i need and will have the lights all wrapped up by friday .

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wftb NOV 20, 11:47 AM
my diode backfeed idea worked great on one side , but with all 4 lights hooked up there appears to be too much voltage drop to get all 4 lights to fire from the high beam circuit .so i have to figure out a way to bring another feed in .for now , low beams are the outer lights and high beams are the inner lights .
wftb DEC 03, 01:09 PM
turns out i gave up on the diode back feed idea too soon .i forgot that with a ballast setup like this the voltage is critical and when i thought it was not going to work , i forgot to try it with the engine running .so i soldered another diode in and turned the engine on and tried the lights and they work perfect .you just do not have high enough voltage to fire all four lamps without the engine running .
wftb DEC 06, 09:15 PM
got my headlights aimed tonight .really easy to get right , these kits are really well designed .i live on a single lane straight level road and that made it simple too .i aimed the low beams to aim the way my ford focus does, and walked in the line that a car coming from the opposite direction would follow .really easy on the eyes! such an improvement over my old set up and over stock as well .i did not need to aim the high beams , i guessed pretty good in the garage and they simply light up everything in sight .real flamethrowers .any one who is having trouble with their pop ups , dont hesitate to get a set of these .lighter weight and better light to boot .i looked at my can am spyder roadster and it has the same headlights as the doublec4 kit .
doublec4 DEC 07, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by wftb:

got my headlights aimed tonight .really easy to get right , these kits are really well designed .i live on a single lane straight level road and that made it simple too .i aimed the low beams to aim the way my ford focus does, and walked in the line that a car coming from the opposite direction would follow .really easy on the eyes! such an improvement over my old set up and over stock as well .i did not need to aim the high beams , i guessed pretty good in the garage and they simply light up everything in sight .real flamethrowers .any one who is having trouble with their pop ups , dont hesitate to get a set of these .lighter weight and better light to boot .i looked at my can am spyder roadster and it has the same headlights as the doublec4 kit .



Thanks for the review!

Glad you got the lights together and aimed. They are definitely an improvement over stock and the light output is great. Hope to see continued progress with your car.
wftb DEC 11, 07:03 PM
my goal now is to get the car painted and ship shape by may so that i can go to the 30th fiero show in indianapolis .it is running again , been driving around the cottage roads to see what is going to leak etc (car has been in the garage for over a year).so i have two leaks : the cavalier clutch master cylinder has developed a leak and the gasket at the oil drain on the turbo has a slow leak .the turbo will be easy , i have another gasket somewhere if i can find it .if not i can just make one .the clutch cylinder will be harder as it is in here somewhere :

you can see the fluid resoirvoir here :

the one thing i dont like about turbos : plumbing !

i am going to try to just run to the HTOB without the slave/master combo that i have now if i can .i have not had to do any work to the cavalier end of things as far as clutch hydraulics go .i want to try to maintain the self bleeding feature of the cavalier system .even though it has developed a leak , the clutch still works fine .i know some of the F23 swap threads show adapters to do this , i will have to do a bit of searching .
wftb DEC 16, 04:54 PM
building a new home for the fiero .this is an old fabric shed that the fabric rotted off of .i am bracing it up and building a wooden door for it and it is sitting on a pressure treated wooden floor .it will be covered with a blue poly tarp and then a heavy duty bale tarp over that .it is 12X20 and i hope to be able to heat it .doing a shed this way is the only way to survive the wind around here :
wftb DEC 29, 11:50 PM
the shed is mostly done and insulated .the fiero is in and now i can concentrate on prepping for paint .the shed is heated with 2 1500 watt heaters .i had to run a second circuit when i managed to fry my ground fault receptacle on the house by running a shop vac and one heater at the same time on that circuit .fixed that and added another heavy duty cord feed from inside the garage and i added a second heater to that circuit .so now i can shut off one heater and run tools without popping another gfci .pics:



lots of room to work and i am adding more storage cabinets and work benches whenever they are on sale .and now i have lots of space in my real garage so i can park my go to work car in at night .so much nicer to not have to clean the snow and ice off at 6:45 am.