Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 63/102)
fieroguru AUG 02, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by cptsnoopy:

fieroguru,

THANKYOU! THANKYOU! THANKYOU!




You're welcome. Glad I could help! I sent you a PM with some more info and a couple of mockup pics you might find interesting.

I have been a lurker in this build thread a long time... keep up the good work! My wife and I are trying to relocate to the Phoenix area in the next year or two (I have to find a job out there 1st) and will look you up when I make the move!
cptsnoopy AUG 02, 08:38 PM
Ok, I ordered the bag of 10 bolts, and this 6 flute, highspeed, 1" diameter, 90 degree countersink bit.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to pick up a foot of 2" X 3/8" cold rolled bar stock and get started.

Rough layout at .85" hole centers:


Charlie
cptsnoopy AUG 07, 04:21 PM
I had big plans to have the caliper adapters done by now but my water heater had other plans for me. It took a couple of days to replace the water heater so I got behind. The fuel pump/fuel tank in my 86 was higher on the priority list and now that it is done I hope to get back to the fun projects. The countersunk bolts and countersinking bit arrived so everything is ready to go.

Charlie
motoracer838 AUG 07, 09:52 PM
Sorry to hear that your in hot water.

Joe
cptsnoopy AUG 07, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by motoracer838:

Sorry to hear that your in hot water.

Joe



Lol!,

Luckily, the water heater is in the garage and since I was working on the project Fiero I noticed the leak within hours after it started. That helped to minimize casualties.

The hardest part was moving all kinds of stuff to make a path to it large enough to get it out and put the new one in.

Charlie

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cptsnoopy AUG 09, 10:48 PM
I ended up doing a lot of grinding to achieve the dogbone shape I was after. I still need to paint these but for now, here are some pics.













Charlie
fieroguru AUG 10, 08:10 AM
Looking good very good! Did you use a hand held grinder or a bench grinder?
cptsnoopy AUG 10, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by fieroguru:

Looking good very good! Did you use a hand held grinder or a bench grinder?



Thanks, Bench grinder but it took about 4 to 5 hours. My Dewalt sawzall batteries died and were too warm to take a charge. Otherwise I was going to chew away most of the material with the sawzall and the finish with the grinder.

Charlie
cptsnoopy AUG 11, 09:33 PM
I am starting to wonder about this 12" corvette Brake upgrade. Maybe the rotors we got are not the right ones? I ground the right and left LCA's down but I don't think the drivers side will clear when doing a hard right turn and the with the suspension compressed. The pass side has .046" more clearance (.193") than the drivers side (.147") with the car sitting normal and wheels are straight. There is a rumor that WCF has found a different set of 12" rotors that do not dish in as much and provide enough clearance to miss the LCA's throughout the full suspension range. If anyone can verify this please let me know. Thanks in advance.



On a brighter note, I got my exhaust pipe back from Jet-Hot coatings. It looks nice and should prevent my oil from overheating as this pipe comes within 1/8 of the oil pan as it goes under the engine. This will also help keep the pass inner tripot from getting too hot as it also comes close to this pipe.





Charlie
fieroguru AUG 11, 10:01 PM
The interferance with the lower A-arm is more common on the lowered 88's, but still a fairly common issue. I did the same clearance work on the nose of the A-arm on mine to get adequate clearance and did notice a slight difference from driver side to passenger side.

A thin spacer behind the rotor could correct this issue as well, but I would be interested in other 12" rotor options as well.