ecotec swap (Page 64/98)
wftb DEC 13, 10:49 PM

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putting it away for the winter soon .funny but my car is still the only documented running turbo ecotec swap .planning more suspension work soon but not till the new year .




i wish my driveway still looked like that ... snow started here in late november and never left .unusual for around here , snow that sticks normally comes around xmas .but i thought i would post to celebrate 50000 views a while back .thanks to everybody for following along and have a great winter ....
wftb MAR 12, 10:40 PM
Car has not been worked on this year .Other project has taken all my time , but I have more things
I want to do to this car .Driving it this year with the bad winter is still about a month away .I noticed another ecotec swap is starting so I thought I would bump this so he does not feel so all alone.
wftb JUL 14, 01:00 AM
I have done nothing to the car this year except drive it .With the new fuel pump I put on in the late summer last year ,it has been running great .I am still planning suspension work and interiour upgrades but not untill the snow flies .Right now I am sitting in Sheridan WY on holidays with my youngest son .We are off to Yellowstone tomorrow hoping to get a campsite and spend a couple of days .So far we have been to Cinncinatti (Reds game) ,St. Louis(saw the Cards) Denver(Rockies game) and have not seen a Fiero .After Yellowstone , we are going through Seattle and up to Vancouver BC .Not in the Fiero though , not enough room .Driving our 2011 Ford Focus and it has been cheap , comfortable and reliable .
wftb DEC 05, 10:11 AM
So the car is now in the " work on " position in the garage .This spot was occupied by our 1991 Civic wagon while I built a new stainless steel exhaust , put in a new gas tank and rebuilt the front and rear suspensions .The plan for this winter is :
1- make and install an upper control arm /coilover suspension system
2-Utilize a stock rear knuckle and rear brakes as part of this package .
The reason for this is twofold : I want the lightest suspension possible and I want a parking brake .
The stock disc is very light compared to the 11" lebarron rotors on the back now .The stock rear caliper is a fairly lightweight AL unit .On my fiero , judging by the amount of wear on the rear pads vs the front pads , the rear brakes do not provide any more than maybe 30% of the total braking .And my brakes work really well on the street and on a track .I use the stock MC and booster and proportioning valve .I will probably gain some unwanted rear brake fade but I am not concerned about it . And in the looks department , stock brakes have no cool factor at all .But I am hoping the gains outweigh the losses .No pics for now , my old camera crapped out and still waiting for the new one to come in the mail .
wftb DEC 07, 08:11 PM

This is the start of how I hope to make the upper arms .I had made an attempt at this a couple of years ago but gave up when I felt over my head on this project .But there have been a lot of threads and people doing similar things that I developed some ideas that I think are workable .I have all the bushings I need to make the arms but I need to hunt down the tube steel I need .I am not trying to reinvent the wheel here , the geometry shoud be very similar to stock .I am going to eliminate the need for tie rods and utilize coil overs similar to what I have on the front end .I want much lighter unsprung weight and adjustability .and if it does not work , I will be able to revert to what I have now .

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wftb DEC 12, 12:51 AM
I bought these delrin bushings from West Coast Fieros probably 7 years ago .Thought I could make them work with my Held Motorsport front arms but not possible at the time .But now I am going to use them for the outer bushings of my new upper control arms .So spent most of today figuring how to make the arm holders for these bushings .They are designed to fit stock 84 -87 UCA so they fit no standard pipe sizes . So I cut , bent and welded a little metal barrel to fit .It is three petals welded and filed to fit .Going to make another one tomorrow .I wanted to get our local machinest to make these but he is on holidays and the other guy is retired .So being the impatient guy that I am , I made one myself .

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wftb DEC 12, 07:32 PM
These are the bushings that will be on the frame side .I got our now retired machinist to turn them down and make the pipe that will be welded to the arm an exact fit .Drilling a hole for the grease fitting will make sure the AL bushing will move with the arm .I hope these bushings will last as long as I do , just have to keep them full of grease .They are very precise and very smooth .

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Lunatic DEC 15, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by wftb:

I noticed another ecotec swap is starting so I thought I would bump this so he does not feel so all alone.



Were you thinking of me when you said this? If so, thanks.

I see that you're starting some suspension work. Let me know if I can assist with some laser cut parts. Just email me some quick sketch's with dimensions and I'll burn them for you.

PS-I'm picking up two more Ecotec engines this week. Need anything?
wftb DEC 16, 08:04 PM
That is correct and then there is now another fellow doing an LE5 turbo swap .I have been following your thread love your fabricating work .Dont really need any parts right now , I am kind of planning as I build and none of the parts that I am making are all that complicated .Got some more of the frame mount done tonight , but not worth a picture yet . Thanks .
wftb DEC 25, 02:34 PM
Progress so far :

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