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Quad GT MAR 16, 09:17 PM
Been reading your thread, very informative
Any chance you can post a video, just curious what it sounds like

I'm looking for a swap for my DGP IMSA
Still can't decide which way to go
The LS4 is looking good also
wftb MAR 17, 06:45 AM
A video is definitely going to be done as soon as I figure out how to make one .I tried with my iPhone but that did not work out .Thanks for the reply .
Quad GT MAR 17, 10:32 AM
Just post it on youtube and add the link here
wftb MAR 19, 12:22 PM
I am going to get a mount for my I phone and see if I can make a video .I have put 100 km on it so far and I am now playing with the shock settings to get the ride the way I like it . The stiffest settings on the rear shocks was not a good idea but I tried it any way .So harsh it was hurting my lower back .Right now I have both compression and rebound about 8 clicks up from the softest setting and it feels much better .And the car is nice and neutral and I have not noticed any rear squat .I really expected it to need a rear sway bar but so far it does not look necessary . One problem I have found has to do with the cavalier charcoal canister . With it wired in , it is causing the car to stumble badly .Unplug the cable at the cannister and the car runs fine .For some reason the way the fiero tank is plumbed seems to cause a vapour lock or fuel starvation once the test valve on the fuel tank gets closed by the ECM . Too bad , I wanted that to work because that is the only code that gets thrown . Guess I will have to program out that code and be done with it .
Quad GT MAR 20, 09:31 AM
Been reading your thread, very informative
Any chance you can post a video, just curious what it sounds like

I'm looking for a swap for my DGP IMSA
Still can't decide which way to go
The LS4 is looking good also
wftb MAR 20, 02:53 PM
Right now I am happy with the suspension and ready to get it aligned .But the rest of the car has decided to crap out on me .I had an overheating problem that I thought was fixed by getting more fluid in the system but today it did it again .Sqeezing the hoses I can hear glugging noises so hopefully it just has more air in it . And according to a scan I just did , both of my O2 sensors are bad .One I knew might not be good because it is a universal unit but the other is the OEM unit . In Canada , O2 sensors are like gold .Over 250.00 for the pair .So a road trip to Port Huron MI might happen soon . But not in the fiero .

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wftb MAR 20, 04:17 PM
There was more air in the cooling system .Seems like it takes next to nothing to stop the flow .This time I took off the fitting that sits on top of the fluid outlet on the engine .It is the highest point in the system and sends coolant to the OEM cavalier overflow bottle .I used a small funnel and managed to get about a litre of demin water in there .Now the coolant is flowing to the rad and it is back to running at 90C .I idled the car for 15 minutes and no problems .
Lunatic MAR 20, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by wftb:

And according to a scan I just did , both of my O2 sensors are bad .One I knew might not be good because it is a universal unit but the other is the OEM unit . In Canada , O2 sensors are like gold .




Hey Steve.

Glad you got the car back on the road. I have two spare upstream O2 sensors. I'll mail them to you if you like, just let me know.

Shayne
wftb MAR 20, 06:20 PM
That would be great .I took the upstream one off and I found the problem : I managed to squash the metal that surrounds the wires into the wires , shorting them out .Probably happened when i took the old exhaust off .I am going to see if I can bend it away from the wires .Then check for a blown fuse .

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wftb MAR 21, 11:57 AM
I could not fix the O2 sensor that was damaged so for now I have a similar unt in that I had laying around .Seems to work but it is still throwing a code .I will use it till i get the one that Lunatic is sending me .I have a new OEM style downstream O2 sensor coming this afternoon .Scans say that one is doing nothing .Meanwhile I had to change out a T fitting on the coolant line to the turbo .Thats where my coolant has been disappearing from .And my dashboard lights have quit on me .That should be just a disconnected wire but I will have to take the instrument cluster apart to find it . Can't drive it right now anyway , our nice weather has left us and it is snowing again .

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