Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 97/102) cptsnoopy MAY 24, 05:27 PM The Alpha-N with wbO2 tuning is certainly more drivable with the ITB's. I will leave it that way for now and see how it handles the seasonal weather changes. Here are some pictures from the Scottsdale Pavilions (McDonald's) weekly car show yesterday afternoon. Lots of great cars to check out! That is my wonderful wife Myra with me. (She supports and really likes our little Fiero ) Charlie cptsnoopy MAY 29, 08:48 AM Starting to warm up here. I have the car up on blocks to get to the high pressure a/c line. I'm planning on replacing as much of it as possible after it burst (pinhole) last week. I started by removing all the clamps and undoing the connectors at each end. On this car, it no longer goes to the driver's side near the air cleaner but has a connector welded on that brings it flush with the rear of the fuel tank. I am not interested in removing the spare tire tub and disconnecting the brake lines which means I'll probably need to use a short run of flex hose up front. After removing the clamps, I cut the line as close to the steering shaft dust boot as possible and removed the longer rear section. While I was fiddling around with trying to remove the forward section I noticed that there is a connector located in the line just above the steering boot! So much for thinking I had changed all the o-rings... Luckily it did not leak there (nor did it on my 86 apparently) but I suppose it may be possible to pull the line out if I can figure a way to loosen and disconnect that hidden connector. If so, it should help reduce the cost of replacing the entire line. (I suspect that there was corrosion in the lowest part of the original line where it burst) Until this is fixed, the car will remain up on blocks... Need a/c out here! Charlie RCR MAY 31, 05:35 PM That's great stuff, Charlie. Well done. Bob cptsnoopy JUN 01, 12:44 AM Thank you Bob! It has been a fun journey. Probably will be never ending. I've seen what you want yours to look like and I hope it works out as it looks very exciting! Charlie cptsnoopy JUN 05, 08:06 PM Still stalled... Received to two pieces of 1/2" OD aluminum line from Summit Racing. One is 5 feet long and the other that I plan to try using first is 6 feet long. I went looking for a suitable bender for this size tubing but nothing looked like it would work well enough to risk using it. I went ahead and ordered a lever bender from Zoro tools that was reasonably priced at $50. It should safely bend 1/4", 3/16", 3/8" and 1/2" soft copper and aluminum tubing. Hopefully it'll show up sometime next week. Until then, the car remains up on the blocks... Charlie motoracer838 JUN 07, 10:50 AM Charlie, The car looks awesome... Joe cptsnoopy JUN 07, 11:37 AM Thank you Joe! I'm diggin it. Charlie cptsnoopy JUN 11, 03:12 PM On the road again! Charlie Pictures... Car up on blocks to remove and replace high side a/c line. Was up like this for about 2 weeks waiting for parts and tools to arrive... Shipping tube for one 5' and one 6' section of #8 line with AN fittings (one male and one female) on each end already. A week later the tubing bender arrives... A few minutes later, the first bend... and, about 30 minutes later with Myra helping, all the bends completed. The line installed... (getting to that coupler above the steering shaft dust boot is crazy hard!) cptsnoopy JUN 11, 10:52 PM Drove the Fiero roughly 50 miles today. I'm hoping to smooth out the fuel map and start leaning things out for better mileage on the highway. Right now, I'm feeling lucky to get 20mpg and I am thinking I should at least be getting 24 or better... A picture from a few minutes ago. Putting her away for the night. Charlie cptsnoopy JUN 22, 05:49 PM Did a major adjustment of the fuel map and drove the car last Thursday long enough for it to show signs of not being able to stay cool in the AZ summer heat. However, it was running noticeably better than before. When I get my laptop out I'll post pictures of the fuel map changes. It was waaay too rich on the low load/higher rpm part of the map. Charlie