Trinten's SBC/F23 build - The work has begun! (Page 2/68)
Trinten MAR 19, 04:04 PM
My clutchnet clutch and pressure plate came in this week! Jeff is about done with another big project he was working on ( a custom turbo), so he says he'll be able to turn full attention to the Fiero soon.

In the meantime, here's some pics of the clutch/PP

http://rides.webshots.com/a...1694NnsSGd?start=120
Darth88Formula MAR 19, 08:55 PM
Looking good! I'm also in the Charlotte area, Mooresville actually. Nice to see a local car getting some work done!
Trinten MAR 25, 02:37 PM
Fear my totally amateur fiberglass/goopy-stuff-skills! http://community.webshots.c...61340093744752GsPXoO

lol. I know there are guys on here that could run circles around me with fiberglass, and have done a WAY better job than I did in MUCH LESS time, but it's my first attempt, and once it's painted, the vents should look factory, instead of obviously being an add on from the "lip" of the vents sitting on top of the hood.

For those curious - I used my dremel to cut/groove out the top layer of the hood material, so the vents (snuggly) dropped in and rested on the bottom layer. It wasn't flush, so I used an angle bit to grind down the top-layer-edges, giving it a gradient, and then started with the fibergoopy stuff, and then used the glazing stuff.

There are still some small imperfections that you can feel, but I think I've reached the limit of my ability, so I'm going to try to convince Joe at Vixen Cycle to do the "finish work" for me before he paints it.

And there's also other pics up there - the engine on the cradle, the test fit, etc.

http://rides.webshots.com/p...61340093744752GsPXoO

It did require having the decklid hinges modified due to the tall valve covers, and they're going to have to gut out a bit more of the trunk to fit my Mezzeire electric water pump in (it's longer than my old electric water pump). We were talking about using fittings to mount it vertically, but I had concerns about vapor lock or other complications.

Feedback/suggestions welcome!
Fierfly MAR 25, 10:37 PM
Did you know we are about to do a swap in mine?
He broke it in January; spun a bearing. Replacing the bearings wasn't enough.
We picked up a 3400 in Winston last week and will get started after Cowspatoot comes back from Daytona. We will be starting a build thread.
Trinten MAR 26, 07:47 AM
Sweet! Good luck on the swap! I called CP last week, haven't heard back from him - dunno if he got a new number or something.

Looking forward to the thread!
Jncomutt MAR 26, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by Darth88Formula:

Looking good! I'm also in the Charlotte area, Mooresville actually.



I'm in Charlotte too! Nice to know there is another one of us around here. Don't happen to have a red or white 88 GT? I've seen each of them driving around with this warm weather lately.

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--1984 3800 Turbo / 5speed
--518hp on a Dyno-dynamics
--11.8 @ 128mph

Trinten JUN 04, 01:01 PM
Well, Jeff at Vixen had given me a 5/1/10 deadline for his end of the work (which was everything but the girdle and exhaust), but some things came up and he couldn't make it. I talked to him last Sunday and he asked for another 30 days, I said okay. The car is looking good though!

His business partner Joe got the hood painted... so now it's STARK white in contrast to the rest of my sun/dirt dulled car. They were like "Oh **** , now he's going to want us to paint the whole car!" lol. I told them no, that was waaay later after the exterior mods are done. But with Joe cleaning up my amateur fiberglass/bondo of the vents and painting it, it looks stock.

Jeff has almost all of the body panels back on, he has the new headliner in (though he has to pull out one of the A-pillar plastic pieces and reseat it), and has finished the rest of the mods to the engine bay so the engine will fit and the valve covers will have plenty of clearance in all directions (I hope). So he's now got to re-coat the newly cut metal areas with POR 15.

I'll keep you posted! In the meantime I need to bust out the dremel and start modifying the decklid for the clearance I'll need, since the new intake makes the top of the air cleaner sit 1/4 inch higher. Hmm.

MooCow JUN 04, 02:02 PM
I actually saw your car last month when I was there picking mine up. I had Jeff put in a new fuel pump for me. The engine is very nice, and HUGE! I am sure you can't wait to drive it.

Ken~
Trinten JUN 04, 02:16 PM
Yeah, maybe if they have another party this July over there... I'll be able to pick it up then. lol
blacksaleen95 JUN 10, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by Trinten:


I'll keep you posted! In the meantime I need to bust out the dremel and start modifying the decklid for the clearance I'll need, since the new intake makes the top of the air cleaner sit 1/4 inch higher. Hmm.




Are you already running a drop base cleaner assembly? If not, and you can fit it, you'll gain some clearance that you need without cutting.


http://www.summitracing.com.../KNN-08984/?rtype=10

Also, you'll want to check the cfm rating on the filter you're using, it's most likely a 14". Back in my carb'd days (ford 351w) using a stock style filter and lid did not provide enough airflow for the engine. You may want to calculate how many CFM that engine will consume (355 is pretty healthy), or maybe ask LKN as I'm sure he'll know off the top of his head.I ended up getting the K/N xtreme Lid to help aid with the airflow and it helped quite a bit. When using those you want to try to keep a 1/2 min to the decklid.

EFI would fix all these problems

[This message has been edited by blacksaleen95 (edited 06-10-2010).]