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Emc209i MAR 31, 04:50 AM

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Originally posted by Archie:
Most of them should be putting their effort into finding a good job instead of b!tching about what engines I put in my customers cars.

Frankly it's scary to think that we're just about to turn this country over to them & all their worried about is this.............




Their- shows possession. They're- is a contraction of they are and should be used in your context.

Most of the people "bitching" in this thread invest or currently have a greater education than you probably can contend. You let us handle your economy and you start worrying about building a better car. OK Archie.
Archie MAR 31, 08:30 AM

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Originally posted by Emc209i:
Their- shows possession. They're- is a contraction of they are and should be used in your context.



I usually have the possession/contraction correct. However, I missed it that time. I see those kinds of errors all the time, even from educated people like you. But I'm smart enough to let it go.


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Originally posted by Emc209i:

You let us handle your economy and you start worrying about building a better car. OK Archie.



No problem. When you become the paying customer, then you'll have some input into building what you think is a better car.

UIntil then, you could just follow people around & make yourself feel like a big shot by correcting their errors.

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 03-31-2008).]

lurker MAR 31, 08:34 AM

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Originally posted by Emc209i:
Their- shows possession. They're- is a contraction of they are and should be used in your context.
Most of the people "bitching" in this thread invest or currently have a greater education than you probably can contend. You let us handle your economy and you start worrying about building a better car. OK Archie.


when your grammar improves, i might have some faith in your economics. contend?
Emc209i MAR 31, 09:16 AM
Acknowledged.
Formula88 MAR 31, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by Emc209i:

Most of the people "bitching" in this thread invest or currently have a greater education than you probably can contend.



In the spirit of people wanting documentation of performance claims, I take it you can document the greater education claims you've just made?

Do you know what Archie's education/technical backround is?
Do you know anyone else's in this thread? Me, Orief, jscott1, darkhorizon, crzyone etc?

Or were you just making an offhand comment to say "you guys are dumb, and we're smart"?
GT Quick MAR 31, 11:27 PM
I just wanted to make one thing known here. I caught holy hell for this when I joined this forum....now there's 12 pages of it. My head's still above water and I rarely post anymore. Here's what Archie says:

"It seems like the only people who complain about my kits or the cars I've built or the parts I supply are people that don't even have one.

I'm pretty well fed up with these freekin experts that have no 1st hand knowledge of my kits, my customers or what we do."

Archie


You are WRONG sir !!!!!


Here was my first post here. I've been building cars for 28 years and here's my opinion of the kit.

"Hello all. I peruse this forum on occasion but have never felt the need to register until now. I guess I need a bit of advice and from what I hear this is the best place to do so. I had an 86 GT that I did a V8 engine swap with a couple of years back. After researching this forum and other internet sites I understand that the most well respected kit on the market is the V8 Archie Master Build kit. I purchased one and after a bumpy start I finally finished the swap. Archie was good at answering questions the first few times but he just didn't seem quite as technical as I had evisioned for the sole inventor of the V8 swap. By the time I was well vested in the swap I began to notice many things wrong with it. I know Archie's a busy guy and I tried not to bother him too much but now that I am ready to build another car I am wondering if I shoud do business with him again or consider another vehicle besides the Fiero for my swap. I didn't join here to tattle or bash anyone.....I respect Archie but the kit itself was a bit...well.....outdated. Now I'm not so pompous as to think that I can run out and build a kit, but I was dissappointed with many aspects of the outcome of my experience. Please let me explain.

The cradle prep was quite simple. After using a simple warmed over small block 350 I began to notice some flaws in the design of the kit. In no particular order: The alternator arm was not designed correctly to flush mount with the belt. I was told to stack washers to shim it up, but I felt it could have been designed better to begin with to fill some gaps or have better adjustment. I also noticed that the stabilizer arm that the kit said to mount to the block was out of line and dysfunctional where I was told to install it. It did nothing in its recommended place so I fabricated a bracket and padeyes to install it at the base of the TH125 to get it to perform its job better. I also fabricated some semi-solid motor mounts that would work better than the stock ones against the advice of many people including Archie. The install of the oil filter relocator was suboptimal at best. I was told to install some caps and "grind them down" flush for clearance. Why do this when many companies like Aeroquip and Russell make great products for this application ? I know there's not a ton of relocator kits out there but would it also be not too much to ask to have a gasket made for the swap instead of having to "cut your own" out of gasket material ?? I chose to countersink my bolts to gain clearance and ordered some caps from Summit to modify the kit. I also had to reconfigure the starter location of the mini starter to get it to function correctly. I felt with some modiication of the adapter plate a simple S10 starter probably could have been used. I mean people do those swaps all day long with GM S10 starters with no probems. Speaking of the adapter plate, some of the green bolts broke under proper torque and others were too short for my block. I threw them away and ordered all new fasteners from ARP racing. In fact the only thing from the kit I didn't have to modify was the balancer pulley and the adapter plate...which I feel anyone could CNC out of as good shop. The exhaust recommendations I got were too restrictive...even with the Sanderson headers. I went back to ported manifolds and cut out the trunk to give my exhaust man more room to work with. Plus I got around the heat issue with my trany sensor being too close. Speaking of heat...I had to upgrade to a 4 core and you would think a kit builder of this caliber would have some sort of fan kit to modify the fans. I fabbed my own kit out of Flexalite dual fans to replace the Fiero ones in the exact stock location. When all was said and done I was told that I neded a longer shaft for the passenger side axle but no metion of this was made until I needed one. When it was time to drive it I feel that the V8 totally killed the Fiero's driveablility. It was not the curve loving car I had before. It wouldn't handle right due to the added weight of the V8. I rebuilt the suspnsion, lowered it and added sway bars in the rear and that helped a little but it was nothing like before. Faster, yes. Better car, no. Don' get me wrong I LOVED my Fiero. I had a blast racing it and revving at the stoplights. But it seemed like I was reflecting on the times before the swap as better times. In retrospect I wonder if I would have been better off with a Caddy swap or SC3800 ?

Have any other swap people here had these problems ? I mean I don't want to get off on the wrong foot but I'm wanting to "poll the people" here to see if I am the only one that had to redesign the V8 Archie kit to get it to function correctly ? I felt like all I really needed was the adapter plate. I practically improved on 90% of the kit myself. The kit in my opinion is well.....just too OLD. It seems that if I were the one to invent the sole V8 swap kit, being the owner of the ONLY kit on the market then I could approach vendors (such as the aforementioned ones) to prototype specific parts for this swap using high quality parts and name brand poducts. If not just sell the adapter plate and a set of instructions. Archie was there for me but seem annoyed and busy all the time so I felt uncomfortable dealing with him towards the end so I simply stopped calling and started redesigning the kit by my own standards. For the amount of money spent.....I want your opinions if the kit has changed any or are these problems still there ? He seems like a legitiate builder and has pics of his rebodies that are cool as hell. I know he does chops but how hard is that to do ? The Fiero has to be the easiest chop in the automotive community. I am just looking for direction here before I swap another Fiero. I might move on to a different car altogether. I have since sold the 86 350 and really miss driving it. Any comments or advice is greatly appreciated. It seems like there are alot of intelligent and technical people here so I hope someone can help me. Thanks in advance."

GT Quick

[This message has been edited by GT Quick (edited 03-31-2008).]

DL10 APR 01, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by GT Quick:





You still here talking your **** with no proof..........you're just as bad as the bench racers who have no proof of HP or 1/4 mile times. If you are going to call someone out on his or her products you need to prove to me that you actually bought something. It's really easy to join this forum and hide behind a random screen name. I don't understand why you are afraid to give us your real name and some real proof that you actually bought a V-8 kit and built a V-8 car. Your story has changed many times, I think it's all made up to bash Archie, just like you did with your first post to this forum. Lets see some pictures of this build and all of the refinements you made to the kit.

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Oreif APR 01, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by GT Quick:
GT Quick




You never offered proof of the kit or the install and you admitted you made modifications to the kit because you thought you could re-design it better.