What have you done to your vehicle today?

[AmericanThunder]

Well, fitted the new IAC to the Fiero and the problem still existed. So I pulled the throttle body off and noticed all the IAC passages were clogged up. Probably too many short runs?
Gave it a thorough clean with carb cleaner and got lots of bits out, and after resetting the IAC again it's much better.

 

[renchero]

sounds like a plan. I know of a guy in the states who uses a late model gearbox (I think a 4L80E) out of late model f-body in his 1974. The cool thing is that its been adapted to paddle shifters.
Paddle shifters on a 2nd gen!!!!

i plan to hook mine up to the original shifter and the efi

 

[TransAmDan]

Well, fitted the new IAC to the Fiero and the problem still existed. So I pulled the throttle body off and noticed all the IAC passages were clogged up. Probably too many short runs?
Gave it a thorough clean with carb cleaner and got lots of bits out, and after resetting the IAC again it's much better.

Glad you got to the bottom of it.

 

[saleen 192]

Not to the car but for the car lol,
Painted the floor in the smaller garage nearly Ford blue as well (mixed up all the left over floor paint i had,

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[AmericanThunder]

That's not Ford blue, way too light. That's almost Pontiac blue, like their engines are painted! :thumbup: Good man!

 

[TransAmDan]

At least you started painting from the correct end.

Looking good.

 

[chris68coupe]

Put four new tyres on the Honda daily today.

 

[saleen 192]

You really must stop doing donuts and burnouts in a honda :thumb:

 

[Snakeguy]

This week's jobs.....
Side-pipes now stuffed with acoustafil and back on the car - should be firing her up tomorrow to annoy the neighbours :target:
M E Wagner PCV valve finally arrived from the States and plumbed in to replace the strange arrangement that the previous owner put in - got caught for VAT, bad enough but £8 Royal Mail fee for paying the VAT over to HMRC is a rip off!
New dual fuel line to replace the nasty chrome jobbie arrived yesterday and now plumbed in.
Just a fuel filter to fit & then she'll be ready to start up, adjust the PCV and Carb & hopefully be ready for the next club meeting.

 

[saleen 192]

Cool looking good . so i should be able here you start the old girl up then tomorrow from here in wale's lol,

 

[Snakeguy]

Cool looking good . so i should be able here you start the old girl up then tomorrow from here in wale's lol,

Probably Haha.....mind you I can't drive it now as I have lost an arm and a leg buying the bits......:crutch:

 

[Will]

Well, I haven't been on the forum for ages, but had see this thread and have been meaning to try and put something. Although what with family commitments etc I seldom get the chance to do anything to the Firebird, so there hasn't been much to put. But I saw Dan and Sarah briefly on Sunday and when they mentioned going to the truck stop earlier, it spurred me on to try and do a bit to the car and get it back out on the road...so I rubbed down and primed another door! Lol

 

[saleen 192]

Just not good enough car always comes 1st has no ever told you that ?:thumb:
Ok we need more info on this firebird looks like a gen3 ?? paint and what other plans?

 

[TransAmDan]

You are right it is a 3rd gen.

 

[Will]

Just not good enough car always comes 1st has no ever told you that ?:thumb:
Ok we need more info on this firebird looks like a gen3 ?? paint and what other plans?

Hi Darren
As Dan has said, you're right, it is a 3rd Gen. It is actually a Firebird SE, 5.0 V8 with four on the floor. The engine and trans are STD at the moment. I may fit some tuning bits down the line but will be happy enough just to get it back on the road to be honest.
I have done a few shows and cruises in it many Moons ago, there are a few pics of it on this site actually. But then I took it off the road for the welding marathon!
I have just tried to download a few more "work in progress" pics from my phone, but got a message about there being not enough memory? Not sure what that was about. I will try again later from a PC.
Cheers
Will

 

[Will]

Here you go..

 

[Will]

More to do on the other side!

 

[Chriswrx123]

Doesn't look a million miles away from being finished a couple of weekends maybe ???

 

[Will]

Doesn't look a million miles away from being finished a couple of weekends maybe ???

Hi Chris
Yeah, if I found the time to crack on with it, probably not much more than that really.
Incidentally, once is has been primed, I will be looking for someone to spray it. I don't have the gear and my garage is pretty damp. Also, as it will be black, I wouldn't trust myself to do it.
I don't have a huge budget, but I will do all prep, even mask it up, so if you or anybody knows anyone who can help that would be great!

 

[Chriswrx123]

It depends on wot finish you want I've got a guy that sprays and is also a petrolhead so loves motors so would be cheaper than a company etc he sprays cars boats plant etc so not bmw prices etc if interested I can pass on the info he is based in rudgwick. He can also transport collect etc