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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 13, 2013, 12:27:26 pm »

Not so much of an issue with heat yet where as rain has been more of a pain this year. It's been raining all week. On Monday a tornato touched down about a mile from my work. It was an F0 but it still caused some damage.  I wish I could have seen it. My AC actually doesn't work at the moment. I blew out my compressor a few years ago switching it to R134a and it wasn't one of the either/or compressors. I did get a whole summer out of it before it died though. I have a new compressor but I have to pay someone to install and charge it. I can add freon if it needs it but other than that the whole AC system pushes the limits of my knowledge.

As for the coming down to the Run For The Hills event, I will definitely try and make an effort to come. Where is it held at? Georgia is a bit of a haul from Delaware but I'll try and swing it. Maybe I'll make a road trip out of it and swing by Athens to visit the hometown of my favorite band R.E.M. I'm down for any kind of driving event as long as I can drive 

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Installing a double DIN GPS/DVD head unit in a Fiero

« on: June 13, 2013, 12:14:53 pm »

Installing a double DIN GPS/DVD head unit in a Fiero

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 10, 2013, 10:56:01 am »

There was a break in the rainy weather Saturday which gave me the opportunity to take the newly upgraded Fiero out and see what it was like. My first trip was to my parents

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 07, 2013, 10:36:25 am »

Yeah I pasted the link in and I can get some images to upload to PIP. I get an error uploading the ones taken by my SLR even after compressing them so I may need to compress them more but other random pics upload just fine. It

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 06, 2013, 03:23:32 pm »

Ok so I

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 06, 2013, 02:24:20 pm »

I downloaded the PIP program and it times out after I click post so I'm thinking that the firewall settings on my work computer won't allow me to post pics. I'll have to try it when I get home.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 02:48:03 pm »

Yes, I have to agree. I have gone through numerous control modules and a couple coils over the years. My garage attic is packed with spare Fiero parts as well as an entire GT body WITH T-TOPS and I do have a couple ignition modules and coils in stock for that very reason.
Good eye! You have a keen sense for picking out a MERA from those other 308 kit cars. That is an 88 MERA, 5 speed, leather with t-tops! I don

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 12:09:03 pm »

I must have had quite a set-up for my old ignition system. Last year I did the 3.4 conversion. I started it in February 2012 and finished it sometime in June. While doing the conversion I added an A1 Cardone distributor, performance module, MSD Blaster coil, new plugs, wires cap and rotor. Here we are about a year later and I think my car probably would have broken down at some point in the near future. After removing the cap I notice that the charred remains of the center pin fell out. Looking in the cap I could see the center part of the cap is all burned up. That must have been an intense ignition system. When I bought the cap and rotor the rotor was the same shade of red as the cap and now it

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:55:16 am »

The last pic I have handy at the moment is a shot of the digital EGR installed. The GFC adapter plate fit perfectly and looks good.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:50:40 am »

Here I

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:41:34 am »

This isn

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:22:48 am »

Here is a behind the scenes look at the

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:18:41 am »

A shot of the wire repining process in the works. Before starting the process I did a mock repining with the pigtails of the new clips. I highly recommend doing that for several reasons. 1) It gives you practice on removing and reinstalling wires from the clips. 2) The wires and wire colors on the new clip are not always the same as the repining instructions so you can move wires and remove wires as needed. That way when you start repining into the car the wires and locations match. Granite you will be removing the pigtails and replacing them with the wires from the Fiero but it gives you more assurance that you are connecting them in the correct location when you see that a wire of the same color is in that location. And 3) while you are doing the mock repinning I would suggest marking each wire with the name of what its for as well as the pin location of the Fiero. That way when you got through the repinning process and you pull a wire from the Fiero you can locate the correct wire on the new clip and see that it has the same name as well as telling you where you should have gotten the wire from on the Fiero harness. With all three of those steps put in place you

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:16:56 am »

Here is a shot of the new knock sensor installed. The view is from where the muffler normally resides. As you can see, getting the muffler out of the way really exposes the block pretty well.

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: Fiero 1227730 ECM conversion

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:15:58 am »

In this pic I