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General Discussion / Re: Not a Fiero, but way cool

« on: March 03, 2014, 08:09:19 am »

that's Telsa 1st mass production car. it's actually a Lotus Elise that's been gutted and and the powertrain replaced by electric motors and batteries.

Here's a link to Top Gear compairing it to a Lotus Elise
http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/electric-shocker

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General Discussion / Re: Question on Amazon internet security

« on: April 16, 2013, 07:12:20 pm »

bingo

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General Discussion / Re: Question on Amazon internet security

« on: April 15, 2013, 05:40:19 pm »

i use amazon all the time. no problems. A general rule about internet security, during the checkout (or any other internet traffic), is to look at the navigation bar, if it shows https:// not http:// . the "s" indicate that the traffic to that site is in encrypted and if it was intercepted by someone, it would seen as garbled randomness

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: tie rod ends

« on: April 01, 2013, 01:23:42 pm »

There was no resistance down, and would not come back up on their own. I pretty sure they have never been changed during the life of the car

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: tie rod ends

« on: April 01, 2013, 02:26:42 am »

Thanks Charles, I figured as much but I thought I'd ask those with more experience with fiero's.

My car is kicking my dad and my butt. But is to be expected on a car of this age, especially since it seems most of the nuts bolts we encounter have never been touched since the factory installed them. The results of our labor will be worth it, though. We have replaced every worn part in the suspension, poly all around, new kyb strut/shocks, ball joints, and cut 1 & a half off the springs. The original shocks/struts provided some laughs when we pushed down & they didn't come up and pulling them up was dang near impossible.

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General Fiero Discussion / tie rod ends

« on: March 31, 2013, 05:37:41 pm »

This may be a dumb question but are the front and rear tie rod ends interchangeable? They look very similar, and the price at the parts stores makes it seem the fronts are made of gold? I boogered mine up, trying to removing them from the knuckle

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: 5-speed getrags were also used in these cars

« on: March 06, 2013, 08:45:51 am »

i'm pretty sure 95-99 cavaliers and sunfires also had getrag trannies

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The Market / Re: Wanted: Pair of un-cut 84-87 front springs. Also rear coil-over kit.

« on: February 26, 2013, 08:31:49 am »

hey radar, I will be doing suspension work on my car real soon. mine is a 86 GT auto. i'm looking at parts to order now. i'll let you know when I have the springs replaced.

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The Market / My 86 fiero is for sale

« on: October 01, 2012, 12:58:37 pm »

Just don't have the time to give it the attention it needs

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3308908986.html

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Tech Tips, Tech Questions / Re: A Quick Fix for Sun-damaged Clear Coat

« on: June 08, 2012, 01:54:22 am »

I have the perfect guinea pig . i'm added this to the LONG list of stuff to do to my car. I mean, it'd be worth trying before I invest in paint

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The Market / Re: Rear Brake Caliper Needed

« on: April 14, 2012, 09:40:21 pm »

yup 

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The Market / Re: Rear Brake Caliper Needed

« on: April 13, 2012, 08:08:13 pm »

tomorrow is opening day for TEE BALL!!! my oldest is in a parade and his 1st game is tomorrow, soooooo...... yyeeaah, can't be there

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The Market / Re: Rear Brake Caliper Needed

« on: April 13, 2012, 02:49:42 pm »

no one?

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The Market / Re: Rear Brake Caliper Needed

« on: April 05, 2012, 10:47:51 pm »

ditto for me. I recently discovered while replacing the right rear parking brake cable that my remaned right rear caliper has the piston screw from a left rear in it. I can tell this because the caliper will lock up when pulling UP(cable at rest) on the cable arm. When pushing down(cable engaged) the rotor will spin freely. After fighting this for a while and doing for research, I discovered that this has been fairly common. I wish I would have realized this when I installed the caliper but I knew the cable was broke and didn't connect it until recently. I did get the left caliper adjusted and the parking brake set using the orge's instructions, and it holds somewhat, but 2 is better one.

so if anyone has an OLD right rear with CORRECT parking brake screw, let me know.

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General Fiero Discussion / Re: Have you seen a Fiero today?

« on: April 05, 2012, 09:58:01 pm »

I saw a red Formula going southbound on 985 today around 3 o'clock. spout springs exit