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f85gtron

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Rescue fiero #2!
« on: July 02, 2016, 01:00:33 pm »
Dragging another one home to fiero rehab!
1984 2m4
85 GT manual NOW powered by 7730
3.4 bored to 3.5, cammed out and DIS'd
F23 connecting power to ground
My wife won't ride in it. It's "the other woman" ;)

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2016, 03:05:13 pm »
Other than the dirt and dust, it looks pretty good.  The body looks like an 86SE.  Have you run the VIN through the VIN Decoder at the left of the screen?
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2016, 03:49:25 pm »
Also looks a lot like my 85 GT. Hard to see the rockers...
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2016, 06:57:11 pm »
It was pretty dirty. My wife cussed me out for dragging it home, but it's worth it! 
I washed it and it looks like a daily driver again.
85 GT manual NOW powered by 7730
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F23 connecting power to ground
My wife won't ride in it. It's "the other woman" ;)

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2016, 10:13:26 pm »
84 with aero nose... Is it an Indy?
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2016, 10:25:38 pm »
Not an Indy. The owner changed to an aero nose after the original bumper pad nose got skewered by a bookcase
85 GT manual NOW powered by 7730
3.4 bored to 3.5, cammed out and DIS'd
F23 connecting power to ground
My wife won't ride in it. It's "the other woman" ;)

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2016, 10:03:22 am »
Red '88 GT 5-Speed, 7730ECM, 1.6 Rockers, and KEYLESS Entry! 
Now with a trailer hitch for my bike rack.
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2016, 12:36:43 pm »
Nice save.
Dekalb county plates? I usta live there, in a previous, life.

And the third Mustang pic looks like he's having an alignment malfunction. As if...
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2016, 06:27:02 pm »
please tell me that mustang was a poorly done photoshop...........

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2016, 08:30:19 pm »
Ford found the problem. They circled it in blue.
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2016, 08:50:55 pm »
always circle the answer

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2016, 08:52:57 pm »
please tell me that mustang was a poorly done photoshop...........

Sorry to say, no.
Just one of the sites along I-20.
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2016, 10:20:08 am »
Here's Pgackerman's proof of it running.
https://plus.google.com/photos/101244603559962497427/albums/6347357811273499633
Update:
IT'S ALIVE! It runs and drives!  There's a little bogging when the throttle is tipped in, but other than that, it's doing well.
My suspicion is that the fuel pump is wimpy, but I haven't checked pressure yet. It's a pain because it's an 84. No fuel pressure port. Could also be because it's got an edlebrock big port tb on it and a big cam too, so might be too much for it. If Pgackerman and I can get it right, this thing will scream!  I feel confident that it will be one of the few dukes in the world that could do doughnuts on command. 
Next is interior and cleaning, then it will be offered up for sale to an enthusiast. 
85 GT manual NOW powered by 7730
3.4 bored to 3.5, cammed out and DIS'd
F23 connecting power to ground
My wife won't ride in it. It's "the other woman" ;)

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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2016, 12:25:06 pm »
...It's a pain because it's an 84. No fuel pressure port. Could also be because it's got an edlebrock big port tb on it and a big cam too, so might be too much for it. If Pgackerman and I can get it right, this thing will scream!  I feel confident that it will be one of the few dukes in the world that could do doughnuts on command. 
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Is it possible there are some other high performance goodies there too? Like maybe SD pieces? At least the head? The TB is one thing (I didn't know Edelbrock even made one for this engine) but it's odd that someone would go to the trouble of installing a cam, and not do other things too.
Has it got a stock exhaust manifold? 

I'm thinking the bog may be a TPS adjustment.

FWIW... I've had two 88 Dukes. Neither one has a fuel pressure port. Unless it's skillfully hidden.
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Re: Rescue fiero #2!
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2016, 06:05:39 pm »
Fuel port on a Duke?  Pat, how about it?  I seem to recall discissuon on PFF about adding one up near the TB.  I think Pat did one.
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