Posts : 3233 Join date : 2008-11-04 Age : 48 Location : Sandown, NH USA
Subject: My stepfather's Franken-Fiero... Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:01 pm
Yesterday at the autocross...
Yeah, that's AIR under the tire!!!!
He was 2 seconds off FToD yesterday!!!
Man, I gotta build me one of those!!!!
It was an 88 Formula 2.8 5 speed (Getrag) and the year they finally got the suspension right! So I found him a wrecked 98 GTP and we pulled the motor and harness out of it. He bought himself a welder and learned by making motor mounts and alternator relocation bracket and other things. Fit it in (and out and in and out and in...), put in a good clutch, spent a few weeks with both harnesses hanging from the ceiling in his garage and making them one... And voila... Mini rocket. The thing is bone stock, too! And it hauls ASS!!!!
You shoulda seen the thing on stock tires! LOL! Step on the gas, ass end comes around... Let off the gas, ass end comes around... Step on the brake, yeah, you guessed it... He has some Hankook 140 treadwear tires onnit now and they stick like glue.
I will SO be building an 88 GT in the near future!!!!
BigBlackBeaSSt
Posts : 4560 Join date : 2009-08-01 Age : 59 Location : Sanford, NC
OK Nick, you can have your extra power. I will be driving mine while you are still trying to figure out how to stop breaking trannies and axles. )
sure bud,. kids always flog a car,. but seasoned drivers know how to get the power to ground smoothly,. 'remember son,. i do drive a heavy machine with light axles for a living,. and i,ve had a bit of track time too,.with tight budget for good rubber and parts,.. but,. you may be right,.there's always someone faster,..it,d be fun to find out wouldn't it? I,d likely figure out someway of getting some tougher axles from somewhere,.i mean if vettes can have half shafts that can handle big power,. then the technology is out there,. ?? maybe? I personally prefer to drive something thats overpowered,.
nick
Bewber
Posts : 1583 Join date : 2009-01-07 Location : The eight one oh
Subject: Re: My stepfather's Franken-Fiero... Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:14 am
You need another project like you need a head in your hole.
BigBlackBeaSSt
Posts : 4560 Join date : 2009-08-01 Age : 59 Location : Sanford, NC
Subject: Re: My stepfather's Franken-Fiero... Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:19 am
something tells me that if he buys one his wife might give him that hole!!!
jayoldschool
Posts : 2728 Join date : 2009-06-14
Subject: Re: My stepfather's Franken-Fiero... Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:59 am
I vote we chip in, send a Fiero to both Nick and Bill, and have them drag, autocross, and road course one year from today. Winner keeps both cars!
94X2
Posts : 488 Join date : 2009-03-03 Age : 61 Location : Princeton NC 27569
And yeah, Nick, you're right. He's still in the shakedown, let's see if anything is gonna break, phase. He does plan to do the suspension soon. It's all way too soft, especially up front.
BigBlackBeaSSt
Posts : 4560 Join date : 2009-08-01 Age : 59 Location : Sanford, NC
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Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:01 pm
He has some Hankook 140 treadwear tires onnit now and they stick like glue. 
