My Odds and Ends Post

[Flyboy81]

Dewey, I havent heard from you in a while, got dads new 7730 ECM installed and it makes a BIG difference.  If you want to gain an easy and cheap 20 HP, I can go over the details with you.  I think the total cost, parts and all, was about 300 bucks.  You can get the same performance from a 2.8 that a 3.4 OHV gives you in the Fiero without even swapping the engine.  It takes me about 5 hours to redo the wiring harness and install all need parts.  It adds in a digital EGR so no more EGR vacuum solenoid issues!  All I can tell you is come to Robs here soon and we'll take you for a ride....

[oldone]

hey derek sorry i havn't back to you , i guess this long cold winter has got me down. i like the sound of that swap, now do you have to add your labor to that $300 or is that the actual price? i'm ready whenever you have time. can we do it at robs place or do i have to come to your place? i only work 3 days a week ( not by choice ) usually mon,tue,and wed, but this week they have me coming in mon,wed,and fri. don't know yet if this change will be permanent. also can do on a saturday if you want to. just let me know when you get a chance.     oldone in c'ville   

[Flyboy81]

Dewey I sent you a pm

[oldone]

hey derek back at you! i emailed ya back this evening. what are you doing up so late, making harness's?

[Flyboy81]

Actually we were down at robs and finished one of the harnesses I was working on, up.  Lolgood guess!  Ill be starting on the harness for robs 85 soon and his 3800 name car as well.  I look forward to seeing your car at the shop!

[RobsFieros]

This is my 3800na car. It's the 86 SE I bought a while back.

[RobsFieros]

Derek's car has left the building, again lol. Here's his new heat exchanger installed.

[RobsFieros]

This is a copy of the letter I just sent to Marshall Engines...

I bought an engine from you to go in an 87 Fiero. It was a 2.3 Quad 4. I've had trouble with the engine's timing chain hitting the timing cover. It's cut 2 grooves in the timing cover. It was also smoking real bad, but I took it back out on the road and drove it to seat the rings. Now all that's left to do is fix the timing chain issue. I've already talked to your technician whose said to change the timing chain and gears. Which didn't change a thing. Now he wants me to remove the tensioner and check it to see if it's working. I've already replaced it 3 times before calling him. The chain is tight on the side the tensioner is on but the opposite side it's flopping. I've tore this engine down the last time. I haven't received a dime to do all this work including pulling the cams to check the valve seals. Which were fine. I have given your number and the extension number along with the claim number to the owner of the car. I also explained to her that the engine now has metal shavings from the timing chain hitting the cover in the oil and most likely through out the engine. Since there's 2 grooves cut into the cover. This engine only has about 1500 miles on it and was installed on 12/31/09. If I have to buy her another engine out of my pocket I will because I'm an honest person and I stand behind my work. But a copy of this letter will go on my website for the world wide Fiero community to see. If you think we're a small bunch of Fiero freaks, do a search on us.
 
Robert Finley
President of the East Tennessee Fiero Club

[RobsFieros]

Hey Dewey, if I buy those 12 Fiero's that man has for sale, will you go to Canada and bring em back for me? I was all over that until I saw where they were.

[oldone]

hey man i'm up for a road trip, i wonder how long it would take? lets see if we could get 6 trailers that will take 2 cars, we'd need 4 more crazy people besides us. i wonder what the customs people would think?

[RobsFieros]

Who cares about customs, lets ride...

[oldone]

hows that price for 12 cars? you got that kind of change laying around? lets see theres jerry,derek,rick and we still need one more fool. i bet it would be fun.

[RobsFieros]

Who's paying for 'em? I'm just up for the ride. But we'll have to wait til it quits rainning.

[oldone]

well if we could get 6 more fools we could have 2 drivers per truck, then if we each bought one we could pay $416.00 each unless we could get him down on the price. and think of the educational value of the trip.

[RobsFieros]

You know, Conrad called me the other day and said he had his 85 SE with the 3.4 dynoed. Said they told him it was running 197 hp. And that's with the smaller 2.8 heads and intake. Go figure. That's almost as much as a stock 3800na. I thought the 3.4's were rated at stock being 160 hp?