AeroDONamic test drives

[MikeMac]

I'm not taking it on a long trip with an inop fuel gauge. I have enough bad luck as it is. LOL

[MikeMac]

Literally my time for working on this car has passed until January 2020. I have a house to renovate and a car to build.

[GTRS Fiero]

My bad luck usually comes in other forms, but I did take my Fiero for a 32-hour drive through several states with a fuel gauge that was inaccurate.  I used the trip odometer.

I have the opposite problem from you.  I have a house to build, and a car to renovate.

[MikeMac]

Too bad we are so far apart, we could help each other out!

[GTRS Fiero]

Yeah.  That's what people used to do.  I participated in some "barn raisings", although it was a house, often enough.

[scottb]

Whatcha buildin?

[MikeMac]

Well....I bought the car out of Miami and flew down and drove it back the 1st week of July.

Hints..It has 3 radiators, 2 water pumps, water cooled alternator, 360 Hp V8 and all wheel drive.

[scottb]

You bought an airplane??

[GTRS Fiero]

I have yet to see an AWD airplane.

[Fierofool]

I'm not taking it on a long trip with an inop fuel gauge. I have enough bad luck as it is. LOL

On a RFTH trip to Asheville, Don and I got exactly the same fuel mileage.  We use the 150 mile rule for unsure fuel gauges.  All the fuel stops on the run are based upon that rule.  This works well for the cars with bigger engines, too. 

[MikeMac]

I was surprised to find that the alternator belt was stretched out. I have Dodgerunners bracket and tensioner setup but the belt was stretched past the limits of the tensioner. I tried the next shorter belt but it won't go on. I don't know why the Dayco belt stretched so bad. There is no unusual wear on the belt itself. This happened in less than 50 miles of driving.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/039384.html

[Fierofool]

Maybe you can adjust the alternator a little further out on its bracket.

[MikeMac]

I don't recall there being any adjustment, the bracket and all its pieces bolt solidly to the engine. The only moving part is in the spring loaded tensioner itself.



The pic is from Dodge runner not my engine

[GTRS Fiero]

I believe that the lower bolt on the alternator is in a slot for adjustment, but this adjustment may be eliminated by the tensioner pulley.

[Fierofool]

Mike, I see that now in Dodgerunner's picture.  The bracket utilizes the alternator bolt that's normally the adjustment bolt.  Is by chance the pulley smaller on the CS alternator you got? 

Regarding the overheating issue:  Don may have installed the low temp fan switch that will cause the fan to come on much earlier.  Is your gauge accurate?  It should sit at the bottom of the thermometer symbol with ignition off.