After getting my rear strut angles finalized, I knew there was no way I'd leave the old hole exposed. It just looked unfinished and ugly.
I had a plan though. Grind the hole flush with the body leaves a bigger hole.
Laser cut two 18 gauge fillers.
Tack in place.
I fully welded the circumference and ground flush. It's difficult to snap a clean shot of a surface that has been ground. This will look good once I get some filler, primer and paint on it.
I had a clutch master from Rodney. This was for the old setup with the larger hole to fit the earlier cars. Since my clutch pedal was bent, I swapped to the newer setup that I had. This created a problem. The new style arm has a smaller pin. We can't have that. A new brass bushing was made, simple. Problem solved.
Here, a new clutch is waiting to be installed.
The flywheel was in great shape and as seen here, torqued to spec with a drop of Loctite on the threads.
1st pass, 39 lb-ft
2nd pass, 25°
Kevlar impregnated clutch disk installed. Here you can see the centering tool in place.
Followed by the pressure plate torqued to 18 lb-ft.
Of course, a new concentric slave cylinder had to go in.
From here, I will verify the clutch depth and measure the throw out bearing range. It's always good to be sure.
I picked up an 88 cradle from a member on here.
This obviously won't work for my needs, so it too will get modified. Sorry guys, turn away if your squeamish about hacking up a perfectly good 88 cradle. I cut the front and rear sections out as all I wanted are the side rails.
I then spent some time removing all the offending areas and excess brackets/mounts. I will be making something that fits my needs and wants. Before you ask, I did make a fixture/jig that will allow me index the key points. This will also hold the rails in the factory position for when I weld in the new rectangular tubing. I'll post pictures when it's done.
In time, I'd like to modernize the lighting on the car. This is the start. A set of LED side marker lights.
These are sold by member Danyel and can be seen here ->
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/066792.html.
These were very nicely made and packaged with clear instructions too!
Very professional and I recommend dealing with the guy.
Thank you Danyel for an awesome product.