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 Post subject: Update On My 3800 Swap
PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:43 am 
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Now that the Holidays are done I thought I would post a Video Recorded On Dec 2, 2013. This is the day My 3800 Swap came to life with a successful start up. :mrgreen:
Man I can't wait for Spring.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:57 am 
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Sounds really sweet.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:37 pm 
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nice! spring lookout!


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:51 pm 
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What did you use for exhaust? The first video it sounds exactly like mine!


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:06 pm 
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Nice Job Brian

nice to see the old girl come to life before the end of the decade :)

I will pop over soon to check it out!!!

Sounds mean! I like that sound


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:46 pm 
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Good job Brian told you that you could do it


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:36 am 
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It's actually louder in person, the iPhone makes it seem like it's purring lol.
The Car is not finished I still have to put the exhaust on that's the last part to get done and one part I simply can't do.
I Got the muffler and the bullet style high flow cat and a donut so I can get an exhaust like this built.
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I actually had a custom exhaust shop look at the photo and they told me they could do it no problem I paid $50 to have the car towed there only to have them tell me 3 days later they can't do it because they were dead set on putting flex pipe on before the cat and there just isn't any room even though I told them that the guys on Pinnocks Fiero Forum who have the same setup don't have flex pipe and have no problems but nope they didn't want to touch it. I was pissed I had to pay $50 to have it towed back home so they cheated me out of $100.
( I couldn't drive the car then as that was in October and Vats was shutting the car down 3 seconds after starting it. Thanks to Dans Help vats was removed, and as a added bonus he gave me a second reprogrammed computer just in case the issue was with my computer, and thankfully the computer was fine it was vats shutting it down. )

And so this video is where i'm at now :) waiting for the spring and coming up with a plan for getting my exhaust done.

And there is no way I could have done this on my own, from getting parts from members here and what seems like 24 hour support in wiring diagrams for the engine harness (Thanks Dan I appreciate your quick replies to my many questions when I got lost in all those wires) and To Pete for parts and tools that I lacked.
Doing the swap myself has been a very enjoyable task and I have learned a lot and I'm glad I did as I'm confident I can maintain it myself as well in the future. With the Tech Support we Get from the Fiero Community.

So any welders in the area lol.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:55 pm 
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Brian

I have a friend near you (about 5 minutes away) with a welder. He can help.

contact me if interested


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:17 pm 
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As I said before if you want to bring the car here you can use my mig and make your own exhaust, might have to wait till spring though as my drive way is already pretty full with swaps getting done.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:17 am 
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That is the same setup as my exhaust, though I'm running 3"... guess there's not many designs to come up with when there is so little room. I ran it to the opposite direction though. It's nice having a full trunk :)


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:51 am 
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I'd offer some help but I'm already too busy with work and projects, don't have time to take on other projects.

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