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Romeo 
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As for struts, I'm holding out for now until I can afford Koni Yellows (Which is ridiculous, I know).
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I don't know. I haven't bought them yet. But the good Dr recommends them over the cheaper Asian imported ones. My buddy that gave me the pricing said it would depend on how long I wanted to keep my car. So I suspect the quality of the Spicers is noticeably better. |
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Patrick
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Posted: 10 February 2010 at 6:27pm |
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From Rodney's website...
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Romeo
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Posted: 10 February 2010 at 8:50pm |
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I don't know... Still sounds... Iffy? lol Regardless, not concerned anymore, my Moog's are currently installed on my front end, will do the back end after the olympics.
Oh, and David, as to the tack welding thing, I brought that up with my teachers, and all three of them glared at me like I was some sort of psychopath. Ball joints will bend with excessive force, but the do that to relieve stress on every other component around them, so I'm told. lol |
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Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:42pm |
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That's okay, the info is for other people's benefit at this point.
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Romeo
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Posted: 11 February 2010 at 4:47pm |
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lol Just drove for the first time having put the Moogs on (Albeit, only the front axle) and the car feels fantastic, no longer leaning over on corners.
As a joke, my teacher also snuck in and adjusted my clutch to make it rather sissy-like while I was writing my test. Rather than having about 1/2" worth of movement from full-open to full-engage, it is now the entire length of the peddle travel, so I'll need to correct that tomorrow. lol |
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Posted: 11 February 2010 at 6:26pm |
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That's great, you'll be able to drive that thing now without either stalling or lunging it forward! Seriously though, what is there to adjust on a hydraulic system (besides making sure all the air is gone)?
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Romeo
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Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:55pm |
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No, I hate the way it feels now, I might as well not have the race clutch on there at all. It just feels so... Stock. |
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Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:32pm |
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Well, here's a question for you... Just why do you have a "race clutch" installed? Because you like having a clutch which makes it difficult to get rolling smoothly from a stop? What in your mind is the benefit of having a "race clutch" in a street car which has minimal horsepower?
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Romeo
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 8:01am |
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I like that I can just barely stab the clutch and complete a shift exceptionally quick. I also like the fact that it's pretty much my anti-theft system at the moment.
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 10:24am |
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Heh heh, I'd prefer a street clutch and kill switch... but I'm old and boring.
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Romeo
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 1:18pm |
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Well, the anti-theft system thing was mostly a joke (As after stalling it a few times, people usually just end up clutch-dumping), but the shift speed was not. I honestly HATE the way it is now. And sorry, I didn't see that you had two questions. If the Fiero is like Fords, there will be two screws, independant from one another, in the clutch linkage. By adjusting them, you can adjust where clutch disengagement begins, and ends. Mine begins at the same spot, but ends at the bottom of pedal travel now (I think it's actually TOO low, as my reverse gear now grinds on engagement). |
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 1:55pm |
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IT sounds like he tried to bleed the clutch, but didn't know what he was doing and got air in the system. That will cause a spongy feel to the pedal make it not change gears smoothly, grind reverse and just feel bad. Bring the car over here, I'll re-bleed the system, print you off a receipt for $50 bucks and you can take that back to him.
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Patrick
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 2:30pm |
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Tristan, what are they teaching you in school anyway? As David also mentioned, I suspect all that's happened is that you've now had air introduced into the system.
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Romeo
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 9:04pm |
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I severely doubt he'd have let air in - he teaches mechanics.
Anyhoo David, thanks for the offer, but he's a good guy, he did this just to screw with me. lol |
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Posted: 12 February 2010 at 10:17pm |
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You make it sound like he's some kind of omnipotent wrench-pulling god.
Educate us dumb old farts at the meeting on Saturday night then.
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Romeo
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Posted: 13 February 2010 at 10:23pm |
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No, not a god, but a man who went from doing that as a living, to teaching it. And seeing as how the ONLY thing he was doing was the ball joints on the front axle, I can't possibly imagine any scenario where he'd have let air into the system.
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Capt Fiero
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Posted: 13 February 2010 at 10:53pm |
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Maybe Pat and I read it wrong, but you said he did something to make the clutch softer? What did he do in order to accomplish that? |
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Capt Fiero
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You realize this thread now has over 1000 views to it, seems like a pretty potent topic.
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Patrick
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Posted: 13 February 2010 at 11:06pm |
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Well, he's done an excellent job of it! We want to know what the heck he did. Phone him up... at home... right this moment!
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Romeo wrote:
There are no adjustments to be made with the Fiero hydraulic clutch. Hell, there's not even a clutch "linkage" (other than the simple banjo rod between the pedal and the master cylinder, and the slave rod/lever at the other end).
