87 GT questions

Hey everyone,

I just purchased a second fiero, a blue 87 GT 5speed.  And I have a few questions. 

First, when turning right at more the 40k the rear right suspension rattles / squeeks? Any suggestions as to what might be the issue? (the car needs new shocks if that is related)

Second, now that i've actually driven the car i noticed that the clutch pedal gets quite firm at one point, for about 2 cm of travel.  This is quite a bit before the clutch starts grabbing, is this a significant problem or just a quirk of the car?

Thanks,

Ryan

I've already been looking into new shocks and lowering springs, but I havent heard of a bump steer correction kit, who sells them?

I was also pondering how much to lower it as it will be used as a daily driver for much of the year, I dont want to be too limited in where I can drive it by how low the car is.

Thanks,

Ryan

 

 

Also adding a link to there site.

http://www.heldmotorsports.com/Fiero/index.htm

Before anyone corrects me, yes I know I slaughtered the spelling on a few words in my post below, so bad in fact that even the spell checker could not find them out.

 

Well for Basics, without going exotic.

Suspension Techniques for the springs

Prothan for the Bushings and

Kyb's for the shocks and Struts.  

 

If anyone else has any suggestions, please feel free to post them up.  Suspension Tech springs are pretty much the bottom of the barrel, but the barrel isn't that deep.  I think there are at most 3 options for springs, 2 of which I can think of, Eibach and Suspension Techs however I think the Eibachs were in the 350 range, where the ST's were only 225ish.  Eibachs real benefit is a smoother ride, ST are a bit harsher.

THere is no rush to get your car tweaked up.  Just work when you can and get better as you drive and mod it.

 

Brian when you do get the conversion done, you are going to have to let me take it for a spin and see just how it feels.  

not in a hurry to modify it too much, definitly not the bump steer kit. but would like to get it much better than it is.  It kinda floats down the road right now.  I've got a friend in the states who's offerd to get some of the parts for me at cost plus 10% so that should make it less expensive, at least.

to attempt to solve the squeeking suspension I tried to lube the suspension but found that most of the grease boots? resevoirs? (not sure the right name, and my haynes is a couple of blocks away in my 87 ) have been punctured / ripped (3/4 at the back and 3/6 at the front) what would the parts be called to find replacements?

I dont want to drive it too much because it gets quite loud when turning to the right at any kind of speed.

On the plus side i've gotten a driving lesson from my Uncle and its much easier to drive an older standard than I was fearing, easier to drive than a mazda 3 or RX8 , despite the warnings i've had "its not like driving a new car you know..."

thanks for the answeres and suggestions

Ryan

 

 

 

The boots are a pain to replace as you have to remove each ball joint.  I would just give each one a few good squirts through the zerk fitting until it starts to squish out the torn boot.

As for the stereo, it sounds like there is a bad ground, or shorted something someplace.  Maybe they even wired the power wire wrong so it is feeding power from the dimmer circuit.  In any case, remove all of the stereo wiring and start from scratch.  Assuming the connectors are still there just buy an proper install kit with harness, if the connectors are gone, I would find someone with a parts car and buy the OEM harness plugs from them and splice in the original stuff and then go out and buy the proper adapter harness.   You can wire everything up by hand, but it ends up being a major PITA later on.

I was just thinking about it and the shop that replaced the clutch also did brake work, so I should probably take a look to see if they forgot any other bolts before driving it much more. 

Ryan

yeah, lol