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Post by darrinoddiebear on Apr 1, 2009 10:49:17 GMT -5
Fordpower
I looked at picture, looks nice.I have a question though they are designed for v6 ,do you think it will withstand v8 dont know how much Horsepower you will be running,but that might be a weak spot if you go to crazy.I could be wrong.
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Post by fordpower on Apr 1, 2009 10:55:38 GMT -5
The Fiero is one of the most famous kit cars on the market...I have seen 350 chevy's, big blocks, and even ones with blowers, remember that the engine is in the back just like the Fiero and even if one wanted to set an engine over the front end of one of these, all you would need is stronger springs...or my favorite choice, air bags! they take all the guess work out of proper spring weight.
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Post by darrinoddiebear on Apr 1, 2009 11:07:14 GMT -5
As I said I didnt know,thought Id ask.I tore a nice Camaro up because of horsepower and not thinking ahead
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Apr 2, 2009 11:52:00 GMT -5
Looks like the fiero front suspension is pretty simple. Fieros make for cool project cars.
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Post by bighoov on Apr 8, 2009 0:55:42 GMT -5
Now on my car it is all VW chassis I put a 4 inch channel iron around bottom of pan and a roll cage around back then welded it all together to form a unibody type chassis, and it seems to be solid as a rock I am 400 plus HP and no creaks or anything when you get on it.
If you are doing a mid engine all the VW front end works just fine , just beef up the rear for eng and trans, put a set of discs on back for brakes, I am still using drums on front disc on back and my car stops good.
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Post by paulj on May 1, 2009 18:08:06 GMT -5
Hey, another mid-engine guy! I found a lot of good information over at www.lambolounge.comThere are a lot of folks using the fiero stuff there and a lot of good stuff on transaxles too. I'm using the Audi A4 5 speed and a lot of folks are using the Audi 5000. Can't wait to see what you got going! Paul |
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 4, 2009 9:25:39 GMT -5
I'm sure you've probably seen this, but just incase you haven't, here's a mid engine build based on the Rotary mid engine chassis design. Not hard to find the plans if you google it.  I believe this build uses an A5 audi tranny.  |
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Post by paulj on May 4, 2009 12:48:50 GMT -5
That's Hugo's car in Mexico City, Mexico. That's an Audi A8 V8 bolted to the A4 five speed. He's using C4 vette front suspension and C5 vette uprights in the rear. I haven't seen and progress on this one in a while.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on May 4, 2009 13:31:10 GMT -5
There you go. You have spec down better than me. This car is one of the reasons I'm build a V8 bug. It's too bad that either all progress has stopped or Hugo has just stopped posting progress. If the project ever gets finished and looks anything like his beetle used to it'll be really nice. |
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Post by northwestoutlaw on May 4, 2009 17:14:44 GMT -5
Well it is good to see im not the only one using a ford power plant |
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