To build the ultimate 3.4 DOHC: Turbo DYNO NUMBERS

[Emc209i]

All I have to say is WOW. The engine mount and brackets turned out nice, took me 5 hours to fabricated and weld up, but it was worth it.

The DOHC is a huge engine, it needs to stay put in the bay. Looking forward to pictures.

[fieromadman]

Pictures of the engine mount will come eventually, but for now here are pictures of the new tires...








(yes I know my exhaust tips are crooked...)



Its hard to see in the angles that I gave, or maybe pictures in general, or maybe just cuz your not me and you dont see the car at least a few times a week, but the extra centimeter of tire sticking out of the rear of the car gives it a much more bad ass look IMHO

[Series8217]

Wider!

[fieromadman]

Those are 245's already... I will have to get different rims AND coil overs to go significantly wider than that. I could possibly step up to a 255 without different rims and just getting bigger spacers but that's pushing it.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Need a 10" width, 50mm offset and 275/40's in whatever size wheel you want (17" or greater to clear the knuckle).

Also need strut blocks to allow that much backspacing.

[fieromadman]

Call me slow, but what are strut blocks? And one day I'll have different (i.e. wider) rims and tires... one day...

[The Dark Side of Will]

Strut blocks are things I haven't complete designed yet which will move the strut approximately 1" inboard from the knuckle and allow more backspacing on the Fiero rear suspension.

[fieroguru]

Call me slow, but what are strut blocks? And one day I'll have different (i.e. wider) rims and tires... one day...

These...

[fieromadman]

Ahh I see. Will that throw off suspension geometry?

[The Dark Side of Will]

Call me slow, but what are strut blocks? And one day I'll have different (i.e. wider) rims and tires... one day...

These...
http://www.team321.com/MidEngineCradle/ ... rSide2.jpg
http://www.team321.com/MidEngineCradle/ ... eAdapt.jpg

Yeah, except that those won't work with a stock track width suspension.
Is that a Fiero knuckle?

Ahh I see. Will that throw off suspension geometry?

The strut pivots at the top. It will take a little more muscle to set the alignment, but everything should work once that's done. Clearance from the strut to the frame rail will be tight.

[Series8217]

Doesn't the camber curve change since the angle between the strut compression axis and the lower control arms is smaller?

[The Dark Side of Will]

No.
The motion ratio changes slightly, because the relationship between wheel travel and strut travel changes a little bit, but the camber curve shouldn't change.