'83 3.8L, 50 MPG, big brakes

[economiser]

fabbing exhaust system


ULEV catalytic converter

[economiser]

[economiser]

[Lucky]

Damn, I wish I had your level of skill/equipment/bravery

[economiser]

Damn, I wish I had your level of skill/equipment/bravery

Such a compliment makes me feel like a hack. I get nervous before trying something new, I'm worried as I try my idea, I do too many hours of online research, then whatever it is I'm trying is nearly done.
And the number of interesting cars I've ruined along the way is shameful. A few Mustangs, a few Camaros, some rice, even a Fiero, and now I'm in my late 30s just getting comfortable with going way beyond bolt-ons.
Adapting a Nissan FS5W71C to a SBC, I could make and sell good-enough copies if there was any demand, but if someone asked me to make and ship a kit to bolt an L36 into an FB with an FC crossmember, I couldn't do it.
Don't regret your high praise, just realize it's trial and error by a guy with no disposable income and a willingness to destroy salvage-yard scores as the cost of my own learning. Now that I can sort of weld, most any mistake in metal can be undone or replaced. And all this stuff I'm trying on this RX-7, I would never seriously think to try on a genuine Ferrari, though butchering a Porsche wouldn't even make me hesitate.
Much of what it may seem I've finished with on this RX-7 will be revisited before this July. I just planned the work, revised the plan, and began going as seems necessary.
I post all I do in hopes of eventually getting others to pay me to do stuff to their cars, for pay, but it really helps to know that guys are following my thread. I guess I need to leave more positive comments in all the other threads I follow.
Thanks.

[economiser]

Oh, and most of my equipment is hand tools and cheap power tools, all of which come from Harbor Freight.

[myatt1972]

We may not be commenting but we are all watching so keep the posts coming, as for butchering a Fiero..........Good Man I say

[economiser]

I doubt Lucky would agree, I know there's a "Lucky" on the Fiero forums. If it is the same guy, then he may be trying to figure out which one I was.

[Lucky]

Lol, I've never driven (or even seen in real life) a Fiero, but I gather they have a reputation for being really quite bad.

Isn't it a Fiero in the excellent Mythbusters "Skipping a car across water" episode? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VjP4SjK2O0

[economiser]

The '88 Fieros have potential, but I wasn't so lucky. I swapped the cradle and a couple of V8s, plus different manual transaxles but never was comfortable in the car, so I never addressed everything else such a build really should get.