hey.. Got alot of free time where I am stuck in the apartment...

was wondering how the Fiero is coming along? Have any plans for it? Short term. I been thinking about the brakes.

How did the fiero do the brakes factory? Were they manual.

Also think you could just run a setup very similar to a F-body, booster under the front hood, hooked up to the pedal, run brake lines to the wheels, then maybe run a hose to the back through the front and rear firewall and run it over the roof?

Maybe do steel braided line if you are worried about it collapsing on itself.

If that didn't work think you could buy a cheap weedwhacker at a pawn shop, mount the motor under the trunk, think it will produce enough vacuum that you could hook it up under the hood, pull the rip cord and have power brakes then run.

ohh jeez I need to get my hands on a complex project car...

 

Well I have no idea what the factory did with antything on my car. The brakes are all front wheel calipers from a ~90 Toronado. The master is from an Fbody. A bias adjustment is located on the dash to give the fronts more stopping force than the back. I don't think running brake lines over the roof would be a good idea in any car.

BTW - It's doing just fine with the exception of no power, open diff, and girlie auto transmission. I'd like to have power steering but it's not a big deal. I plan on changing the springs and shocks as my next upgrade. The previous owner just cut the coils and slapped a set of Monroe shocks on it. The shocks are too weak and the springs are too stiff. The ride height could be a bit higher. It's so low that there is almost no suspension travel left. If I could find an acceptable donor car to get a ~175hp v6 and a manual with limited slip I'd be in heaven.

 

hehe wasn't talking about brake lines in the roof, I was talking vacuum line in the roof of the car

 

okay, well then I was talking about ANY lines. Run them underneath where they're supposed to be. And for long distances like that, I would think that steel tubing with rubber hoses at the ends is the best solution. But it doesn't really matter anyway. Fieros already have this in place.