New car: 1987 Pontiac Fiero SE

[skitzo_inc]

Picked up this car last week and I love it.


2.8 V6 with the 5-speed transmission.

[zin]

Looks VERY nice! Well, except the engine bay, but at least it's got the V-6, dirty though it may be!

If I wasn't eyeball deep in TMs, I'd probably have one as a project...

Mike

[skitzo_inc]

Looks VERY nice! Well, except the engine bay, but at least it's got the V-6, dirty though it may be!

If I wasn't eyeball deep in TMs, I'd probably have one as a project...

Mike

The engine bay will be steam cleaned as soon as I get back to Nebraska. I'm working in Georgia right now, so it's at the shop getting struts/shocks and a general tune up.
Its super clean, all around (minus the engine bay), and runs like a top. It had one broken strut and idled at 2500RPM, but that's all being fixed.

[turbovanman²]

Love those cars,

What struts are you putting in?

[skitzo_inc]

Love those cars,

What struts are you putting in?

Stock ones, I'm sure.

This car is so much fun to drive, such an upgrade from my neon. I have zero issues passing people now and I get ricers revving their motors at me again!

[Vigo]

Looks great.

[tommyturbo]

What is the switch overhead for? You have a photo of it.

[vipernbox]

Built in fire suppression system was an option in 87









Some fun history I found the other day


http://yellowfiero.com/thefiero/index.php

[1966 dart wagon]

Built in fire suppression system was an option in 87









Some fun history I found the other day


http://yellowfiero.com/thefiero/index.php

I was waiting for a reply with someone stating fire, nice lookin car!

[skitzo_inc]

What is the switch overhead for? You have a photo of it.

From what I can tell it just controls the bass levels, but I can't find much information on it and neither of my dads fieros had that option.

Built in fire suppression system was an option in 87

I think .07% had engine fires.
All of them that had fires were the four cylinders as well.

[skitzo_inc]

Some fun history I found the other day


http://yellowfiero.com/thefiero/index.php

That was pretty interesting. I could tell that the person writing the article wasn't too fond of fieros, but to each their own. You can't beat the price I paid for this car, especially considering I drove it a thousand miles while I was home with few issues.

[wallace]

I just bought an 88' Formula basket case with a spare 88' chassis. I think these cars are way cool. You can swap in a modern 60* V6 like the 3400...they are like fleas in the junkyard. Good choice on the car!

[Mopar318]

Your just missing one thing.

[dodgeshadowchik]

looks to be in great shape!! those are such fun little cars. feels like driving a go-kart. I used to have a silver '86 with the v6. You can do a lot with those cars.. I think my favorite ones are the v8's. LOL. I thought I remember seeing someone with a turbo v6, as well.

the fire thing to fieros is like crankwalk to dsms or the fires in the z31 300zx's.. a small number were affected and it was blown out of proportion. But that's typical.

[blk86trbo]

The yellow fiero website is pretty neat. Some interesting videos of the Pontiac in action, including one of it doing a top speed run on the Autobahn...that highway must be incredibly deadly because of how speed kills <insert sarcasm>

Congrats on your car, that 2.8 is a good engine

[vipernbox]

the fire thing to fieros is like crankwalk to dsms or the fires in the z31 300zx's.. a small number were affected and it was blown out of proportion. But that's typical.

I bought a rough old 4cly once... and drove it home... I had to stop three times due to a leaking VC and debris under the hood to put out the fire... true story.. It was frign funny really....

After that was fixed it was a fun little car though.. and no more problems..


A 3.4 with some kind of forced induction would be awesome...

[black86glhs]

The 3.8 SC ones get out of their own way quite nicely too!

[zin]

Or go stealth and drop a 3.4 into it, they are just a bored and stroked 2.8L/3.1L! And you can find them cheap in PAP, they put them in lots of stuff, vans pop to mind...

I will say that, given a choice, I'd prefer an 88 GT or formula. In true GM fashion, once they actually got the formula right (decent engine/trans AND suspension), they kill it! I still think the turbo'd Quad 4 would have been a screamer!

Mike

[black86glhs]

Or go stealth and drop a 3.4 into it, they are just a bored and stroked 2.8L/3.1L! And you can find them cheap in PAP, they put them in lots of stuff, vans pop to mind...

I will say that, given a choice, I'd prefer an 88 GT or formula. In true GM fashion, once they actually got the formula right (decent engine/trans AND suspension), they kill it! I still think the turbo'd Quad 4 would have been a screamer!

Mike

I was thinking a 3900 V6. 233 hp with out the added plumbing. I agree, but even without the turbo, the HO Quad would have screamed!!

[WickedShelby88]

Any updates? I like these old fieros. The interiors are cool and they definitely handle well. They even came with a getrag gearset trans similar in strength to the 555 in some years. The 3.4 or even getting a turbo 3.1 setup bolted onto the 3.4 would be great. If they move the heavy slomaro around I imagine they would be plenty in a light car like a fiero. I've got a friend who is really into these car and once drove to Utah with a car hauler to get several of them. Let me know if you ever need any parts and I can give you his contact info.