Well I have been a fiero owner for about 4 months now. I am 16 years old and just got a job and will be bringing in some money. So I will be able to buy some stuff for my car.
Let me tell you a story about how I got my car. I Bought my car from a guy up I kenasaw ( I think that is how I spell it) From a guy for about 2300 dollers. That might of been a bit to much for a fiero with 140,000 miles on it. The guy that owned it had it in storage for 4 years. So we got it and took it to the shop to get the car fixed, checked and just to make sure that the car was ok. Well the car came back fine. The paint is bad on it but now days it is hard to find a fiero with good orignial paint job.

this is the car right after we got it home

as you can see the paint is not the best. But some time this year we will get some new paint on her.

Like I said it does not look good but we bought some paint and this is how it looks like now!

This is what I looks like after

I got some more to talk about and will have it on some time in the next week and a update.

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in till I am able to buy mr. mikes I think that this will have to due!

payed about 45 doller for thoes from pepboys in Gerogia!

as you can see the engine is clean. I love the look of the fiero engine.

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[This message has been edited by sonic50 (edited 11-16-2004).]

$2300 for an '88GT doesn't sound like that bad of a deal...

Looks nice, I wish I had a car like that when I was 16.

Brad

Thats a pretty cool car! i bought mines last year for $2200 with 95k miles on it, but only because i lucked out...... I defenetly like your front fascia, i wish mines was that pristine. Mine has a nasty hit on the rigth front side ( thats why i have a bra on my car ) Hopefully sometime soon i can also get my car painted..... let us know how ur project is working out for you.
-Roy
BTW i bought mine when i had just turned 18, so you didnt start so bad yourself....

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Real Sports cars only have 2 seats....

Matching numbers GT
#17889 of 26,402 made in 1988, 1of 241 yellow GT's

Sonic,

I saw your car at the club meeting. $2300 is not bad at all for an 88 GT that is capable of moving under its own power.
You've got a great platform to build upon. Have fun!

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Raydar
88 3.4 coupe...........

Coming soon...
88 Formula, presently under the knife.
Read Nealz Nuze!

Doesn't seem like a bad price at all if it runs well. I bought my '86 GT with 81,000 miles on it the day I turned 21 for $3,500. (That was almost three years ago now, and it's up to about 110,000 miles now.) I didn't have to do any maintenance on it at all for about the first whole year I had it. And it had pretty good paint, too, but I did't bother keeping it waxed and now the paint's all gone to hell. The guy I bought it from had 3 Fieros (an '85 GT, an '86 GT, and an '87 GT) and was selling them all because he was moving to Singapore or something (where his wife was from). I wanted the '87 GT, but he wanted another $1,000 for it so I got the '86 instead.

Any, point is I think you got a nice car for $2,300, especially considering you're 16 and it's your first car. :-)

[This message has been edited by Zyrox (edited 11-19-2004).]

Just a small update. I am getting new belts and brakes for the car. Hopfuly some time after the the new year starts I will get new tires on her.

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good job, 88's are great!

My Red 88GT was 4500 with 118000... probably too much but it was the only 88 I could find in Minnesota that was an 88 and started out life in Arizona with no rust. My engine looks like that but runs like arse... hopefully that will be remedied with a tune up and new ignition module and new valve cover gaskets and new... damn it... I paid 4500 dollars for an 16 year old car with a leaky sunroof, cracked lens covers and an engine that runs! And I love it!

Hi all,

Looks like a reallll nice find....!

$2300 isn't bad at all for a functional 88 GT. I got a steal at $1750 for mine with 110,000 on it but I shopped around for a year and a half. It needed a lot of mechanical work though.
Did PepBoy's have those seat covers in any other colors? My son needs a set for his 86 and would probably buy a set if they come in just black.

I payed $5200.00 for mine with 43,000 miles on it. That was about 6 years ago and thought I got a good deal.

looks exactly like mine when i bought a yr ago.had somewhere around 110,000 for 3k now has norms frt and a blown engine and a mess of other problems guy screwed me over . but good luck with the project and they handle like a beast

James

Update!!!!
I have been out of town for a week now and I have not been able to give any updates. Today I will say that I got the new belts on the car and I went out a got me a radar detector. I will have some new pics on some time this week.

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I gave $1300 for my 88GT. It had about 145,000 miles on it and needed everything. So far I have spent about $4000 more on it, not including the price of the car itself. You have to take into concideration though that this includes aftermarket 17" wheels and tires, Tenzo R seats (That I haven't even installed yet), totally rebuilding the engine, new carpet, shocks, struts, and stage II side scoops (also not installed yet). Not to mention everything else you could possibly think of to replace! Sometimes I think it's a disease. I guess it's better than drugs! Good luck!

Vinny

Ok, so some time in the next 5 years I will be doing a swap of a v 6 to a v8. Now what type of v8 should I get and how much is it going to cost?
Also right now I have a auto in my fiero so when I do a swap to a v8 I want to make is a stick. Aprox how much does that cost?

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Auto to stick shift swap doesnt cost much. Its just allot of time if you do it yourself. You basically need an entire stick shift "doner" car to do it without any probs.

V8 swap is either 350/305 or 4.9 caddie.
4.9 being easier/cheaper and slower of the two.

Im for sure doing an engine swap one day. Im about in the same situation as you for when im doing it lol
I want a 3.4dohc in mine

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- Mack

Nice! im 17 and finally got my 86 GT but get this i got it for 700$ The guy thought it needed a new motor im pretty sure it will run this week. A V8 would be sweet and i would recomend the 350. But if you want a little bit lighter motor with as much power potential get the Turbocharged 3.8 liter V6 that comes out of the Buick grand nationals and Trans am pace cars. Stock The motor puts out 250hp and 335 lb/ft torque. I have seen people easily tune them to 450 hp 500lb/ft. Thats the motor i want in mine because it lis lighter than a V8 and will also fit alot easier. Just a thought. Keep puttin money into that sweet ride.

Peace

You might want to keep an open mind about the various V6 swaps, too. The 3800sc is hard to beat, and mostly it's just wiring.

My '86 is going to get a 4.9 V8 someday. That's mainly wiring and motor mounts. I want a car that's quick and reliable, but I'm not going to race anyone, so that's good for me.

But an SBC means an Archie kit--nothing against Archie because he makes a FINE product!--but for me, his kit is just too pricey.

OTOH for pure performance you cannot beat an SBC in a Fiero. The performance can be anything from mild to holy CRAP!

So it costs more! Speed always does!

In any event, I paid $2500 for my '85 SE with 48,000 on it. So $2300 for a drivable '88 GT is not bad at all!

Ed

quote Originally posted by 865spd: But if you want a little bit lighter motor with as much power potential get the Turbocharged 3.8 liter V6 that comes out of the Buick grand nationals and Trans am pace cars. Stock The motor puts out 250hp and 335 lb/ft torque. I have seen people easily tune them to 450 hp 500lb/ft. Thats the motor i want in mine because it lis lighter than a V8 and will also fit alot easier.

Might want to talk to LITEDAZE, I believe he has a GN motor in his Fiero.

so if i put a high power v6 in the fiero is it a stupid idea to go also get a supper charger.
And if it cost less to put a hight power v6 in the fiero that might be the way I need to go.

I tell you what this would have been better if gm would just have put a v8 in a fiero in the first place!

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engine swap huh?

three little words come to mind.............START SAVING MONEY!!!

Neither will be cheap..........

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98 3800SC, Getrag 5sp. only one in Austin Texas and surrounding areas

quote Originally posted by revin: engine swap huh? three little words come to mind.............START SAVING MONEY!!! Neither will be cheap..........

Your right. so Far I have saved about 1500 dollers. I still have about 5 years intill I get one!

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5 years hehe

Well let me get something straight. I am 16 years old my dad will not let me get one intill I am 18. So that is two years right there. the three years or so to get ready for the swap get a cheep a$$ car becouse I will not have the fiero for a month or two.
so I think that five years sounds good.

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well for some of you that live in the south may know what sky car wash is. Over the weekend I went ahead and paid $50.00 to get my car washed.
this is a pic of the wheel that you could not see the silver.
now I went out and bought them at pepboys and It was a pain to get on.
I had this for a while just have not posted a pic yet.

Got some more pics soon!!!!!

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well today I went and bought new 17" gt-r wheels.
Stock rims

and my new rims

here are better pic of my new wheels.

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Dude! Nice rims!

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Raydar
88 3.4 coupe...........

Coming soon...
88 Formula, presently under the knife.
Read Nealz Nuze!

the north gets snow the south gets ice! We are not use to this type of weather. My car had to park out side so on friday night i ran to pepboys and bought a car cover. I got home and cover the car. during the night with the ice and wind my car looked like this when i got up on sat. morning

as you can see it did not work so well!
so any way i will be unable to drive the fiero today. I am a bit sad.

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I just started to work on the front end of my car!

It looks good it is just hard to put on!
I would like to get a fiero wheel cover. That might help the way it looks.
But so far this is it. I am on a limited budget so I just do ever thing little at a time.
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[This message has been edited by sonic50 (edited 02-08-2005).]

Wow man, I wish I was as goal orientated, and could save money like you when I was 16.
Your car looks great! Remember it's the little details that make a car look better than the next guys.

Rick

I paid $4000.00 US for my 88 GT last year, plus I drove 16 hours to get it. However the car is in good shape. Mine is in need of paint on the front and rear fascias. here is a picture from Carlisle PA last year.

Yours looks pretty good for the price you paid. Welcome to the 88 GT club.....

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I just bought a Video cam so I should soon be able to have some video of the car.

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well my egr fell off. So I had to get my fiero towed iT was not a happy day.
But I got it fixed and did a tune up and now she is working stronger then ever.

Some new photos of my 88GT. I will be going the FieroFactory swap meet this month and I might Buy some cool new toys.

As you can see in the photo below I got a new GT tail light!

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88gt build up! https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/047402.html

http://www.iamanascarfan.com/

Cool, looks good so far. Good to see an 88 being taken care of!

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1988 Fiero GT 2.8
1991 S-10 5-speed 2.8
gmfwd.com

HAH i only paid $500 for my fiero... except its not a gt, and it didnt work