The car has the 2.8L V6, 5 speed Getrag, factory blue, factory wing delete, factory hardtop with aftermarket sunroof, power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, no frame rust, ~79k miles, upgraded rubber suspension to poly (https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/094633.html), new front rotors, KYB struts and shocks, paint looks pretty good for the age - flat surfaces need cleaned or repainted. The car has the matching VIN stickers on the rear bumper, rear clip and front fender. Car is a PA rebuilt title.
I bought the car to restore it since its the factory blue. I drove the car up the street when I got it but the front brakes were locked up (if you look at the poly thread there were some comments about the rust on the brakes). Motor and transmission seemed to push fine against the drag. I replaced the front rotors with new ones and took the front calipers with hoses off my 86 GT parts car. Both of the back brakes and the passenger front brake work, but the driver side front caliper doesn't want to bite down. I have replaced the master cylinder, portioning valve and line down to the driver side brake hose with ones from the 86 GT parts car and it still doesn't want to grab. I bought a brake line vacuum kit from Harbor Freight Tools and pulled enough fluid through the lines that it comes out clear at the back brakes. The only thing that I can think of is that one of the hard lines has a small hole letting air in. This is the only thing stopping me from getting the car on the road. You will need to tow it. If you are in the Dayton, OH area I might be able to get Madess to help with towing.
Just tired of playing with this problem and want to move on to installing a 4.9 PFI in the 88 GT I just bought.
-Brian
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Posts: 813 From: Ashland, Ohio Registered: Feb 2008
Thanks guys. My wife and I had a baby in December. I have been working on this car off and on since the summer, mostly off because I had the "honey do" list before the baby got here (sadly this is partially why MstangsBware got to buy my 3800sc setup). Now my wife is still giving me the garage time to do one Fiero project and I'm going to pick the V8 swap.
Madess has been helping me through the pain of the brake issues, so he has seen the car in person.
-Brian
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Mr.PBody Member
Posts: 3172 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Registered: Oct 2006
I've seen the car, total piece of crap, Brian is scammer, BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, just kidding. Paint on the car is pretty nice, standard GM clearcoat stuff, I think with a professional buffing you could make it fine for a DD car. I think its a nice car, if I didn't have 3 partially running fiero's I'd pick it up myself. Bump for a good guy and good car.
Bump for "THE" car I have been looking for since 1987 and never can find when I have the $$$. I tried to find a new one in this color with a 5spd back in '87, and they were all gone!!! Only had 1 automatic available within 800 miles of me.
If I can sell my '95 3000GT SL, I will contact you. Up for sale on Craigslist now for a month...... Story of my life I guess. Could be a sweet ride for someone.
Very cool car and the price is reasonable. I wish I were in the market. I have one just like it except with the wing for my daily driver. I love that car. Anyway.... just curious..... The engine looks like an '86. Am I missing something?
