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| The REAL reason Fieros caught fire. Lol! (Page 1/1) |
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David Hambleton
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NOV 03, 05:10 PM
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From this site: https://bringatrailer.com/l...87-pontiac-fiero-47/
Oct 28 at 10:21 PM
new_hampster This author's likes: 639
I owned 6 Fieros, including 4 GTs (3 ’87 and 1 ’88). All were 5-speed. One SE V6 with auto, and an ’84 Pace Car with 4-speed. All great fun to drive.
On the 4 cylinder cars, the intake and exhaust manifolds were on the same side of the engine. Fires were caused if the carburetor flooded or leaked and gas dripped on the hot exhaust. I remember the story of one that caught fire on the way home from the dealership. No fire issues with the V6.
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skywurz
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NOV 03, 05:16 PM
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Someone must be entering senility and cant remember where the intake or exhaust are located.... Also cant seem to remember that the Fiero was not OE carbureted.
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greenturnedblue
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NOV 03, 05:29 PM
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Well the intake and exhaust manifolds are located on the same side of the engine.....the outside
I'll see myself out
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cvxjet
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NOV 03, 08:18 PM
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No-No-NO! The fires were caused by GREEN paint....(Only green Fieros caught fire- that is why you never see any GREEN Fieros!)
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RWDPLZ
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NOV 03, 08:54 PM
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The super early Iron Dukes in the 70's had the intake and exhaust on the same side, but that version was out of production YEARS before the Fiero went into production.
https://gafiero.akroncdnr.com/docs/IronDuke.pdf
 [This message has been edited by RWDPLZ (edited 11-03-2022).]
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David Hambleton
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NOV 03, 09:27 PM
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 That's the likely connection. The 1974 Pontiac Fiero skunkworks group was going to use that engine but the Chevrolet execs kiboshed the prototype fearing it would hurt Vega sales. 
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fierosound
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NOV 04, 10:10 AM
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