Mattwa's 3.4/4T60 Project (Page 1/69)
mattwa JUN 22, 12:42 AM
Welcome to my Build thread. It has been a long journey and will continue to be so as I continually improve my Fiero. I'm adding this as kind of a "Prologue" to the start of my engine swap. I bought My Fiero In May of 2008, It came from Akron, Ohio, and was in rough mechinal shape.


We fixed it up the best we could, and it ran a whole lot better, but the engine never seemed to run right, even with only 50K miles on the clock. Even so, I drove it until June of 2009 when I decided enough was enough. This is when I decided "The Gold Rush Project" would begin. I decided not to do a Turbo install at this time, as I just want to enjoy my car and get it running. I may do a supercharger in the future.

Here is the start of my original build thread.
I removed the engine cradle from my Fiero this weekend. It wasn't that easy at all I'll say that right now, but fun and exciting! So Friday I start with my friend Alex, i had to work at 5 so we did the most we could. We removed most of the stuff on the top of the engine, jacked the car up, spilled coolant all over the driveway (did that today too :P).

So this is where I started today at about 1pm.

Here I am hard at work. I'm not going to explain everything I did, but it was quite "fun".





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mattwa JUN 22, 12:44 AM
Then I had to first lower the car back down, remove the 4 cradle bolts, (FUN) and then raise the whole car up.



AND ITS OUT!!!
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In the garage it goes.

DONE!

Took a very long time, but I'm 17 and the only one with decent skills so I'd surprise we got it out period.

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DeLorean00 JUN 22, 12:49 AM
Sweet!!

But why did you take it out?
Mike Gonzalez JUN 22, 12:51 AM
Couldnt have been that dirty, them duds still look pretty white !!!

Good Job, What are your plans ?

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Mike
'86 Fiero 3800 supercharged '86 Fiero SE original
'85 Fiero SE '85 Fiero GT
'84 Fiero SE '84 Fiero Base coupe

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mattwa JUN 22, 12:51 AM
Oh crap i forgot that part.
4t60 swap, port exhaust logs, 7730 computer, lots of cleaning and painting, my cradle is rusting away, powdercoat intake.
Bunch of stuff.

Brand new rear suspension pretty much.

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mattwa JUN 22, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by Mike Gonzalez:

Couldnt have been that dirty, them duds still look pretty white !!!

Good Job, What are your plans ?



Duds? What are duds?
DeLorean00 JUN 22, 01:01 AM
Impressive Matt! Keep up the good work and please make sure she see the road again!
mattwa JUN 22, 01:14 AM

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Originally posted by DeLorean00:

Impressive Matt! Keep up the good work and please make sure she see the road again!



Of course she will! it won't be soon though...maybe 4-6 months.
But I'm glad I did it. the 2.8 was getting 18mpg. Timing issues. and the biggest reason is the rust. Cradle is shot, so is my trunk corner, and my battery area. Im going to be moving it up front anyway.

Any one have a idea what I can put in the battery's place? turbo?
IVANNATINKLE JUN 22, 01:34 AM
sick. how long did it take you ?
mattwa JUN 22, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by IVANNATINKLE:

sick. how long did it take you ?



Too long. People do it in like 1-3 hours if they good at it. Yea, ok mine took 2 DAYS. *listens to gasps in the crowd*
No problem. its done now.