quote Originally posted by FieroAddiction: It's a tight fit on the cradle, but it doesn't require a huge amount of cradle modification to fit. It's a better fit to the cradle than a Northstar. The crank pulley and water pump have plenty of clearance at the passenger side frame rail. The tensioner pulley if left in it's stock location will require a small notch or dent in the frame, it just touches. The front idler pulley (on the water pump housing) touches the firewall behind the passenger seat. The alternator is well into the strut tower. The serpentine belt on the LS4 is the longest belt ever used on any GM vehicle, and it required the specially designed hydraulic tensioner. I'm going to try something different than what I'd normally do. Since this car will have power steering I'm going to keep the P/S pump, and I'd like to keep the OE accessory belt routing and tensioner for reliability. This would mean a rather large modification to the right strut tower for alternator clearance. It looks like it can be done without changing the location of the top of the strut, but it will require a 2.5" coil-over spring (which was planned anyway). I've done the mock-up on an '84-87 chassis and it's no problem, but the '88 chassis has much less room between the struts. If I cannot fit the alternator in the stock position without changing the position of the strut on the '88, I will need to relocate the alternator down near the axle and notch the frame. Jon

what about moving the engine more to the drivers side? how much clearance is there between the transmission and the frame rail?

Any progress?

Is the car done?

As far as I know Jon Lagler is now completely out of working on Fieros and also out of the parts business. I would not expect any more updates on this post.

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Yeah, I kind of expected that. But who owns the car? Was it sold off uncompleted? Or was it finished and sent off?

quote Originally posted by Rickady88GT: Yeah, I kind of expected that. But who owns the car? Was it sold off uncompleted? Or was it finished and sent off?

yes, Inquiring minds want to know!

fyi, if anyone needs a custom 4.9L chip for their fiero, i'm your man!