Aw, man, I was going to be the first! I picked up a 1996 Trans Am, with the LT1 engine, last night at Lombard Hobbies (shameless plug). 15 minutes after I got it home I had the engine out.
I just didn't have the heart to dissamble the Fiero model. The cheapie Ertl car ($9.95) seems to have a lot more plastic in it than the Fiero, so all of a sudden putting the plastic V8 in doesn't seem right. Maybe it will look better when I paint it.
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
dont feel bad the fiero engine is plastic to just be carefull when you cut the transaxle not to cut too much off then use standard model cement to glue it to the new engine and no you dont need ARCHIES adapter to put it in
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Fiero5 Member
Posts: 8882 From: Arecibo, PR Registered: Jun 2000
WOW I'm impressed. How did you switch the wheels exactly? I have a dodge viper sitting at home as well as my own fiero diecast... that V10 would look nice in the back!! Those are some nice pieces of work I must say.
Those wheels it comes with, definately are no good.
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Posts: 6508 From: Camden County NJ Registered: Sep 2001
Hey, i did the first engine swap! wel...the first attempted engine swap. got an LS1 out of a burnago (sp?) vette modle. after a lot of modding i decided the engine was too long and wide to fit, just gonna do a regular small block now.
but hey joe, thats not a caddy engine in the green one, so its not accurate
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bubbajoexxx Member
Posts: 1630 From: Ontario Canada Registered: Aug 2003
no its a reworked old caddy engine from a hot rod reworked to look like a 4.9 but the scale engines dont look like the real thing anyway still have to find a breather with the right shape water pump and front of engine are setup the same as the 4.9
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Bobert Member
Posts: 371 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Jan 2002
Just ordered mine today. Need to turn it into a black 86 SE with saddle interior, 350 SBC and gold trimmed wheels. I guess I'll be needing those SE stickers! Does anybody make 1:18 scale engines or engine parts? I'm gonna need some tall Moroso chrome valve covers.
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wetpoop Member
Posts: 921 From: Baltimore Maryland USA Registered: Feb 2004
Can't wait for mine to arrive. I ordered four of them (2-silver 2-red) knowing that I would be modding at least one or two. Seeing these now has me thinking that I should have ordered more!
If only they made fastbacks! Hopefully Yat Ming will sell enough of the "notchies" to justify tooling up a fastback model.
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ThaFieroMunk Member
Posts: 945 From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2002
I've been playing around with mine, and I've got the same Viper wheels on a Burago viper.. does anyone know how to get another set of wheels on the fiero?? I've taken the Fiero completely apart and I see how the wheels work on it but I can't seem to find another set of wheels that will go on like the stock fiero ones do.
any help??
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Raydar Member
Posts: 40925 From: Carrollton GA. Out in the... country. Registered: Oct 1999