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What's Up at Archie's by Archie
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Jun 19th, 2006
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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Hmm. Let's see what's on T.V.? 
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Jun 20th, 2006
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Fiero2m8
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From: Niagara, Ontario, Canada
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Congrats Dr. CPU ! Send me a PM if you're going to a local show - I'd like to see it up close. Ryan ------------------
1986 Fiero2m8 (LT1 NX / 4T60 Roadster Build)[/b]
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/071642.html
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Jun 21st, 2006
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RiceCooker
Member Posts: 1178
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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In less than a month...I will be a part of this thread  I am meeting Archie in 27 days and the RiceCooker is going in for MAJOR surgery  Todd
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Jun 24th, 2006
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
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Jun 25th, 2006
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RiceCooker
Member Posts: 1178
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: May 2000
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| | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
Hmm....What type of surgery? |
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Well, we'll start off with a major organ replacement......a little cosmetic surgery and then a few other makeover items  Brand new crate 350 ZZ4 Muncie 4spd ---> Getgrag 5spd conversion Warber vented hood (to keep those pesky headlight covers down and keep the front end stable at speed Big Brake conversion Fierostore full suspension package including Eibach springs, Koni adjustable shocks, sawybars, full poly It's going to be a completely different car Coming out is a tired, leaky old 2.8 with 140,000 miles on it. The car is in great shape on the outside considering it's age. I'm working on some interior restoration right now before I drive it down to Archie's in a few weeks and after she comes home a nice shiny new paint job will definately be in order Here's to hoping Archie can post plenty of pictures of the surgery and make over! Todd
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RiceCooker
Member Posts: 1178
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: May 2000
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Was out yesterday cleaning up and took some pics with the new phone...still figuring out the PIP but I think I got it "the patient".....   [This message has been edited by RiceCooker (edited 06-25-2006).]
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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| | | quote | Originally posted by RiceCooker:
Well, we'll start off with a major organ replacement......a little cosmetic surgery and then a few other makeover items
Brand new crate 350 ZZ4
Muncie 4spd ---> Getgrag 5spd conversionTodd
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What. No 6-speed/choptop??? I'm sure if you leave it at Archie's long enough, you may gain a additional gear, hehe. (j/k) Nice Rims...I've seen that style on the GBCT...hmm?
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RiceCooker
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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haha, actually the 6 speed has been discussed...but if I could I would definatley do a chop over a 6 spd conversion.....who knows....maybe in a couple years I will head down for another little drive The car in the background is my daily driver/winter car....a 1995 Pontiac Firefly, it has a BIG BAD inline 1.0 litre 3 cylinder. Just think what Archie could do to that car!
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04:46 PM
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madcurl
Member Posts: 21401
From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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| | | quote | Originally posted by RiceCooker:
haha, actually the 6 speed has been discussed...but if I could I would definatley do a chop over a 6 spd conversion.....who knows....maybe in a couple years I will head down for another little drive
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Well, if you do decide, you'll have Dr. CPU as company...he's #023.
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Jun 26th, 2006
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DrCPU
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From: North Dumfries, On, Canada
Registered: Jan 2004
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| | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
Well, if you do decide, you'll have Dr. CPU as company...he's #023.
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I'm still the only Canuck with the chop! Heck you can always drive it around in primer for a year or two! DO DA CHOP - DO DA CHOP! DO DA 6SPEED DO DA 6SPEED! Ask your folks for an upfront on the will - tell em it's money well spent!!!
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Jun 27th, 2006
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RiceCooker
Member Posts: 1178
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: May 2000
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| | | quote | Originally posted by DrCPU:
DO DA CHOP - DO DA CHOP! DO DA 6SPEED DO DA 6SPEED!
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Well,I absolutely cannot do both! ......but......... I am very seriously considering doing one of them.....just curious madcurl......if another chop was done in early August, would it be #24 or #25? It would also be very cool to be Canadian choptop #2 maybe I will have some news later this week ~T~
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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| | | quote | Originally posted by RiceCooker:
I am very seriously considering doing one of them.....just curious madcurl......if another chop was done in early August, would it be #24 or #25?~T~
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Hmm. I don't know because, Archie more or less said, "it's first come, first numbered." So between now and then he may be working on someone's chopper as we speak.
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12:19 PM
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Jul 1st, 2006
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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I was reminded today that I really haven't updated this thread in more than a month. We've been pretty busy for the last month, so I thought I'd just bring you up to date with a few pictures of what we've been doing this last month....... The LS1 engine is so strong we has to cage it  This customer built car is now in the hands of a new owner in Wisconsin. The new owner decided that it needed a fresh SBC in it, here is the old one......  The LS1 getting it's 1st trial fit & waiting on it's new chrome intake......  More work getting done on the LS1 swap......  LS1 in it's new home for the last time.......  The engine that's going into the WI car......  .................
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fierogt3800
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From: Keokuk, Iowa
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[ ................. [/QUOTE] is that a brand x or first gen steel adapter plate? it looks thinner then the aluminum one you offer. maybe im just seeing things too. Nice rebody in the backround... ------------------
Artero Rebody , 18"s, 91' 350 SBC / Muncie 4spd
thread here: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/058999.html
85.5 Porsche 944 euro *for sale*
73 VW Karmann Ghia convertible (sold to finish SBC swap)
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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We also did a special part for DrCPU's car.........  We rec'd a Big Wheel.........  And a set of not too little wheels.......  We had to see how one would fit on the IMSA car.......  This is what the LS1 is going into......... '88 "T" top............  A very secret project we can't talk about..........  .................
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fierogt3800
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From: Keokuk, Iowa
Registered: Feb 2006
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| | | quote | [B]Originally posted by Archie:[/B
A very secret project we can't talk about..........
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A mid engine sostice? Its about time someone put it in the right end..... ------------------
Artero Rebody , 18"s, 91' 350 SBC / Muncie 4spd
thread here: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/058999.html
85.5 Porsche 944 euro *for sale*
73 VW Karmann Ghia convertible (sold to finish SBC swap)
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Archie
Member Posts: 9436
From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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Actually we have 2 2nd owner V-8 Fieros in the shop for work for the new owners, this is the one that got the fresh engine. As it turns out the fresh engine was from a Mud Bog truck & it has one heck of a cam in it........ you should hear it..........here's a spy pic.....  Here is a retro fit of a TPI unit to the other Fiero that is now on it's 2nd owner (also now owned by an owner in WI)........  Another shot a little while later...........  I have a couple of ZZ4 crate engines that came in........... does anyone want to claim them?......  More tomorrow. Archie
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Scott-Wa
Member Posts: 5392
From: Tacoma, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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Have you done any weight comparison of the LS1 and 6 speed setup compared to the stock 6 cylinder and 5 speed? I'd suspect the weight difference on the engines isn't that much considering all the aluminum... I pulled an LS1 out of a turbocharged Tran Am this week and tore it down for beefier rods and pistons so it can run more boost. That block is pretty light I just picked it up and set it in a pickup without any real grunting... heads are a lot lighter than cast iron ones also. I'm wondering if that offsets the classic small block swap weight difference much.
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Cheever3000
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From: The Man from Tallahassee
Registered: Aug 2001
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 Have you given that Solstice a name? I nominate: "Sol-oh!"
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RiceCooker
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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Nice.
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typhoon
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...ummmm, the one with the blue valve covers up there would be mine. Took it home today :-) ------------------
..from beautiful Caledonia, WI
87 GT 5 speed med red
87 GT 5 speed V8 sbc (being resurected)
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Custom2M4
Member Posts: 4414
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Registered: Sep 2004
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Archie I sent you a PM, but I dunno if it worked.... ergg. lemme know if it went through, thanks.
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Fierobruiser
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From: Gilbertsville,PA USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Cheever3000:
Have you given that Solstice a name? I nominate: "Sol-oh!"
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Stick a bottle in it and call it the Equinox. ------------------
Notchbacks RULE
"Let a man drive a Fiero and he'll own one.
Teach a man to fix a Fiero and he'll own eight....errr...nine."
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Jul 2nd, 2006
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Formula88
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From: Raleigh NC
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Fierobruiser:
Stick a bottle in it and call it the Equinox.
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Do you really want to give it the same name as this? 
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Jul 3rd, 2006
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
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Hmm...what in the news??? 
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Philphine
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From: louisville,ky. usa
Registered: Feb 2000
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Archie:
I have a couple of ZZ4 crate engines that came in........... does anyone want to claim them?......
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dibs!!!...dibs!!! oh... i guess some cash might be needed... nevermind.
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Jul 7th, 2006
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RiceCooker
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: May 2000
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Hey Archie, has that beastly new ZZ4 busted out of its crate yet?
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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| | | quote | Originally posted by RiceCooker:
Hey Archie, has that beastly new ZZ4 busted out of its crate yet?
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Actually one of the ZZ4's is in the customers' car & finished. He'll be getting his car Tuesday. Most of the suspension stuff for your car is here. The transmission is here & all the other parts we need to complete it. We'll be pulling your engine out of the crate Monday morning & getting it put together. Brake calipers & rotors etc. will be here Tuesday. So we'll be ready for you. Archie
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Jul 10th, 2006
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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| | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
Hmm. Let's see what's on Archie T.V.? |
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JetroGT
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From: Manchester, TN
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Archie:
A very secret project we can't talk about..........
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So the Purple Pavement Eater is back?
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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| | | quote | Originally posted by JetroGT:
So the Purple Pavement Eater is back? |
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No we just finished 4 V-8 swaps that all had the Chrome injection systems on them & this was one of them. Archie
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fierogt3800
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a very special secret.. | | | quote | Originally posted by fierogt3800:
A mid engine sostice? Its about time someone put it in the right end.....
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still my best guess.. ------------------
Artero Rebody , 18"s, 91' 350 SBC / Muncie 4spd
thread here: [URL=https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/058999.html[/URL] 85.5 Porsche 944 euro *for sale*
73 VW Karmann Ghia convertible (sold to finish SBC swap)
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Jul 12th, 2006
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RiceCooker
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Registered: May 2000
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Archie:
Actually one of the ZZ4's is in the customers' car & finished. He'll be getting his car Tuesday.
Most of the suspension stuff for your car is here. The transmission is here & all the other parts we need to complete it. We'll be pulling your engine out of the crate Monday morning & getting it put together.
Brake calipers & rotors etc. will be here Tuesday.
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Sounds great! Any pics yet?
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Archie
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Jul 13th, 2006
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RiceCooker
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Great work!
a thing of beauty...
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Jul 17th, 2006
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dobey
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Anyone know if the G6 6-speed is offered in any Pontiacs, coupled with a V-8? I thought I saw that it could be had hooked up to the 5.3, but all I see on pontiac.com is the 3900 in the G6 GXP, and the 5.3 in the GP GXP. But the GP only seems to come with a 4-speed auto. :-/
Thanks.
-- Rodney
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Custom2M4
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| | | quote | Originally posted by dobey:
Anyone know if the G6 6-speed is offered in any Pontiacs, coupled with a V-8?
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If I'm not mistaken thats what archie is using... the f40 6spd trans...
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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| | | quote | Originally posted by dobey:
Anyone know if the G6 6-speed is offered in any Pontiacs, coupled with a V-8? I thought I saw that it could be had hooked up to the 5.3, but all I see on pontiac.com is the 3900 in the G6 GXP, and the 5.3 in the GP GXP. But the GP only seems to come with a 4-speed auto. :-/
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The only vehicle GM is using the F40 transmission in is the G6 GXP. That is the same transmission that I've been putting in the Fieros for a few months now. Archie
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Archie
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Dec 1999
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I went to a show this last weekend in Kansas City. .JPG)
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