that car is going to scream, cant wait to see it finished and see some 1/4 mile times. Lots of work here, something i NEVER would have thought to do
I do like the way you have stretched the fram, looks nicely done. Something I always thought about the fiero was that it wasnt quite long enough in the wheelbase, I bet its going to improve in handling a little as well
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hey bubbajoe, the engine in the green car carbed? and what size is it? rough estimate on how much that swap cost you to do? it looks good, re-vitalizing my intest in a caddy 4.x swap
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i still dont see the reason for the effort. why add 12 inches unless you were gonna add it to the cab? I would rather have 12 more inches of storage than that, but thats me.
Those throttle-levers-arms and carbs remind me of my miniature ancient steammachine toy! (which btw is in a box in the attick, I have bigger toys now!) Looks like a great "Mecano" job to hook up all the carbs. It's definately an original setup What material did you use for the spacers between the carb's and the modded intake?
OK then... when putting massive amounts of power into a stock Fiero setup, transmissions are notorious for breaking under high HP/TQ stresses. On the other hand, the porsche transaxle setup (which is built longitudially - front to back) is a proven high power setup. So in order to accomodate this kind of installation (N* + Porsche Transaxle), the chassis (specifically the engine-bay) must be stretched to fit.
you got that right the porsche transaxle is only 65 lbs and the 425 is almost 220 and I dont want no auto its a sports car not grannies car driving an auto makes me feel ill
To each his own, of course. I'm all for high tech when it comes to engine management. I'd take injection over carburetion anyday! I'm on of those "kids" who thinks carburetors are too complex.
i love the strech on the fiero, the engine looks mean as hell, i dont know if youre still going to use the porsche trany i didnt read all the pages, but just a though the subaru wrx trany has a 6 speed manual and there is a kit to make the internals stronger the whole thing it probably cheaper than the porcshe oh and there is a kit to make it front wheel drive only that way you lose half the trany and the weight with it. some thing to look at.
I never looked at the Fiero as a platform for a station wagon. I will reserve comment on the appearance but I will say that it's certainly an original idea.
