I was finally able to bring my Fiero home from my house at school and figured it was about time I start my build thread. The car is a 1986 Fiero GT I bought from a guy being stored just down the street from my house. The car sat for many years in a field and the paint is all faded but only has 69k miles on. The guy I bought it from was stripping it down and selling parts off of it. When I bought it the interior was completely gone except for the steering column/wheel and wiring along with the front bumper. Lucky for me I already had another 86 Fiero GT I was parting out due to the frame being rusted and engine being shot. I took the interior and front bumper and swapped them onto the red Fiero, and had a running and driving car.
What drove me to Fiero's is I was trying to find a car to swap a L67 into that was rear wheel drive, affordable and provide a somewhat unique build. While a L67 swap is nothing new in a Fiero, it is still a unique car with a relatively easy and well documented swap. Trans bolts up and I get to have a manual L67, something I've always wanted. I stumbled across Fiero's during my research for a vehicle to transplant and L67 into, I've since been bitten by the Fiero bug. I've bought both of my Fiero's for less than a grand total which worked out great with my budget being in grad school.
The plans for the car are an L67 swap using the stock Fiero 4spd manual trans, a GenV, Northstar TB, ZZP headers and a 3.6 s/c pulley to start off with. All the parts were taken from my GTP when I returned it back to stock. The car will be painted this summer and the L67 swap completed. Things left to do for the swap are:
Exhaust built/trunk sectioned
Trans cable bracket adapter to clear headers
Flywheel cut/balanced
Front brakes replaced
Aluminum rear cradle bushings
Poly suspension mounts
Rear cradle frame mounts repaired/replaced
Here are some pictures of the progress so far:
When I got the car, had to cover it up to protect from the rain.
Interior before
Not the most recent picture, door panels are now on.
Donor car and the recipient
Donor car stripped down and ready for the junkyard. You can somewhat make out the rust damage on the rear frame rails that lead me to junk the car.
Red project Fiero as it sits today
I’m going from this amazing spacious garage at school
To this garage, I was spoiled at my last place.
Donor engine waiting to be installed
I'll be ordering more parts here soon once my bank account recovers from some recent bills. Space is limited at the new garage so progress on the build might be a bit slow until warmer weather comes around. I'll soon post more pictures of the progress up until today including the work I did on the donor Fiero.
What drove me to Fiero's is I was trying to find a car to swap a L67 into that was rear wheel drive, affordable and provide a somewhat unique build. While a L67 swap is nothing new in a Fiero, it is still a unique car with a relatively easy and well documented swap. Trans bolts up and I get to have a manual L67, something I've always wanted. I stumbled across Fiero's during my research for a vehicle to transplant and L67 into, I've since been bitten by the Fiero bug. I've bought both of my Fiero's for less than a grand total which worked out great with my budget being in grad school.
The plans for the car are an L67 swap using the stock Fiero 4spd manual trans, a GenV, Northstar TB, ZZP headers and a 3.6 s/c pulley to start off with. All the parts were taken from my GTP when I returned it back to stock. The car will be painted this summer and the L67 swap completed. Things left to do for the swap are:
Exhaust built/trunk sectioned
Trans cable bracket adapter to clear headers
Flywheel cut/balanced
Front brakes replaced
Aluminum rear cradle bushings
Poly suspension mounts
Rear cradle frame mounts repaired/replaced
Here are some pictures of the progress so far:
When I got the car, had to cover it up to protect from the rain.
Interior before
Not the most recent picture, door panels are now on.
Donor car and the recipient
Donor car stripped down and ready for the junkyard. You can somewhat make out the rust damage on the rear frame rails that lead me to junk the car.
Red project Fiero as it sits today
I’m going from this amazing spacious garage at school
To this garage, I was spoiled at my last place.
Donor engine waiting to be installed
I'll be ordering more parts here soon once my bank account recovers from some recent bills. Space is limited at the new garage so progress on the build might be a bit slow until warmer weather comes around. I'll soon post more pictures of the progress up until today including the work I did on the donor Fiero.
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