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ronsupercar
USA
82 Posts |
 Posted - March 11 2003 : 11:41:55 AM
Has anyone here swapped to this engine on their Fiero's?1) What do you think?
2) What was the total cost?
3) Was it hard?
4) What was the most noticable change?
5) Is it better than a stock vette engine swap? (0-60 and top end) I hear that this is a great options for power upgrade from the stock V-6 or even a v8.. Please let me know... |
355neal
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - March 12 2003 : 3:51:19 PM
Hey thanks for the post. I'm currently looking for the same information that you are. I have a 86 Fiero that I'm going to put a 355 kit on and I want to do the same engine swap. The 2.8L V6 that I currently have in the car only has 67k on it but not enough power for me. I don't want my car to be all show and no go. Here is a link to a guy who has done the engine swap with some go info on it. Good Luck http://members.ispwest.com/newmdav/index.htm |
ronsupercar
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - March 12 2003 : 4:16:20 PM
Thanks for that link.I am thinking about doing something new and want that motor.. I hear alot of goo things about it.....
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355neal
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - March 12 2003 : 10:50:07 PM
Here is another good link, talking about the 3800 SChttp://www.americancustomeng.com/
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swoodard23
204 Posts |
Posted - March 13 2003 : 07:55:55 AM
Two must have links
http://www.fiero.nl/cgi-bin/fiero/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=truehttp://www.angelfire.com/fl5/fiero/fierolinks_009.html Just from what I read, it will set you back about $2500 or about $4000 if you have someone else install it. There has been criticm about how it is difficult to make the swap run right. Apparently there is some difficulty when hooking up the computers.
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Kael
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - March 18 2003 : 2:29:40 PM
www.clubgp.comI have a car with the engine,
on the forums of that site ask a few questions or look around.
The engine is very mod friendly and can be seriously built up with all of the readily available mods we have developed. 300 horsepower with 320 torque is not very or very expensive to get to. we have members running over 400 horsepower to the wheels.
There are one or two members that swapped the L67 (supercharged 3800 series II) into their fiero's, last time i checked they were running high 11's in the quarter mile.
-Keith
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eclipticknight
62 Posts |
Posted - March 19 2003 : 7:19:35 PM
i got mine for $1000 engine trany and the entire wiring harness..."it took me 4 hours to take the wirng t"..including the rge vent...wich you need and all the acc. like alt. and such.i not saying tHAT IT AS EASY but ..you ust got to wlak around with $1000 in your pocket when you go...it took about 5 months be fore i found mine... but the good ting is that i got it with 42000 miles on it..and its a 98..series 2 motor....as far as installing it..if you can read a ook ..and think uust alittle you will be ok..but it helps a lot to get the whole harness..not just the egine part.. that way you can go thoguht it ad see what you eed and what you dont..some thing you dont need..cause it just makes your ses light come on...
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ronsupercar
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - March 25 2003 : 5:55:19 PM
Thanks for all the advise. YOu guys are great..I do have another question.. Would you go with this swap, a V8 Archie kit (5sp) or a long mounted V8 w/Porsche 5sp.. I am thinking about getting a Lambo Kit and want a good engine, not too difficult to install cause I will do the work myself....
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kitkar
126 Posts |
Posted - March 25 2003 : 9:43:33 PM
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Thanks for all the advise. YOu guys are great..I do have another question.. Would you go with this swap, a V8 Archie kit (5sp) or a long mounted V8 w/Porsche 5sp.. I am thinking about getting a Lambo Kit and want a good engine, not too difficult to install cause I will do the work myself....
If you mean a Diablo kit, I would do a longitudinal V8 with Audi trans. If that was too much work or money, I would do a 4.9 Caddy swap. Rick Lord
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3.8 liter Supercharged Engine
