Interested in Fieros......

[Mach10]

Sorry, what? You want 500hp to the ground, and you want it to be RELIABLE?

You know motors don't work like that, don't you?

[El_Diablo]

lol, its all on how you build them

i want to build it once and go play some and then when im done only have to do an oil change and fill the tank



basically, the plan is to build a car as reliable as the new equinox my mom picked up this past summer lol

hence the v8... more power with less stress on the engine components compared to a v6 making that much.... ohwell, i'll just wait until i break something

[Azrael]

A seasonal worker at my job drives a Fiero SE, not sure which year. I was never really too bothered to put much thought towards them but after driving behind him on a few occasions I see that stock with a 4-banger that it would both out-accelerate and out-handle me.

Midship cars are scarey to drive if you're not prepared for them as they tend to be oversteer happy. More-so with a modified suspension.

I'd consider getting one of the GT's with the V6's and swapping a 3400 in if only they weren't such old cars. Finding one in decent condition at this point would be almost futile.

[Mach10]

Not scary. Just different.

I wouldn't call them oversteer happy at all. But you DO actually have to DRIVE them. The tail end is controlled as much with the throttle as with the steering wheel. Something that doesn't translate well with power-steering driven FWD cars.

Mid-engine cars have a rotten reputation from people who don't know how to drive them. And I'm not trying to be offensive; As soon as someone gets in trouble with a Mid-engine, the reaction is to let go of the gas... Which snaps the tail and puts you in a spin.

Putting gas INTO a corner will tend to make it under-steer, quite unlike a Mustang or Camaro, at least until you break the tires loose.

FWD is all well and good, but it's way too forgiving when laying out corners. Because the handling is limp at best, and the wheel feedback is all but muted from the driveshafts and power steering, the tendancy with many drivers is to get into the corners hot and bull-doze through them.

I've got an '84 Fiero with a 3.4TDC in it. M-O-O-N. That spells fun! I used to have the 4cyl in it. It handled well, but there wasn't much that it could out-accelerate...

[El_Diablo]

i guess i could prolly drop in a built for boost ecotec but idk

same power just lighter weight and the reliablity goes down