question for the smart guys
 

since this is the holiday season and there is no racing. I figured I would pick your brains. I am a huge fiero guy yes I know stop laughing at me. Question since ups doesn't give me the budget for a four speed max wedge stocker I wonder would a fiero gt make a competitive combo. Billy I know your smiling so share your wisdom. Would love to hear possible class and how far under you think it could go.

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Prior to the AHFS, when HP was ruled by committee, I believe Billy had asked for 5 HP back on the Fiero. Reply: "Not if YOU'RE building it! YOU'LL make it FLY!"

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Didn't know there was such a thing as a "Huge Fiero guy",, how'd you fit in the car?
Yeah, I know, I'm being a smart guy. I actually saw a Fiero GT in Super Gas a few years back,,, didn't look bad. Good luck with your project.
Danny Durham

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I'm not sure I qualify to respond here , but here goes:

The 87 THM GT will make T/SA .
@ 150 HP, I think it's a bit high...Ask Jim Wahl about that combo. It's 155 in the Cimarron, FWD but you get a .430 lift cam.
The TH125 is essentially a mini T200, so all the low drag tricks would apply.
You are limited with the final drive , but a really short drag radial would work fine ,as I can't see how traction would be an issue.
Cams are available..390/ 410 lift is what a lot of the 350 Chevies use.
You'll have to fab the headers. You used to be able to get S10 kit pieces.
I'd build a 7 " converter to get the rpm's up to make up for the gear ratio.
I think it would run the NHRA index without too much trouble

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wasn't 88 last year. I worked across the shop from them on Isuzu's.
I thought they were from 84, the 84C15 recall cars, to 88GT's where they finally got them right but public gave up on them. This is all from memory tho....

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Yes you are right 84-88 always wanted one. Just thought that would be an interesting challenge. Also they are rwd.

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84 and 88 are not in the book.

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Saw this one day at dragway 42 running mid 17s...

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...and this at Norwalk a few years ago at the Halloween Classic.

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The car I was playing with was an 85 2.5/120/113 car. It is a natural V/SA that can make W. The car has a "stupid computer" in it that you can make do what you want it to. It has a pretty big throttlebody and the heads and intake look good. Biggest problem would be the transaxle. The best final drive that you can get from the factory is a 3.73. I've heard that there's someone in upstate N.Y. that might make yoy a 4.10. Yac can make you a converter and even do the trans for you. 4 cyl car has got enough room that you can make your own headers. Find the shortest slicks that you can (or even drag radials?) and it would probably do much better than index. It would hook in a carwash.
I think in hindsight that it could be a fun little car and would probably run well. I probably didn't give it much of a chance as I really didn't like the "disconected" feel that I got while driving it.

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a LOT of fieros where 2.5 4 cyls, too.
1st V-6 ones would have been about '86 when i worked for a dealer..

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What year was the fastback design with the V6 and the Gertag transaxel ?

JimR

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I'm wondering how long it will be before somebody mentions Larry Morgan.

In any case, "huge Fiero guys" fit in 'em just fine. I've handed this guy, (Fred Guljas), multiple 260+ mph timeslips over the past decade.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ps1c9dce92.jpg

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As soon as I started reading this thread, I flashed back to Larry Morgan's Fiero Comp car, but back to the question, it would be a neat car, gotta run at least decent

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good luck with the fiero project . we bought an 88' off the showroom floor in 89'. if you need basic parts, try the fiero store in stafford ct. www.fierostore.com. some performance parts and restoration parts. good people to deal with.