Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: sonic50 on October 12, 2008, 03:49:36 pm
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Any recommendation on where I can buy a new engine block for a 2.8l?
I don
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Scott, just a personal opinion. The 2.8 is a little difficult to find, and the cost for a rebuilt one is about the same as for a 93-95 3.4. All the parts from your old 2.8 will go onto the 3.4 and it's a free 20 HP for the same money. I'm thinking Don might have or know of a good 2.8, though.
If you decide to go with a rebuilt, we bought one from Groomes in Nashville for about $1700, with no core charge. They warrant it for 18 months in a Fiero. Same engines that Ed Parks uses for his 3.4 conversions. Jasper is higher and won't warrant it for a Fiero. GM is almost double, but won't warrant it for a Fiero.
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Scott, My 3.4 came from Grooms.
Just a tip... If you buy it through Ed Parks, he can modify it for you, for installation in the Fiero. (Involves drilling the starter holes and... not much else, in your case. )
The up side of that is that if there is a problem, Ed can do the warranty work for you.
What does that mean?
I bought my engine from Grooms, through Ed. He did all the block mods required to make it fit into an 88 Fiero with an automatic. (More stuff than you'll need.)
I went and picked it up and installed it myself.
During the break-in period, it blew a head gasket due to a broken head bolt.
I towed it back to Ed's.
They removed it, shipped it back to Grooms to be re-rebuilt, and reinstalled it in the car. Grooms paid Ed for the R&R, even though I did the initial install myself.
I've beat hell out of it for 15-20K, and even taken it back apart to install a big cam and ported heads, and have had no more trouble out of it.
I certainly can't complain.