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Author Topic: Best Fiero video I've seen  (Read 260 times)

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pgackerman

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Best Fiero video I've seen
« on: November 19, 2022, 01:29:24 pm »
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Re: Best Fiero video I've seen
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2022, 05:37:35 pm »
Pretty much nailed it. Could have been more in-depth, but not bad for the allotted time.
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Re: Best Fiero video I've seen
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2022, 10:21:43 am »

Am curious why the Fiero never came with the Sunbird's 165 HP(?) 1.8L Turbo or the Quad 4 used in the concurrent Grand Am. 

Any ideas?

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Re: Best Fiero video I've seen
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2022, 04:19:06 pm »
At a Pigeon Forge show Hulki said they were planning to use bigger engines handed down from other Pontiacs as those cars got newer engines. 
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Re: Best Fiero video I've seen
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2022, 01:04:38 pm »
The Sunbird 2.0 turbo was actually installed in a few Fieros - less than a dozen - by the aftermarket. (I forgot about the 1.8.)
I used to have copies of the brochures. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20050818-2-060169.html

I think the Fiero was going away, about the time the Quad 4 was coming into its own.
New drivetrains were  expensive to get EPA certified and CAFE rated, even back then. I suspect that as sales were dwindling, they had to concentrate on just a few options. (Rumor has it that the 3.4 DOHC would have happened, based on the '90 prototype, which had a DOHC 3.2.)
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Re: Best Fiero video I've seen
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2022, 03:18:33 pm »

Knew about the turbo aftermarket offerings. 

Quad 4s had been around a couple years and were even offered in the Grand Am.

Not a big deal.  Just one of those curiosity things.
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