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 lovely cell shot, but I had to grab a pic. It also had yellow and green flames down the side. Also note the Bald Eagle plate.  as gently caress 
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quote:It is built on a 1988 Pontiac Fiero with the Iron Duke I-4 mid-engine and has an Automatic transmission.
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Dec 20, 2014 06:36
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Is this real life? Everything, every sentence, is a massive joke.
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"Will trade for a late 70's Firebird or late 70's Stingray Corvette and not consider any other offers. All other trade offers are a waste of your time, bandwidth, and cell data usage." he said in a monotone drawl, brushing his mullet back casually.listing posted:shaved door handles. opening is done with cables behind the front tires. you can see these cable in the photos below and there is also a demonstration on how to open the doors in the video below Hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa
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It's an F40 replica for people who've never seen an F40 before. Also, obligatory "it's always a Fiero".
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quote:To me, the only known issue is that the fly wheel is missing a couple of teeth. This hasn't really been a problem for me as these missing teeth only line up with the starter on a very rare basis. When they do line up, it is very easy to correct the problem and I use a socket and extension to do a small turn on the engine from the passenger side wheel well. This moves the flywheel missing teeth past the starter gear. Slavvy posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa
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Which leads to my favorite part : quote:The socket and extension will be included with the car.
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HotCanadianChick posted:It's an F40 replica for people who've never seen an F40 before. I know the fiero is a kit car maker's wet dream because of those plastic body panels but really if you're going to be a fraud at least put a bit of money into it and start with an MR2 so you have some semblance of performance.
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1500quidporsche posted:I know the fiero is a kit car maker's wet dream because of those plastic body panels but really if you're going to be a fraud at least put a bit of money into it and start with an MR2 so you have some semblance of performance. I've never seen an MR2 kit at the back of a cutrate nudie mag classifieds section. Uh, that is to say, uhm... Err...
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1500quidporsche posted:I know the fiero is a kit car maker's wet dream because of those plastic body panels but really if you're going to be a fraud at least put a bit of money into it and start with an MR2 so you have some semblance of performance. The mr2 was a unibody, mostly made out of rust these days; the fiero is a space/frame chassis you can attach things too.
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Also, you can't cram a small block or 3800 SC in a MR2  I would unironically love to find a pristine late Fiero GT. There's a couple here in town that are mint.
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Somehow, I don't feel blessed.
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Huh, what's that? Oh for gently caress's sake 
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That is so clean  Not worth it but drat that's a good looking example of what I'd like.
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The 1984-1986 Fieros are literally a microcosm of why GM is so full of fail. Marketing: "Hey guys, lets build a mid-engine two seat sports car, to bring some excitement to the brand." Engineering: "Here's the design. It will pretty thoroughly stomp anything at its price point, and won't cost a billion dollars to build. We think it's a pretty competitive car." Accounting: "It has to be fuel efficient, and cheap. You have to use the front suspension parts from the Chevette for the front suspension, and the front suspension parts from the Citation for the rear suspension." Engineering:  Marketing: "We can bill it as a thrifty, sporty runabout." Accounting: "Instead of the aluminum V-6 you were talking about, use the Iron Duke 4 cylinder." Engineering:  Marketing: "It WILL have pretty impressive mileage, with that powertrain..." Accounting: "In fact, we don't really like your project manager, so just build it with whatever you have laying around." Engineering:  Marketing: "Lets go get some drinks." A year later... Public Relations: "Hey guys, did you know that these things can catch fire pretty easily?" The fire issues were mostly limited to the 1984 model year, and the 1988 finally got the originally-designed suspension, which actually turned it into a respectable small sports-car. The powertrain still wasn't up to the level of its competition, though. Just as it got kindof good, GM axed it. They have a habit of doing that.
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The fact that the version that was the best in relation to contemporary japanese cars, the v6, was auto only is just really depressing and GM to the hilt.
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Slavvy posted:The fact that the version that was the best in relation to contemporary japanese cars, the v6, was auto only is just really depressing and GM to the hilt. There was a 5 speed offered for the V6, they used a copy of the getrag 282
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Has there ever been a model that GM finally got around to fixing that wasn't immediately axed?
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1500quidporsche posted:Has there ever been a model that GM finally got around to fixing that wasn't immediately axed? The original ZR1 maybe?
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Pham Nuwen posted:Huh, what's that? OK, that's loving awesome.
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Powershift posted:OK, that's loving awesome. I can't figure out if he hand picked the letters, or if someone actually is selling a CAMERO badge. Either way, that's hilarious. Snapchatters will recognize this ride:  
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Bajaha posted:I can't figure out if he hand picked the letters, or if someone actually is selling a CAMERO badge. Either way, that's hilarious. They look like the letters you buy at an Autozone.
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rscott posted:There was a 5 speed offered for the V6, they used a copy of the getrag 282 Huh. Shows what I know! Makes me wonder why they aren't more popular for track days etc. Seems like good handling, all the retarded issues fixed and an infinitely improvable, common-as-dirt unburstable 3800 are a winning combination.
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Slavvy posted:Huh. Shows what I know! Makes me wonder why they aren't more popular for track days etc. Seems like good handling, all the retarded issues fixed and an infinitely improvable, common-as-dirt unburstable 3800 are a winning combination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRR8RlAQro0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQik057778U
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Two related videos away and I landed on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWHQBcLgt8s
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Driving technique about what you would expect from a fiero owner.
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This is my friends Fiero...basically you start with an 88 and then change the engine and the suspension and the steering. But then it works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBLU1fhqnY Here's him driving it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqf3OraBgRM edit:// Also we rallycrossed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTO_BN4Lqg I broke a strut tower! the poi fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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This is pretty terrible car stuff. As a result of this miata failing to yield to on-coming traffic, Cars and coffee irvine died a week early.
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Who has dibs on the hard top?
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Viggen posted:Who has dibs on the hard top? People were already bidding on it before the fire department arrived.
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nm posted:People were already bidding on it before the fire department arrived. My side is getting just as incestuous. "Bummer about the car, man. Glad you survived. I want the [front clip/windshield wiper transmission/et al]."
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The cones make it look like he was auto crossing and a dumbass in a truck came on to the course on accident. So because one guy was stupid cars and coffee got axed? Sounds like they were looking for a reason.
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the poi posted:This is my friends Fiero...basically you start with an 88 and then change the engine and the suspension and the steering. But then it works! Haha, 3.4L DOHC and only 220hp? Sweet jesus that's terrible. 
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leica posted:So because one guy was stupid cars and coffee got axed? Sounds like they were looking for a reason. It was already dead. This just killed it a little earlier.
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ratbert90 posted:Haha, 3.4L DOHC and only 220hp? Sweet jesus that's terrible. That's a respectable figure for the 80's. BMW's first 4.0L DOHC v8 made 280hp in 1993. You could reasonably expect around 150-200hp from a NA Japanese ~3.0L engine of the time. Especially with American emissions standards and petrol of the day.
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Slavvy posted:That's a respectable figure for the 80's. BMW's first 4.0L DOHC v8 made 280hp in 1993. You could reasonably expect around 150-200hp from a NA Japanese ~3.0L engine of the time. Especially with American emissions standards and petrol of the day. Yeah the 5.0L Holden engine of the early-mid 90s made 185kW, or about 250hp. Bigger engine for even less power than the BMW!
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Memento posted:Yeah the 5.0L Holden engine of the early-mid 90s made 185kW, or about 250hp. Bigger engine for even less power than the BMW! Ford still puts the 2 valve 5.4 in the E350 cutaway that makes a pavement pounding 255hp. They say they're going to keep building it until "the end of the decade" as well. Don't worry, though, it's only used for lame poo poo like ambulances.
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Memento posted:Yeah the 5.0L Holden engine of the early-mid 90s made 185kW, or about 250hp. Bigger engine for even less power than the BMW! The best was the VL/VK era 5.0 that made a staggering 150hp. The RB30E in the VL outgunned the 308 of the time!
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