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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 06:21 AM
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been thinkin abuot buyin a 86 fiero GT what do u guys think about them in general
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 07:24 AM
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I like the 88's I'm not sure they are any different though.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 09:15 AM
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They can do a LT/LS swap in them. They are a great cornering car. If you did the V8 swap they can run 11's with a stock LS1 due to not weighing anything. I have a friend/co worker that the whole family of brothers own 4 or 5 of them.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TrademarkTM
been thinkin abuot buyin a 86 fiero GT what do u guys think about them in general
Fiero looks cool that is all the opinion I have on that.

However your sig is awesome!
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 02:19 PM
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check out www.v8archie.com , he makes all kind of conversion kits to swap in v8's into Fieros , plus some pretty cool pics there , too!
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 09:33 AM
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Fire! Fire!

Seriously, I've seen some pretty cool V8 conversions.....
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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i like the last couple years of the fiero. one would be fricking awesome with an ls1 in it.
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aight cool thx guys.
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I have a friend that has a superchaged grand prix motor and it ran a 8.22 @85 mph in the 1/8 on street tires and stock boost
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Swap a LS1 in it and Make it a Lamborghini Kit Car
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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I have a friend that has a superchaged grand prix motor and it ran a 8.22 @85 mph in the 1/8 on street tires and stock boost

Make that a 7.59 @88 mph on 100 shot
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