Hey everyone. I've owned my Fiero for a little over a year now, but I finally just received it this past weekend.

A little backstory. I purchased a silver 1987 GT back in March 2013 in Ohio, where I'm originally from. It was $1500, great shape, 122k miles. I had my brother and his son go take a look at it, and bought it from an older lady without me even looking at it. My brother is very knowledgeable about cars, and even though Fieros aren't his thing, he said he would buy if it they were. That was all it took. I wired the money, my brother picked it up, and took it to my parent's house, where it has stayed the past year.

I've made it home to work on it a few times. During that time, I've replaced the valve cover gaskets, gave it a good cleaning, changed the oil, changed the thermostat, put in new headlight gears, replaced the line for the clutch, got new tires, and replaced the EGR tube.

I also managed to put a crack in the door (worst Easter weekend ever, one of those weekends NOTHING goes right).

Since I didn't have a suitable place to store it and work on it, I decided to keep it at my parents. We recently purchased a house with a barn, so now there was no excuse for me to have it. My brother and his boy trailered it out to Indiana this past weekend.

I've been putting together a list of things that it needs. I don't know if it will be road worthy by fall, since I've got only an hour or two a night (if I'm lucky), and playing softball on the weekends. Since we purchased a farm and my wife still has animals back in Ohio, we are working around here trying to prepare for them. Also have our first kid on the way in October, so this may be an long project, haha.

Anyway, here's a list of things it needs done. I'll keep this page updated as I work on it. If anyone has advice, or parts for sale, I'd appreciate it. Being on here for awhile, I've learned so much, and also purchased parts from a few folks already.

-New battery
-Replace vacuum lines
-Suspension
-Diagnose clutch issues
-Repair leak in coolant line
-Replace heater core
-New trunk seals
-Clean carpets
-Clean front compartment, under hood
-Fix knuckleheaded crack in door
-Fiberglass repair in a few areas
-Fix or buy radio
-Replace center console and [strike]install short throw shifter[/strike]
-Swap connector wires to fix pegging temperature gauge needle
-Decklid switch
-Carbon fiber wrap some interior items (I know, some may frown on that, but I like the look of it)
-New brakes and master cylinder
-Install auto dimming rearview mirror
-Fix power locks, and any other interior electronic issues

As I've learned, the work on these vehicles is never finished, so I'll add and strike as I go.

Here are a few photos. Since the battery was dead from sitting over the winter, I wasn't able to charge it enough to get it out and take good pictures, so pics of it in the barn are all I can manage for now. I hope to have better ones soon.

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88 Coupe: 2.0L Turbo 4 Cylinder, W2A, T25 Turbo.
84 Indy #64: Restoration Project, Super Duty 4 swap

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I like it! Love the silver GTs

Congratulations.

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1987 Pontiac Fiero GT, Silver, 5 Speed - "Ariana"
2 Corinthians 5: 17

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Forgot to mention the other day. While changing out the valve cover gaskets, we decided to repaint the covers and upper intake. My nephew actually removed the paint and repainted, as I was tired at the end of the day and he offered to take them home and work on them because he's a night owl. Here's kind of a shot of what they looked like before



and when my nephew brought them back:



and back in the car:



Looked much better.

I decided to do a little work today. I was going to get it out and wash and wax it, but I was having clutch issues. For some reason, I couldn't get it in to reverse to back it out. So I thought it would be a good time to change out the center console and put in my shifter. I then realized I had got the wrong console. Originally, I purchased a dark gray console off a member here. I was thinking my car had the lighter gray interior, so I traded with another member. Unfortunately, after not seeing my car for some time, I was wrong. So, if anyone needs a light gray center console that's in very good condition, I will be posting in the mall here in a bit. And if anyone has a dark gray, I'm in the market for one.



So, the shifter got changed out. I purchased a short throw shifter with a carbon fiber knob off another member.



And here it is installed. I really like the look of it and how it feels compared to stock.





If anyone has the little clips that go on the boot pegs to hold them down, that'd be great.

As for my clutch issues, I'm finding with the car off, it shifts fine in to any gear, and don't have to push the clutch in at all. Once the car is running though, I have to fight it to go in to 1st, and I get a grinding trying to go in to reverse. I needed to move the car back a bit, so I just slammed it in to reverse. I got a slight grind, but it went in with a jolt. I know this can't be good for it, so does anyone have any recommendations about what can be wrong? I still need to do some research on it, but it's driving me nuts. I had heard if you shift in to second, it will go in to 1st and reverse. This worked for a little bit, but it just went back to the same issue I'm having now. I'm not familiar enough with this type of transmission to properly diagnose it.

I had also heard the slave cylinder could be the reason, but I've worked on the slave cylinder already, rebuilding it with new parts. So if anyone could point me in the right direction, it be greatly appreciated.

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Started on the stainless steel vacuum lines today from Rodney Dickmans. I believe I found where my leak was coming from. When I went to remove the small 90 degree line, it was torn. I will get a pic of it tomorrow. The small straight rubber fitting was dry rotted as well, so that could have been part of the issue also. When I came to the EGR line, I found I need to shorten it and bend it to fit, so I will go to the auto store tomorrow and get a line bender. Will also use my Dremel to cut the line.

Since it was starting to get late, and I didn't want to go back to town again, I decided to try my hand at carbon fiber wrapping. I just tried the shift plate.



I still have a little trimming to do, and also a couple bubbles. It looked like it was flat on the bezel when I first laid it. The few bubbles I have taken care of, I've made a little slit along the "fiber" and pressed it down, and it smoothes out.

Before I put the ash tray doors back in, I need to repaint them.

Once I get my bender and the rubber fitting, I'll be able to complete the lines and hopefully complete that task. I'm really pleased with the way they look so far, and they've been really easy to put in. Very happy with the product.

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Haven't had much time to work on the Fiero lately. And I forgot to get pics of the SS vacuum lines before I put the upper intake back in.

My carbon fiber wrapping started coming up on my shift plate, so I purchased a heat gun and redid it. Also wrapped my HVAC bezel and bezel for the aux guages Pretty pleased with the results.

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