Kyle's 1986 2m6, Series II 3.8L SC Thread. Brewerton NY (Page 1/6)
DKcustoms JUN 13, 07:53 PM
November 2015 Edit: Project is now an 88 Formula. I apologize about some of the picture sizes, hopefully I can get around to resizing them once the car is on the road

January 2018 Edit: The images are visible, but you need to do a work-around of photobucket's features. Using chrome, you can find it here: https://chrome.google.com/w...fegnfnflicjjgj?hl=en

Little background:
June 12th of 2013, I purchased a 1986 Fiero SE, 2m6 with the 4 speed and 68k miles
Did not have the motor installed, just the transmission in the cradle and the motor on a stand, along with boxes of motor parts. PO said the motor developed a knock, he drove it till it died, and he pulled it out with the intention of rebuilding it. Things were so bad on the block he decided to sell it, eventually to me, for $750.





Passenger side taillight was shot out by a kid with a BB gun a few years ago, it has since been replaced.




I'd say I got lucky, came with the Haynes Manual, Service manual ($125), and the original owner's and DIY Manuals


One of the first mods I did was to get rid of that 85 mph speedo and add white face gauges


Although I did not take any pictures, I spent weeks removing any spots of rust with a wire-wheel on the underside of the then 27 year old car and painting everything to ensure it wouldn't rust again, although it will never see a winter and probably very little rain.
Next I removed the alternator and coil cooling fans, and found a little rust in the trunk corners (frame rails are fine, just surface rust which I am taking care of)




As I was still attending school, and will be until July 29th of this year, the process has been slow.
But now we are at today, when I purchased my 2001 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi.
The car has 77,013 miles, engine sounds great but the transmission is gone, the only gears that work are Park and Neutral, all the rest act like neutral...






All the car has are headers and a muffler, so I burnt a little grass today


Found all this stuff in the car, plus $.62 to help offset the cost of the car! haha


Had a spare instrument panel in the trunk


along with a spare PCM



And whatever these two black boxes are for. (I haven't researched them yet)







It also came with what I am assuming is a Fake Rolex


This is where I am at so far. I'm 22 and almost done with school, so hopefully the pace quickens soon.
Jason, aka Fierofreak00 on this forum will be assisting me, or I will be assisting him, with this swap coming up soon, so I have plenty more to add to this thread coming up
Little Teaser

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amflyer JUN 14, 06:08 AM
Hope you got you wallet out your gonna be into that deep, theres alot more to it than just an engine and swaping it over into the Fiero Good Luck
DKcustoms JUN 14, 06:54 AM

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Originally posted by amflyer:

Hope you got you wallet out your gonna be into that deep, theres alot more to it than just an engine and swaping it over into the Fiero Good Luck



I already have Purple Reign's mounts, new flywheel, wiring harness, ECM, Stage 3+ Clutch on order from SPEC, and many other parts all ready for this swap.
Thanks for the concern though.
Fierofreak00 JUN 14, 08:01 AM
No worries Rob! He's got a lot of stuff and we've gone over a bunch of things. This should be a reasonably quick swap due to having the wiring harness pre made. The only thing that concerns me is that he wants to use the Isuzu trans.... We'll be getting to work on it right after ricks car which I'm hoping shouldn't be too much longer. -Jason
hnthomps JUN 14, 02:49 PM
I had a 3800 SC Series II mated to the Isuzzu transmission and ran it at road speeds for about 1000 miles before I sold it to a friend. There were no transmission issues while I had it but I did not beat on it or drop the clutch. BTW, look at the "Rolex" and see if it has a serial number on the band (near the band attachment point) and on the watch case. If it does you might actually have a Rolex. I do not think it is likely based on the photo, but stranger things have happened.

Nelson
DKcustoms JUL 17, 08:20 PM
Turns out the Rolex was fake, no shocker there really.

But I'm gathering more parts for this swap, getting closer towards having a running, driving Fiero pretty soon
DKcustoms AUG 12, 11:11 PM
Should be adding picture of new parts within the next few days.
Making progress while awaiting the swap.
Hardpact AUG 13, 08:23 AM
Glad to see some progress !!

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BLUE BY YOU!
NYFOC

DKcustoms AUG 13, 08:54 PM
Yea thanks! Making progress, just gathering parts at the moment.

Got Rodney's Fuel lines today


to go along with some stainless Quick Connect Fuel Lines


And finally got the proper flywheel bolts

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DKcustoms AUG 15, 01:19 PM
I also got some 5x100 hub to 5x115 wheel adapters to let me put my bonneville rims on the car.
Haven't tested the rims yet, but it looks like I may need to take off a thread or two off the car's studs to fit flush with the adapter.
I have a few ideas, but any tips on how to do this?


Also got an exhaust that I was told was made by Dan, FieroFlyer.
I plan to have a true dual exhaust built by a machine shop anyway, so the crossover isn't necessary.


Bought a new LIM and Supercharger with only 10k miles courtesy of IanT720