L67 swap in Aus.....plug and play harness? (Page 1/2)
Mr. Pat JAN 07, 08:25 PM
Hi Guys,

in the planning stages of swapping in an L67. I'm in Australia so i'm not too sure what I will need to import if anything. But i've messaged a guy or 2 who sold plug and play harnesses but no-one has gotten back to me. Can anyone help me out there? Also while i'm on topic, anything else I need to look out for to make it as easy as possible? All of our L67 cars are rear wheel drive so slightly different but same basic animal. And as for upgrades, I want to build it up a bit while its still out the car. Cam, pully upgrade, tune and IC enough to keep me happy?

Thanks for any help

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1986 GT, LT1/4T60E and the spray
R.I.P

hnthomps JAN 07, 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by Mr. Pat:

Hi Guys,

in the planning stages of swapping in an L67. I'm in Australia so i'm not too sure what I will need to import if anything. But i've messaged a guy or 2 who sold plug and play harnesses but no-one has gotten back to me. Can anyone help me out there? Also while i'm on topic, anything else I need to look out for to make it as easy as possible? All of our L67 cars are rear wheel drive so slightly different but same basic animal. And as for upgrades, I want to build it up a bit while its still out the car. Cam, pully upgrade, tune and IC enough to keep me happy?

Thanks for any help




I never saw another Fiero when I was living in Queensland/Brisbane so it is nice to see that a few Fieros are in country. There were several vendors of plug and play harnessed for a 3800 engine on PFF. I think that Fiero Flyer (Canada), maybe phonedawg, and at least one other vendor were recently seen of PFF. Do a quick search on the plug and play harness and you are likely to turn up several reputable suppliers.

A stock Series II SC engine with a decent intake and exhaust system, manual transmission, and 3.4" pulley should yield about 255 HP and 300 ft lbs of torque at the wheels. A Series III SC engine with a N* TV,short stack intercooler, headers, 3.4" pulley, oversized intake and exhaust piping should produce around 300 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque at the wheels with a manual transmission. My numbers are based on dyno runs on a couple of my cars and a very conservative tune.

As far as suggested mods, look at using a VS cam, intercooler from ZZP or another source, a 3.2 or a 3.4" pulley, larger air and exhaust piping, custom tune, etc. and you will get a streetable vehicle with good performance. Going turbo will up the hp/performance but complicate things a bit due to piping and additional expenses for equipment.

Nelson
Mr. Pat JAN 07, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by hnthomps:


I never saw another Fiero when I was living in Queensland/Brisbane so it is nice to see that a few Fieros are in country. There were several vendors of plug and play harnessed for a 3800 engine on PFF. I think that Fiero Flyer (Canada), maybe phonedawg, and at least one other vendor were recently seen of PFF. Do a quick search on the plug and play harness and you are likely to turn up several reputable suppliers.

A stock Series II SC engine with a decent intake and exhaust system, manual transmission, and 3.4" pulley should yield about 255 HP and 300 ft lbs of torque at the wheels. A Series III SC engine with a N* TV,short stack intercooler, headers, 3.4" pulley, oversized intake and exhaust piping should produce around 300 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque at the wheels with a manual transmission. My numbers are based on dyno runs on a couple of my cars and a very conservative tune.

As far as suggested mods, look at using a VS cam, intercooler from ZZP or another source, a 3.2 or a 3.4" pulley, larger air and exhaust piping, custom tune, etc. and you will get a streetable vehicle with good performance. Going turbo will up the hp/performance but complicate things a bit due to piping and additional expenses for equipment.

Nelson



Thanks for the info........i've been back in Aus for nearly 5yrs now and this is the first one i've seen in Melbourne. I actually shipped this one sight unseen from Perth!

I'll be sure to be hitting those guys up. If i recall the wiring is the biggest headache?? Found a nice cam kit over here from MACE. Reckon ill do that, smaller pully, intercooler and a good tune. I have an LS2 in my sedan if I need earth bending power

I use to live in Aiken BTW! In fact my LT1 GT is floating around Columbia somewhere. A wreckers got her due to circumstances out of my control around 10yrs ago now. 20 grand ill never see again lol

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AustinH JAN 08, 04:43 PM
James L. Brown (USA) or Danny Mcilmoyle (CANADA) are available through Facebook. Search their names. They are in pretty much every Fiero facebook group to make it easier.
Mr. Pat JAN 10, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by AustinH:

James L. Brown (USA) or Danny Mcilmoyle (CANADA) are available through Facebook. Search their names. They are in pretty much every Fiero facebook group to make it easier.



Legend. Thanks man
Harold James Kie JAN 10, 07:12 PM
I don't know if it will help you or not but a company named FiTech makes a product that is supposed to allow for easier LS engine swaps. There is an article in the current issue of "Street Rodder" about it. I contacted them but the response was still not clear as to a Fiero/LS swap. Good luck! They are a respectable company with several years of experience, mostly carbs and fuel injection systems.
wgpierce JAN 11, 01:29 AM
I showed a picture of our L67s to a few facebook groups. Consensus was if we used an Australian one we'd need the sump/oil pan from a US engine and most likely an intake unless you can figure out another way to route. Other than that it will be trial and error I'm afraid
Australian JAN 11, 06:34 AM
How much have you done so far. There are a few l67 Ausfiero has done a couople and GTjames did a swap.
Lou6t4gto JAN 11, 09:54 AM
Make your own. I've made 3 for mine. But, if I had to do it again, I'd definitely Pay Dan the $400 for one of his. "Fieroflyer" on this site.
Mr. Pat JAN 14, 05:21 PM
So far i've done nothing lol. I contacted James. L. Brown. Im on his list. Lovely bloke. He's going to sort me out with some mounts too. Trial and error isnt too big of a deal, just would like it to not be complete trial and error!!

Thanks for all the help guys