Hi there, this weekend I flew to Wisconsin to purchase my second Fiero, a red Formula! It was a long day, woke up at 2am on Friday to drive to the airport, and got back home around 2am on Saturday. It's been a long time coming for this, my neighbor picked up a manual Formula and let me drive it, needless to say I got hooked and had to get my own. I will be keeping my auto 86GT (my very first car) and adding this to the garage. It'll be fun going on a drive together in our Formulas. I wish NC had an active Fiero club. I certainly miss the NIFE club back in Illinois!

Onto the car, it's red, has an L67, Getrag, and T-Tops. It has had a lot of work done to it already, and I am going to do my best to finish up the small things and I will take very good care of the car. Right now it is waiting to be picked up and shipped to NC. I hope to have it in my garage by the end of the week so I can get started.

I wish that I made a worklog for my 86GT, unfortunately I didn't so I am starting from the beginning with this car to document everything that I do to it.

First things first, the photos!










Some photos of when the previous owner picked it up:



Here are some old photos from a car show (maybe a dedicated Fiero show?) a long time ago:



Even have a flyer from 1998 too!


The list of work that needs to be done to it, in no particular order:
- Install my automatic headlight module, this is already made and ready to go. If you want to do this yourself, here is the guide.
- The seat upholstery needs some attention. I don't really like the 88 seats, a little boring for me, luckily I have my 86GT seats laying around from the 987 seat swap into that car and I will put those GT seats into the Formula. I just installed heating pads into the seats today to extend the T Top usage a little bit into the fall and spring, it still gets cold here.
- Install the AR digital cruise. I already have the module and wiring diagrams. I also plan to make a Cruise light in the dash. Here is the link.
- Replace the dew wipes. I ordered a set from the Fiero Store.
- Install Rodney's short shifter and metal headlight gears, this is on the way.
- Install the Sunbird boost gauge, luckily I grabbed one from my local yard when I had the opportunity.
- Temp gauge fix.
- Install an autodimming mirror with compass and Homelink, I did that in my GT.
- I have an idea on how to better store the T Tops. Allegedly, they can fit behind the seat, but I'm 6' and I couldn't figure that out. I also don't particularly like the straps that came with the car.
- The ECU needs to be mounted securely. Currently it is retained by zipties, I need to get that squared away.
- Fix the power locks. Probably needs new switches. I may see about installing more powerful actuators.
- HVAC's Speed 4 is not working.
- Repaint the hood, roof, and decklid.
- Get A/C lines and a compressor and get the A/C working. Not really needed in Wisconsin, but it's definitely needed in NC.
- Horn isn't working. Not sure if it's the buttons or the horn, but regardless I am installing a Firebird horn in the car.
- Power trunk release. Link here.
- Install my old Firebird radio and bluetooth module. Currently it has the AM/FM radio.
- Potentially install a Firebird BCM. I have the BCM and shock sensor, but this is lower on the priority list.
- Maybe add a low coolant light to the gauges as well.

I think that about sums it all up to start. Stay tuned!

[This message has been edited by rbell2915 (edited 07-20-2025).]

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87GT - ALL OUT 3.4L Turbocharged engine, Garrett Hybrid Turbo, MSD ign., modified TH125H
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Today I just got my shifter from Rodney and got that installed. I think my clutch pedal is bent so I ordered a replacement. I like it much more than the factory shifter and the install was extremely easy.



I also followed the guide here from fierosound but I also incorporated the flashing unit from Cravenspeed located here in between the LED panel and the bulb connector, all I did was cut off the ends and solder them onto the panel and the connector.

[This message has been edited by rbell2915 (edited 07-25-2025).]

Got the horn working this morning. I picked up a Firebird horn from the yard and took the old horn out. I tested the old horn, it worked so that meant the horn wasn't the problem, and I noticed the mounting/grounding screw and hole had a lot of corrosion and I cleaned that up. I used a ring terminal on that screw for the ground as the Firebird horn has wires for power and ground, unlike the Fiero which has the ground built into the mount. I used a blue male spade connector on the positive wire and input that into the Fiero's female horn connector to maintain the stock wiring, perfect fit. I had to cut a bit of the Firebird horn's mount off to make it fit, but after hooking everything up it works again. I certainly need a horn driving a tiny car surrounded by squatted trucks. Drive defensively and always assume someone will do something stupid!

[This message has been edited by rbell2915 (edited 07-28-2025).]