I was recently approved for disability, and I just became a Father for the 1st time, so I took some of the money from the 1st check I got (back-dated payments) and went looking for a 4-door car so I had a more kid-friendly car to drive My Son around in when needed. I haven't gotten to drive My Fiero lately as it is currently in My garage on jack stands, I'm making some repairs/replacing parts and doing some preventative maintenance. I recently bought a 1994 Acura Vigor w/86000mi......never even heard of the model until I bought it, of course They only made 32,000 from 1992-1994. This car has a longitudinally mounted 2.5-liter/152 cu.in PGM-FI SOHC 20-valve 30deg slant mount inline 5-Cylinder motor that put out 176hp with a torque of 170 from the factory. Acura decided to make a midsize 4-door luxury sedan and They even gave it some sportiness, this car is a blast to drive. It rides nice and handles the road well, and throws You back in the seat if You stomp on the gas pedal...which I have been trying really hard not to do..; ) While I'm making those repairs on what was My daily driver, I'm driving around in My Vigor that's fully loaded/all power, with nice leather interior, listening to a factory 8-speaker stereo system....but it's a 4spd automatic, instead of the 5spd manual version. Just curious if anyone has thought about this swap, tried this swap, or if it is even possible.
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darkhorizon Member
Posts: 12279 From: Flint Michigan Registered: Jan 2006
LOL....I have no plans at all of doing a swap like this....was just wondering if anyone had thought of it....wasn't really thinking about all that would be involved to make it work, if You could make it work that is.
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CowsPatoot Member
Posts: 2792 From: Skidway Lake, MI Registered: May 2007
Without taking measurements, I would assume that an inline 5 cylinder would be too long to fit into a transverse setup in a Fiero. Even the V8 crowd that is only 4 cylinders long have some trouble along the passenger wheel well and frame rail.
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BAD87FIERO Member
Posts: 79 From: Kalamazoo, MI, US Registered: Apr 2008
I have worked on Hondas for about a year and a half now, im a HUGE fan of the B18, LOTS of aftermarket, I've built one to have 550whp running a TT setup