I was taliking to friend of mine the other day, and he said he saw somewhere that somebody had kits to install a ford v-8 in a fiero!
I told him he was mistaken..was he..??
Does somebody make a kit to put a Ford V-8 in a fiero.. And if so.. Why would you want to??
That's sacreligous(sp)..!!

Anybody know for sure...???

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'84 SE (Strictly Parts Car)For Sale W/other
'85 SE
'86 SE (soon to be Fastback SE)
'99 K-1500 Z-71
'00 HD 1200XL Sportster

Ya way would you do that when its obvious that Mopar would be the better choice.

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Why? If this does exist why would anyone want to do that? Chevy makes a better V-8

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Adam J. B.
The search for a GT will never end!
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I can think of 2 good reasons off the top of my head.

1) weight, the SBF is the lightest of the 'popular' V8's
2) the crank snout is a more favourable design, its much more like the 2.8 and this helps alot when making an adapterplate and flywheel fit in a tight area. This is one of the 'awkward' area's of the SBC.

Search for the Ford V8 thread-there is more info there as well. I probably won't do it, but I can see the advantages if someone did.

I saw a Rover aluminum V8 in the paper this week for $600 cnd, now THAT would be a great motor for the Fiero.

I've HEARD...mind you, just heard...that Bob at Twin Lakes Fiero is working on a 5.0 liter engine swap. Take that with a grain of salt...I saw a mention of it a couple of times on one of the Fiero Mailing lists, but never saw anything to back it up...

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Mike
86 GT 4 Speed

So, in other words.. there is no adapter kit to put a ford v-8 in a fiero...
Well, he is a Mopar, Ford guy anyway..
I guess I'll have to tell him he's blowing smoke....

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'84 SE-for Sale
'84 SE (Strictly Parts Car)For Sale W/other
'85 SE
'86 SE (soon to be Fastback SE)
'99 K-1500 Z-71
'00 HD 1200XL Sportster

I'm not trying to start anything here but I am just curious as to why you would think the Mopar was a better choice Jake? What motor?

a SHO yammamhaha twin cam V-8 out of a older tauris is in a fiero pic posted to this board
I think they used it's ford 5speed with it
not a kit custom one off

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Question wonder and be wierd

The 318 I had in my charger was sweet, it had 3 wires going to the motor.
I abused the he11 out of it and it came back for more. Not like the POS trany.

quote Originally posted by 85GToronto: I'm not trying to start anything here but I am just curious as to why you would think the Mopar was a better choice Jake? What motor?

i'd go with a 340 WEDGE (realisticly) or the 528 HEMI (entirly unrealistic)

gotta love that six-pack.

MOPAR or NO CAR!

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I think I understand this concept. If nothing else it would be different and isn't that important too. We all want to have something just a little bit different. IF I could, my choise for an engine would be a VW VR6 with a supercharger on or my ultimate would be a Porsche 928 engine : :. It all comes down to how much speed can your bank account give you.

Well, actually the question is... "Is there someone out there marketing a conversion kit to put a Ford V-8 in a Fiero..??" (You know.. like an Archie V-8 kit.)
He said he saw it advertised someplace.. Not a one-off " So-and-so put one in" but someone that is actually fabricating the parts, adapters,etc.. and selling it as a bonifide conversion kit.

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'84 SE-for Sale
'84 SE (Strictly Parts Car)For Sale W/other
'85 SE
'86 SE (soon to be Fastback SE)
'99 K-1500 Z-71
'00 HD 1200XL Sportster

Find me a dimensioned drawing of a 302 bellhousing and I'd consider it....

I'm dumbstruck at the idea of a Hemi-Fiero.

Wow

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'85 SE 3800SC 5 Spd
I WANT A FASTBACK!!!

quote Originally posted by kyote: Well, actually the question is... "Is there someone out there marketing a conversion kit to put a Ford V-8 in a Fiero..??" (You know.. like an Archie V-8 kit.) He said he saw it advertised someplace.. Not a one-off " So-and-so put one in" but someone that is actually fabricating the parts, adapters,etc.. and selling it as a bonifide conversion kit.

To answer your question directly... No. There isn't anyone marketing and/or mass producing a Ford V8 conversion kit for the Fiero. That's pretty simple.

Now on the side note of custom fabrication- I have a video (from the infamous crooks of the kitcar world known originally as JLGI or Jay Lucas Group Int'l, of Florida) showing a Koenig Ferrari Rebody kit (7" stretched chassis) with a Ford SHO V8 powerplant (which I believe was actually built by Yamaha). Well... it looked nice. And that's about all anyone can tell of it!

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[This message has been edited by MinnGreenGT (edited 03-26-2002).]

Thanks Minn...
That's what I wanted to know...
I'll tell him he's full of $#@&!!!
I tell ya, he was pretty adament about it...

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'84 SE-for Sale
'84 SE (Strictly Parts Car)For Sale W/other
'85 SE
'86 SE (soon to be Fastback SE)
'99 K-1500 Z-71
'00 HD 1200XL Sportster

Someone should quit drinking the bong water ...

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Boomtastic

Ahh.. Drool.. 5.0.. It costs pennies to make those things over 400hp..

So who has a CAD drawing of the 302 bellhousing and crank center? I'd be curious to look at this. Anyone know off hand how big the clutch disc and/or flywheel is in a 5.0? I think I saw somewhere that its a 12.5" FW, and that would be almost perfect.

I just found this interesting page, take special note of the weights and the authors comments:
http://members.aol.com/danmas/motors.htm

There is some great swap info on this site.

[This message has been edited by 85GToronto (edited 03-28-2002).]

We all know that BMW makes the only V8 suitable for the Fiero!!!

Best!
Ben.

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Ben Cannon
88 Formula, T-top, Metalic Red. "Every Man Dies, not every man really Lives"
88 Formula, Northstar, Silver, In-Progreess. -Mel Gibson, "Braveheart"

quote Originally posted by JohnnyK: Ahh.. Drool.. 5.0.. It costs pennies to make those things over 400hp..

BS chevy hotrod parts are 1/2 fords prices
even at junkyards

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