hi guy and gals i finnaly got time to start on my swap if u havent read before i have a 88 formula i will be putting a 91 4.9 caddy in it here is a pic of the car

after i got out the motor it looks like it has been rebiult

that is after i got it striped down and i cleaned it up a bit now i am wateing on my gasket set from felt pro but i didnt know it would cost over 200 dollars for a gasket set oh well

now i set my sight on the mounts i started to strip the cradle and clean and get the suspention ready for poly

to day i went to pull and savepulled and bought my fly wheel and new exaust manifold because mine had a big dent in it that is about as far as i am going to go today i will keep posting untill it is done and i am sorry for my bad spelling

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Looking good! I too could not believe the prices they want for gaskets on this mtr. I priced out a complete upper and lower end rebuilt kit and it was close to $1000.00

Keep up the pics and the progress reports. ehh

Pete

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ok well i had time to work on my car and i got around to buliding my mounts here are some pics

here is the front one

later to day i am goint to start preping the motor for paint and order my tranny mounts from west coast and some outher little things.

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i gots some time to work on my car

i cleaned up the cradle it is ready for paint

i had to do some wet sanding on the oil pan the paint got all messed up

got paint to finnaly look good

my dad started to mask off the motor for paint

Yeah we all hate you. Keep posting your progress, it's interesting.

Looking good! I just finished rebuilding my 4.9 and it is alot of work. I went alittle different rout. I bought an 86se 4 banger with a blown engine so I could take its engine cradle out and build my swap on it. When its ready to go I'll put it into my 87GT and then put the good V-6 into the se and sell it for alittle profit. I'm also going carb, just for ease of instalation. Did you go with Joe's mounts or your own design?

Seems like this swap is getting more popular all the time

Keep us posted

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4.9 in progress!

Is the wiring hard for the 4.9?

CRZYONE.. from the pics it looks like those are Joes mounts. Then again he said building the mounts. Hmm Look the same as the ones I'm using..

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19 Year Old Fierophile.
--1986 SE V6, Wild Custom Notchback
--1984 SE Modified Notchback

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yes what are you doing in terms of wiring? I cant wait to get my swap started, *hopefully* this summer i pick up a 4.9

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--Adam--
1987 Blue GT 5-speed
IM AOL: FieroGT5speed
16 years old and already selling my stuff to pay for repairs to my Fiero...which i sold my stuff to buy in the first place

Looking good so far FieroKing.

I say the wiring is probably the hardest part of the swap and I am using the caddy injection. It isn't rocket science, just a lot of hours going one wire at a time and splicing and/or verifying. Mine took me about 50 hours but I tend to be overly cautious on these things. I could probably do it in half the time now that I have done one.

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ok i guess nobody hates me the mounts are like joes but i made them so i guess they are a hybrid mounts. as for wiring i dont think it will be that hard but when the time comes i guess i will find out. i will be working on it in about 10 min and will post more pics. any one got any pics of parts done by jet hot because i am thinking about haveing it done

thanks

J Sokol

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hi guys i havent worked very hard i have been just painted alot i have to work today but i will work on it after i get home and post more pics

J Sokol

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Sorry guys for not posting in a while i have been busy i will post pics tonight after school i have to tell u one thing a red tranny looks REALLY SEXY!!!! i am love with this car so much and i havent even drove it

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Awesome work so far.. I wish my stuff went this fast

ok i finnaly have time to post some pics

got my tranny mounts from west coast thanks guys !!

had time to re-do my fuel rail injector wiring harrness

started to paint my tranny


here it is i dont really want to put it in my car now it is so darn pretty

all i need now is my heads back from the shop and i can put the motor back togher and i need my fly wheel plugged and redrilled. i also got my prothane in so i do that

thanks

J Sokol

no body has any questions i really would like some feed back

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Well I think your doing a smashing job so far. I will hopefully be doing my 4.9 swap very soon here(Tax Return!). I just hope mine looks as nice as yours. I like how you've painted everything. Gives it a very clean look. Keep us posted and the more pics the better.

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Well it was a nice day to work on the car so i started to clean the engine bay

i didnt know this much stuff would come out of such a small area

This is why i love living in the nothwest

dose any one know waht this is 2 lines run in to it. it is on the pass side and can i remove it because i am doing a v8 swap

my 85 was beggin from me to drive it in the sixty dgree weather we were having

that is all for now

J Sokol

Some guys have removed that tank. I wouldn't. It is the expansion tank for the fuel tank. It guarantees there is available space for the fuel to expand to when it gets hot and the tank is totally full. The design of the Fiero tank allows the tank to be totally filled where most cars have a dome to prevent the tank from being totally filled. It needs air to be able to compress when the fuel expands.

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quote Originally posted by Fieroking: no body has any questions i really would like some feed back

Sorry, I cant, there seems to be drool on the keyboard, and eww....
I dont want to touch it!

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i had some more time to work

got my injectors back inj the rail


painted my rear brakes


getting the half shafts ready for paint
i will try and work on it more after dinner and tommrow. and i have one question Why dont u guys like my work i see that crazyone is dont the same thing and every body post asking him questions and giving him props and not very many peeps do it for me why not ??

I think it's because, like me, most have no interest in actually DOING the swap- I love the idea, and would love that engine in my car, but I have neither the time or the money to do it. So, what really can I ask? I read this thread becuase I love those in-depth posts with tons of pics about complex matters, especially ones so well done. I have no tech questions because mine is staying stock, so...

Don't worry, we are all lurking around here somewhere, and if you lay dormant for a while I bet someone will ask "any more pics? WE WANT MORE!". I would.

Keep up the good work, it looks incredible.

Like Savagery said, we are all too busy looking at the pics.
I am still flip flopping about which engine to put in my GT, the 4.9 or the 3800SC. I would prefer the 4.9 but I have not seen too many that actually look pretty in the engine bay. Depending on how yours comes out I think you may have made my decision for me. Keep the pictures coming. Great Job.

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CFOG-I | GTA Fiero Club

Hey i will post pics after i get home i have done alot. my hands hurt from sanding and cleaning stuff

J Sokol

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Looking good! Just a little tip go to the junk yard and get another front valve cover for the rear. Why I say this is that if you install the rear cover on the engine and install the engine it will hit the hing on the pass. side firewall. If you look at your front cover it has a corner that is lower on one side, with that on the back it will clear the hing and you won't need to cut the lower part of the hing off. I just did this on one of are club members 4.9 that he's installing into a 88 fiero.

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i got alot done i am hoping to do a test fit next weekend. i didnt post very many pics because i am so tired i will post more tommrow

J Sokol

I like, nice pics. The standard flywheel looks just at home on the 4.9

Pete

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i have all most all of the suspention done and brakes i still need to paint the sway bar. right now my dad is making a bracket for the idler pully

J Sokol

I used the hole beside the waterpump, made a spacer to fit flush with irregular casting and has worked well. Some even have tensioners on the now too.

OHHHHHH SEXY!!!

Looking GREAT what made you decide on the 4.9 instead of a 350? Isent the same work involved or is 350 less? Here are those pesky Q's you were looking for

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Steve's 85 GT 4 speed 2.8

bumps for you

Hey Guys My dad and i have not really been working on my car but today me and my dad got some stuff done.

This was our first idea for a idler pully but it didnt do what we wanted.

We liked this idea better now we need to get a belt and we will be in busness.

Started to work one the wiring harrness.
Their really insnt much stuff left to do before i can drive it but i still need to paint the engine bay i was thinking a nice shade of PINK would do

But really would a copple coats of gloss black look good or should i go por 15.

Thanks

J Sokol

What tensioner did you end up using and do you have any better pics and a p/n #? I like yours much better then the Fiero Factory set up.

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88 Fiero coupe 2.5 5 speed, Custom IHI RHB6 turbo equipped, gutted and track abused
88 Coupe Project "F-88" has begun....Classified TOP SECRET **your gonna love this**
88 Fiero Coupe 2.5/auto Not sure what I am going to do to this one!
87 Fiero GT 14.9/ 89mph **4.9 PFI swap in progress**
87 Fiero Coupe 91k miles
86 Fiero SE
88 Mazda RX-7 'vert SBC v8 383/T-5
Always have engines, fiero parts and accessories for sale. Custom engine swaps and chassis modifications are available.

Hey i got some better pics on how my dad made it

He added a pice on metal to stop the back of the pully from swing around.

It mounts on the bottom hole were the stock wheel was my dad shaved a 1/8th of a inch off to get it to line up.

As for this umm we went to pull and save and got it but it was on a GM early 90's v6 motors i will try and figure out witch car it was off of.
This is to try an get more belt on the altentor but i dont really know what that is from either.

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Thanks, it looks good. I wll give it a try.

Steven

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88 Fiero coupe 2.5 5 speed, Custom IHI RHB6 turbo equipped, gutted and track abused
88 Coupe Project "F-88" has begun....Classified TOP SECRET **your gonna love this**
88 Fiero Coupe 2.5/auto Not sure what I am going to do to this one!
87 Fiero GT 14.9/ 89mph **4.9 PFI swap in progress**
87 Fiero Coupe 91k miles
86 Fiero SE
88 Mazda RX-7 'vert SBC v8 383/T-5
Always have engines, fiero parts and accessories for sale. Custom engine swaps and chassis modifications are available.

WOW... That motor looks great! Keep up the nice work!!