I have a 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue parts car that I picked up to fix another totaled one. Was staring at the engine the other night and thinking that would bolt in the fiero just like the 3.8 or any of the other gm v6's. Its a LX5 or (shortstar) V6, same engine family as the Northstar, but in my opinion a much better built and designed motor. Pushing 215Hp and 230 lbs torque, that would be a huge improvement over the stock 2.8. I drove a intrigue for a year and found it has a lot of torque and defiantly gets up and goes at full accel. In a heads up run it stayed beside my buddys Regal GS supercharged. From as much as I know about those cars, wiring wouldn't be any different than doing a 3.8 and mounting wouldn't be too difficult, shares a motor mount that the 3100 and 3400 series use. And if people are doing a northstar swap this motor should fit no problem.

I am looking to do something different than other people, I have been planning on doing the L67 swap but everyone has done that, so why not something else. Opinions? comments?

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Yeah I think it's in the family with the 3x00's. Look up that car on wiki or aumn and see if the engine is in the GM 60* V6 family

Its been done before, Rickady88GT had one in his car for a while.

quote Originally posted by HausFiero: Yeah I think it's in the family with the 3x00's. Look up that car on wiki or aumn and see if the engine is in the GM 60* V6 family

Nope, it has absolutely no relationship to the 60* family...

It's is a V6 that was created in much the same way that the 4.3 was created... lop two cylinders off of a Northstar V8 and you get a 90* 3.5L DOHC V6. That is the reason for the nickname 'Shortstar'

My 3.5 S* is now smog legal in CA. OBDII can be done
IT RUNS....... I Started the 3.5 today!!!!!!!!

Boysatt,
I totally hear where you are coming from about not wanting a 'me too' swap. There have only been a couple of these swaps completed, so you should be sitting good there...

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Great engine. The biggest problem with it is the lack of aftermarket parts. Mostly the lack of ECM programming.
I took it out and now it is just sitting in the back yard collecting dust.
This is the LX5 on it's way out.
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/101202.html