My Fiero (Convertible)
I love cars, so here is me.....a long time ago
This page is all Fiero's, I find these cars are miss-understood. They are actually a very good car. The are so easy to work on, I can remove the whole drive-train in an hour, and once you have the carriage out of the car, you can work on anything. These cars are also one of the safest cars out there. The ones that people say start on fire, are the four cylinder versions, and that is an easy fix so it will never happen.
My car handles so well. It is a great car and parts are really cheap on this car to replace them. The only thing I have never liked is the small fuel tank, but it is cheap to fill!
This car started as a car that was stripped, and in many pieces in some ones garage. The motor had blown and they took the car apart, never having an interest in getting it together again. I had a running rabbit "VW" that I traded because they just wanted a running car. they never lost any parts or even one bolt though. pretty good!
I put the car back together, with the toasted motor, loaded it up with 20w50 and drove it for another year until I could afford to purchase a re-built engine. I wanted to build a stroker for it out of a 3.1l engine, but the starter would of been on the wrong side and this would of made the clearances not work. so I just put a 2.8l engine back in. knowing now that a 3.1 block out of a Chevy truck would of been the right block. you have to change the heads, pistons, into a combination that will work. if you do this, you can use all of the stock intake, and everything else on the top of the motor. Next time I will do this!
when I first made this car into a convertible, I just cut the roof off. I wanted to see if possibly it would have enough strength in the uni-body. well the first time I drove it, it twisted, so I had flat iron welded underneath. it ties into the front of the uni-body, crosses, and then ties into the back two places. you can see what I mean if you look under the Fiero. inside I also welded along my door sill, from the front to the back, but I had to get rid of the plastic panels. this turned out nice because when I had the carpet placed, it covers the edges and you cannot tell the frame is inside the car.
for a few years, I would get a 4-wheel laser alignment done just to see if anything changed, and there was nothing.
the roof came after everything was completed, so all I did is have someone build a roof, that was installed like a boat. it slides into a track, across the front window, flips over and snaps down. it worked very well, even in the winter. now that I lost the roof in the fire, I just don't need to have one, I really have not missed it at all as I just drive another vehicle on the bad days. I am not sure if I will build another roof.
