My first Fiero I bought about a year after my dad bought one. I never thought much about Fieros, after a classmate of mine (Class of 85) got a white coupe for a graduation present. It didn't have a sunroof or tilt wheel, and at 6'6", I couldn't fit in the damn thing. Fast forward to 96, when my pops traded in a nice LeBaron 'vert on a red 86 GT. Wow, I could actually fit! When my Cutlass started having gremlins, I sold it and went looking for a different set of wheels. When my pops suggested a Fiero, we looked in the AutoTrader, and found 2 cars that were in my range, a blue 87 coupe with T-tops and a gold 86 GT with a luggage rack.
We went to look at the 86 first, and it was so solid even with 127k miles that I bought it, $2500 cash on the barrelhead.
Here it is on Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma.
About a year into my ownership of the car, I threw a rod through the bottom of my block after a one-day 600 mile round trip to WCF and back to Northern CA. Not knowing what I could get into for engine alternatives at the time, I had a 2.8 built up by a shop in Oklahoma. The car was shipped out from Cali, and the engine was dropped in. It was purty.
The interior was average, but I did have some good sound in it, with a Polk 10" sub under the dash in a home built fiberglass enclosure.
I moved back to California last year, and unfortunately the Fiero had to go. By that time it had new paint, too.
I was Fiero-less for about 3 months. Flashback to the red 86 that my dad bought in 96. He had gone through quite a bit with the car. First, he was talked into a "race rebuild" by a swindler in San Jose who told him that the engine could be bored and stroked to 3.4l. He put a good chunk of cash down, and after getting it back it never really ran right. After about 6 months of putting it back in the shop, he went to Saudi for work and sent the car to ACE in Colorado for the 3.8 out of a 97 Bonnie. After about 6 years of driving the car wiht the L67, he really didn't have time to drive it, and sold it to me.
People ask if the value of a Fiero goes up after a swap. Hmmm. I would estimate my dad put well over $20,000 into this car, I don't think it would sell for over $5000. But I love it.
Dig the old-school Sendel 5 spokes! Eighties flava in yo ear, yo!
The engine is bone-stock, with the exception of WCF headers and Spintech exhaust, and of course the mad-tite drier vent CAI!
Yeah, it's ugly, but chrome don't get you home.
Anyhow, I dyno'd it at an honest 197 rwhp and 238 # wtq. I have a friend who has offered to hook me up with a 3.4 pulley. I think that's as far as I want to mod, as I like the reliability. I went on a run last weekend (organized by Songman, who is a decent guy and a hell of a host) to San Simeon and back and averaged about 24 mpg. In town it's considerably less, as I always seem to leave the rest of the cars far behind at every stoplight.
Anyway, that's my daily driver. Let's see yours!
Should be a diecent power gain. 
