Region_Rat said:
In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :
Ok, so thanks to this post I'm going to look at an '87 Fiero with a supercharged 3800 swap! I have zero expectations but it's close and the price seems reasonable...any special areas that need to be looked at on these?
Pull up the carpet in the rear trunklette and look for rust behind the wheel wells. This is the only place that stopped me from getting one (in Ohio). I had 3 and loved the sound of that V6. The seating position is **very** low though. Even my high school kids thought so!
In reply to stan :
Thanks! I think I am going to see it on Saturday and will report back.
SV reX
MegaDork
4/14/22 2:28 p.m.
I had an '88 with the supercharged 3800 swap. Perfect body. Bought it for well under Challenge price with the swap already completed.
I'm sad I passed that car on.
In reply to SV reX :
The seller is asking $4,200 and it appears to be in need of some paintwork, does that sound reasonable if the swap was done well? My fiance's family owns a body shop so getting some fresh paint on it won't be a huge issue.
No, it's a rip-off! Save yourself a hassle, and let me deal with it. 
Yes, if it's done well that does sound reasonable.
In reply to SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) :
Yes!
There certainly were some cool ones in the mid 80s...
Sonic
UberDork
4/15/22 10:39 a.m.
In reply to SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) :
That's rad.
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) said:
For contrast, in 2010 GM sold 14 Pontic G3s. That is not a typo, 14. In fairness, it was cancelled that year. The year of its release, 2009, it sold 6223 units!
Today i learned there was a G3.
I can just see it now.....40 years from now......auction block for a "rare" Pontiac G3. 1 of 6,332 ever produced. 1 year only. Starting bid price of $200,000.
Purple Frog (Forum Supporter) said:
There certainly were some cool ones in the mid 80s...
Pretty sure porn is banned on this forum....
wspohn said:
NickD said:
As I recall, the Fiero was originally marketed as an economy car for all intents and purposes. It wasn't until a year or two into production that Pontiac shifted more in the direction of it being a sports car.
Exactly right. To get the model approved they needed to submit it as an economy car, knowing full well that if they got approval they could push for improvements when it was in production.
The 1988 was by far the best handling - a very expensive total replacement of all the suspension to get it finally optimized as a sports car - then they cancelled the model for the next model year.
Apparently Corvette was always very jealous about being THE sports car. When Pontiac built two prototypes of a proposed turbo version, resistance was strong. The performance of the turbo Fieros was very close to the stock Corvettes and there was no way they were going to get approval for that.
I remember when GM started talking about releasing the fiero, and told the public adamantly, that it would be a light, 2 seat economy car, that happened to have a mid engine. Everyone thought it was the nod, nod , wink wink, and was really looking fwd to this great domestic sport car. Till gm released a light, 2 seat economy car, that happened to be a mid engine.
Then the public was pissed. Afterwards gm caved, and tried to backpedal it into a sports car, and quickly found out beating gm's vette was not gonna be allowed.
no insider info for this, but that's the publics memory of the time, from that time.
