Fiero Northstar(Fire-O)NAC

[Steven Mayes]

The Fiero GT was known to catch fire due to the proximity of the exaust manifolds to combustible materials and excess heat. With their plasic body they were hard to put out.

For awhile the were the hotest cars out there. Might have something to do with their demise. 

GM is known to stop production when they got it right. Look at the Corvair, Early ones were bipolar while the later ones were track proven. (Yenko's)


--- On Thu, 1/15/09, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> From: urq <urq at pacbell.net>
> Subject: RE: Fiero Northstar was Re: X 1/9
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 12:26 AM
> I never saw a Ferrari kit either ... the one that I was
> interested in was a
> GT-40.  I read about one that even had a Ford V8 w/bag o
> snakes exhaust ...
> if only the engine were longitudinally mounted ... :-)
> 
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> His was an '88, and I liked it. Sure, it's no
> Ferrari, but it was damn
> fun for the $3000 or so he had into it. I "got"
> to do the modification
> wiring. It was quite a bit of work, but since he knew
> nothing about
> wiring, and a heck of a lot about fabrication, that's
> sort of where he
> stopped. I met him at college.
> 
> BTW, anyone know why they were refered to as
> "FIRE-O's"?
> 
> I reran all the wiring on the drivers side through the
> bulkhead,
> rather than through the center right past the exhaust (team
> doorhandle, perhaps) as it was from the factory. The engine
> ran
> beautifully, as if it was still in the Caddy. However, it
> was a bit
> faster ;-)
> 
> You are right, Tom. Just as they got it right, they killed
> it. I've
> never even heard of a factory Ferrari body kit. Would love
> to see one.
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
> > Not a difficult conversion. For anyone considering a
> Fiero conversion,
> try
> > to find the last year GT ('88?).  That has an
> upgraded Lotus suspension
> and
> > brakes. GM was just getting it right and they killed
> it. Has anyone else
> ever
> > seen the dealer installed Ferrari body kit? I bought
> my '64 Plymouth
> convert
> > off a guy who had two of those and 4 regular GT's.
> He also had 4 Ariel
> square
> > fours. Interesting guy.
> >
> > Tom Faust
> 
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