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jstillwell · 12-11-2005, 02:23 PM

Wow, lot of replies already! I was adding a post about my other car when my browser crashed, but I'll answer questions first.

The engine is actually a Series II 3800, and the very first Series II swap done into a Fiero back in 1997. The previous owner was my father, whom I bought it from in 2003. In 97, he was working for a Halliburton company in Riyadh and left his previous commute car with ACE Engineering in Durango, Colorado. ACE was a fancy name for the shed of one Roger Clutter. I have the receipts from the install, it's pretty obscene what was charged for the swap. It still took quite a bit of further engineering from West Coast Fieros in Marina Del Rey, California to get it right.

The powerplant used was taken out of a brand new Bonneville SSEi pulled off of the assembly line for QA puproses. At least, that's how it was sold. Since the Series II Supercharged engine was new for 97, I can see that happening. That does occur.

So, by the time it got around to me, it was fairly well sorted out. My dad got a bit old for this car, it's not a polite car. He has a C5 Corvette now. Nice car, but I can't fit in it. (6'6")

So, check back later for my PT Cruiser and some random car porn. Thanks for the welcome.

12-11-2005, 02:23 PM	#7
jstillwell Regular User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Salinas, California Posts: 34	Wow, lot of replies already! I was adding a post about my other car when my browser crashed, but I'll answer questions first. The engine is actually a Series II 3800, and the very first Series II swap done into a Fiero back in 1997. The previous owner was my father, whom I bought it from in 2003. In 97, he was working for a Halliburton company in Riyadh and left his previous commute car with ACE Engineering in Durango, Colorado. ACE was a fancy name for the shed of one Roger Clutter. I have the receipts from the install, it's pretty obscene what was charged for the swap. It still took quite a bit of further engineering from West Coast Fieros in Marina Del Rey, California to get it right. The powerplant used was taken out of a brand new Bonneville SSEi pulled off of the assembly line for QA puproses. At least, that's how it was sold. Since the Series II Supercharged engine was new for 97, I can see that happening. That does occur. So, by the time it got around to me, it was fairly well sorted out. My dad got a bit old for this car, it's not a polite car. He has a C5 Corvette now. Nice car, but I can't fit in it. (6'6") So, check back later for my PT Cruiser and some random car porn. Thanks for the welcome.