Yeah, the Fiero wasn't exactly a classic. It was a low-budget throw-together project from GM that did nothing to boost their reputation. The engine and transaxle were almost identical to the front-drive units in the X-body cars. The steering knuckles were simply locked into position. I believe the rotation problem was solved by having the engine run counterclockwise, although I could be wrong about that. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 7/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wrote an article for Popular Mechanics some years ago about car repair > difficulty. I arranged for about a dozen popular models to be delivered to an > automotive service center. The best mechanic in the house performed six > repairs > to each car. He scored them one to ten, easy to most difficult. When the > results > were in the big loser was a rear engine V-6 Pontiac Fiero (a car long since > out > of production). That car was followed by seven or eight front-drive cars. I > think it was a Honda that came in as second hardest to repair. All of those > that > scored well were front-engine/rear drive cars. The top finisher was a > front-engine/rear drive Chevrolet Caprice, a dinosaur by any measure, but > very > easy to repair. > > Apparently, repairing those V6 Fieros was mostly moot anyway. They > lived up to their name and tended to catch on fire a lot. > > Although the V6 was a huge improvement on the little straight 4 in > terms of power and torque, that big engine in a tiny engine > compartment had a tendency to severely overheat. The results could be > somewhat disconcerting, as the mid-ship-mounted motor was about 6 > inches behind the driver's head. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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