There are a couple of Fieros around town here that have V8's stuffed in them. Anyone care to guess what a Fiero with a 421 tri-power is like? No, I have not ridden in it.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- frank theriault wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
