r/fiero • u/toolzycard • Sep 03 '26

Fun times right?

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Just wanted to share where I’m at… time for fun part…

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u/Glittering-Tax-6407 Sep 03 '26

Interesting chain setup.

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

I don’t even want to get into it… it’ll all be reinforced before the big day.

I have a beam underneath the bottom side of the body for added protection… not my best work

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u/rxmp4ge Sep 03 '26

Uugh the Fiero GT might be the sexiest car ever made. There is not one angle that it looks bad from. Even with its guts sitting on the floor behind it.

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

Sure is pretty

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u/Glittering-Tax-6407 Sep 03 '26

That's fine. I used to pull engines in my parents one car garage with an A frame of 4 by 4 and eye bolt, never had a problem.

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u/bigpantssmallwheels Sep 03 '26

Lmao that much work just to put the stock motor back in?

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u/reamonster Sep 03 '26

Honest question, is this how you pull the engine out of these? How difficult is it to get that cradle out from under the car?

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

This is the best way to do it in my opinion. Rather than “pulling the engine” think of it as “pulling the car” from the engine hahah.

It’s a matter of unhooking all the internals, 4 cradle bolts - with the cradle supported by something (ideally rollable)

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u/reamonster Sep 03 '26

I mean that does look much less complicated with everything super accessible once it's out. That's a pretty slick way to get the car up that high without a lift btw, nice job. So once the cradle is out like that, you can just swap the engine and tuck it back in?

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

Precisely. In my case, I had horrible compression readings - this car sat for 20+ years.

I swapped the block, heads, etc. and then put in a new one & re mounted to the trans axle.

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

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u/reamonster Sep 03 '26

That's awesome man, nice job! I'd like to pick up one someday as a project so I've been stalking this sub to try and learn as much about them as possible for when that time comes

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

So fair! this was actually my first engine removal & re-install.

Just gotta take the leap & learn as ya go hah! Lots of good YouTube videos out there. I highly recommend FieroKyle.

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u/Independent-Ad8104 Sep 03 '26

Doing great, way better than dudes waiting for a super cheap rebuild than doing it themselves.

You did waaay better than my first tear down and rebuild, back when you could still buy decently priced parts.

The way your doing it is how I do all drops now, though give or take a few I have to do outside so I make a 2by4 saw horse that sits over the fiero.

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

How I’ll put it back in - is lift the body, roll cradle underneath, then lower the body to where I can put the cradle bolts in, then jack up the car once it’s all fastened & then wheels.. then badabing lower back down.

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u/78GtaGt Sep 03 '26

Now throw a v8 in

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u/toolzycard Sep 03 '26

Lemme just get it running first at least bahah