I have always loved the appearance of the Ferrari 308 (made popular on the TV show Magnum PI) and even though the real thing can be purchased for $30,000 or so it is still a 20 year old car, is very unreliable, very expensive to maintain and with an output of 240hp or so can be beaten off the line nowadays by a lot of family sedans!

Originally the plan was to build a kit car from scratch with Ferrari good looks but 2007 Corvette reliability and performance. While looking for a Fiero to build the kit on I found a completed car here in the lower mainland. It was a 1986 Fiero 2M6 that has been rebodied to look like a 1985 Ferrari 308 GTSi. I knew the car had a lot of problems right away but really I was just buying the kit.  I purchased it in June of 2007 for $10500.

The first order of business was to upgrade the mechanicals.  After discussing things with Chris Zander who is now working at B&N hotrods http://bnhotrod.homestead.com/ We decided to do the following

 

Engine and Transmission

 

GM zz383 crate motor  http://www.gmhorsepower.com/ZZ_383.html

6 speed transmission kit w/tranny    

Battery tray      

Getrag modified cable    

4 speed shifter assy     

Getrag cable

Distributor 

Fuel pump

 

Brakes and Suspension

 

Front:

Sport front suspension                      

Shocks Hal adjustable         

1" swaybar                               

Spanner wrench    

13" Willwood Brake kit 

http://www.pfyc.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product _Code=VT4022&Category_Code=C6SUSP&Affiliate=froogle

 

Rear:

Koni coilover kit                    

Bump steer correction 

1 ¼" rear swaybar             

Swaybar end link and sad

13" Willwood Brake          

 

Wheels and tires

 

So I dropped the car off December 2007

 

 

This car is going to be nearly insain.  Oh I can't wait to see, hear and be a passanger in the car for a boot.  I have ridden in 3800SC cars, 5.7 TPI V8 cars Ecotec swap cars, however this one is going to make all those cars look really slow.   I would start budgeting now for speeding tickets. LOL :) 

Just to fix one typo Hugh your car is a 1986 not 1996 there is also solid cradle mounts in the car now and the engine bay insulation form west coast fiero and the tpi fuel injection unit that is a chorme unit from S&P (street and performance)

I am totally speechless with this build.. What year of cradle are you using??

well the new alarm and 4 core radiator is in and we got another shipment from v8 Archie, so I will be starting to install the motor onto the cradle and then notching the frame to accept the 8" balancer and the transmission tomorrow. 

 

Edit for Spelling, must have been tired working on the car so much.

Sorry guys not much going on because of the holidays and all.  I will be meeting (hopefully) with Michelle at B&N Hotrods to go over the plans for the interior.  We will be installing the euro dash, center console and door panels from PISA  http://pisafierohq.com/interiors/fiero_3-08/ and probably use a Tan and Black colour scheme.  The gauges are a bit of a problem right now I am looking at these Teleflex premier white gauges from http://www.haneline.com/ I am not sure I am delighted with them.  first I want the Speedo to be in km/hr with mph on the interior ring.  If any one has any other gauges with a bit more "punch" let me know.  More photos as things progress

 

Hugh

I am kinda partial to Black, but I am not sure if I have ever seen a Ferrari with Black interior.

It's been a long week of wood work but I think that I finally have it to a point that I am happy with it.  The amp rack has 2 doors in it one to access the washer fluid resevoir and the other to access the battey charging posts and all the resevoirs for the brakes and clutch..

Hopefully all the rest of the parts to finish the engine swap will show up this week and then the suspension and brake components will be showing up

glad you like it so far, you should come down on friday to see it in person