1986 GT - $1500

Not mine, but thought it looked decent.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/1251441865.html

86 Fiero GT - $1500 (Abbotsford)

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Reply to: sale-6s8bq-1251441865@craigslist.org ^{[Errors when replying to ads?]}
Date: 2009-07-02, 9:28PM PDT


Looking to Sell or Trade. Looking for a little more practical car for my family. 90 or newer VW golf would be preferred but Im open to offers.


PRO:

160XXX km
pwr widows
pwr locks
custom interior lights
Original stereo
New hydraulic clutch cylinders
New tires
Air cared till 2010
Currently insured
Runs Great, Doesn't burn any oil; Runs synthetic
Sounds amazing

CON:

Some minor cosmetics
driver quarter window missing
transmission possibly will need to be replaced. All the gears work great and pull hard, but forth has a click.
I've still been still driving it to work and back everyday so its still just fine.
headlight motors are dead, but there is manual way to put them up.

• Location: Abbotsford
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Glenn's Fiero is an automatic. This Fiero is a 4-speed. No go (unless you wanted an automatic, I suppose).

 

Anyone interested in this car should also be aware that this Fiero is the one and the same as the one being discussed in This thread.

 

     A 2.8 / Isuzu 5spd combo has been tried countless times and even Ed Parks of the Fiero Factory in Alabama says the Isuzu is the best trans for the V6. Best fuel economy, gears are spaced much better for daily driving. Only real issue is that if you drive it Really hard, you will eventually kill 2nd gear. I ran the Isuzu's behind my V8 and would go through one a year. Granted that was with 300+ lbs of torque V8 going through it, with the rather moderate power of the 2.8 making only 170lbs of torque you should not have any issues.

Personal opinion if you were to buy it, just swap your trans into the 86GT and use whatever parts the best on both cars to make it the best of the two.

Well, in addition to my spare low km (approx. 16000km) isuzu trans and cradle I have another duke with the same low km's as the trans which I could use and that I was planning on using. Having a bit more power is pretty appealing to me though.

One thing I also need to consider though is that my Fiero is my only car right now and I'm going to need it to take me back and forth from university starting in september. I can't decide whether to continue on with my original plan of using the newer duke and isuzu trans or sell the duke (and when the swap is done, my current Fiero) and buy a Fiero (likely this one) with v6 and use my extra isuzu trans. How much do you think I could get for a rebuilt/very low km duke anyway?

I've got an '87 duke motor with harness ECM etc that's going to get used! 

I'll be strapping a generator onto it. They have great bottom end torque, right where I need it!   

Cheese wrote: I can't decide whether to continue on with my original plan of using the newer duke and isuzu trans or sell the duke (and when the swap is done, my current Fiero) and buy a Fiero (likely this one)...

So, did you go look at and/or buy it?

 

Cheese wrote: Well, I decided that since I can't get much, if anything, for my other duke, I might as well put it in and see how I like it.

That's probably the wisest decision.

 

mxracer208 wrote: I bought that car

Any regrets?

I took the young son of a friend of mine out to look at that GT in the summer. He was interested in buying his first Fiero. I advised him not to buy that one. I was rather put off by the "minor cosmetics" (as stated in the ad) which to me looked more like major front end damage.

Have you determined what the "click" in the tranny is yet?

 

mxracer208 wrote: I wanted something I would be able to work on until I get my license...

Yep, that's why we all buy 'em. Gives us something to do in our spare time.