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tk_85redgt 
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 Topic: 4.0 V8 SwapPosted: 31 May 2011 at 7:54pm |
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I got a 97 oldsmobile aurora with a 4.0 V8(244 cu in)base of the 4.6 northstar motor.does any 1 know or heard of any 1 doing this swap in a fiero?what i read about these motors is that they are a smaller northstar motor with 250hp and 260 lb.ft.the car has 155000km on it and drives great drove it to pick a part with it,what a nice drive in it.So does any know if it can be done? Tino |
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Romeo
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Posted: 31 May 2011 at 8:18pm |
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Tino, the Olds Aurora is a quite literal race engine (Shelby Series 1, Oldsmobile Aerotech II), and it can take a phenominal amount of power with the stock internals (The CarCraft from March had a Aurora-powered car with two centrifugal superchargers ramming enough air down it's throat to make 560HP, on all stock block and internals). However, as best I can tell, it still suffers from the difficulties of adapting a normal Northstar engine to the Fiero, as it is a rather complex ECU set-up. Can it be done? Certainly. Would it be easy? No.
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tk_85redgt
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Posted: 31 May 2011 at 9:16pm |
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Yes u can make lots of power with these motors.getting the motor i think can be done but the ECU is my consern find some 1 that can reprogram it,this car is fully load with key chip and computer for fuel range,trip counter,distance and you can moniture the oil,oil life,trans oil life and other think all buy push of a button.It is a comlex system on this car so many features.the car has lots of get up and go for a heavy car.
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Romeo
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Posted: 31 May 2011 at 10:04pm |
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Well, have you tried searching Pennock's to see the Northstar conversion process? It'll be no different for the Aurora. As for stuff like fuel range, they normally run off a myriad of sensors, some of which don't even exist on a Fiero. Might be better to simply leave those features alone.
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tk_85redgt
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Posted: 01 June 2011 at 5:41am |
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Yes i've tryed pennock no luck yet.
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Romeo
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Posted: 01 June 2011 at 8:45am |
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There's no threads about the Northstar on Pennocks?
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