Re: [AMC-List] Not the AM Macaren

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" SNIP
" Also don't overlook how GM's V-8-into-I-4 adventures later affected AMC.
" SNIP
" http://xjconnection.jtv.cc/engine_I4_XJ.gif
"  
" I bought a 1987 Pontiac Fiero, something on the order of 12,000 miles or
" so, one year old, and less than 8 grand cash at the time. The little I-4
" with some form of fuel injection a 5 speed (Believe it might have been a
" Susuki)

might've been a getrag.  the later z34's box was, and there was some
sort of deal there -- the nv3500 tranny evolved out of a getrag design
made under license by muncie.

" and black. This was another example of the Generals complete
" inability to market a car. What a fun little beasty this thing was.

oh yeah.  it was canned after the '88 year - when they finally ditched
the chevette front end for the design it always should have had -
because 'nobody wants a car like that'.  the next year, toyota
introduced the mr2.

if the fiero had lasted just a year or two longer they could've added
a z34 model with the twin-dual-cam 3.4...  it's a popular swap and
according to one place that does a variety of fiero motor trades, the
3.4 has the best sound, if not the most power.

" Multiple re-calls on the thing having to do with overheating.  Another
" clever screw up. The radiator fill and the over flow tank was under the
" hood.  It was situated lower than the cylinder head there for any kind
" of leak or failure to burp the system caused an air lock in the cylinder
" head thus no cooling, thus overheating.

the fiero wasn't the only car afflicted with this sort of cooling
screwup.  some cars almost had to be stood on their bumpers to burp
their coolant systems.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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