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The Story
How i came to admire the Fiero =
In the late 80's and early 90's i had worked on several people's Fiero's and didn't
really see what all the fuss was about , rather fun car but no power { smog motors }
very poor paint life , and pretty expensive.
In the late 90's as my family grew up , i began to look for another hobby.
Corey Rudhl had introduced me to kit cars through his direct mail books and magazines.
Surprisingly , I found that many of these were built on Fiero chassis , that the entire body work
could be removed and you could still drive the car away!
I acquired several 84 , 85 , 86 cars over the next few years .But in early 2004 i saw a website from
v8 Archie who was putting Chevy v8 engines in the cars.
Then i saw a web-page from the FIERO FACTORY , who were installing the 4.9 engine , it would use the FIERO
5 speed trans axle , and you didn't have to use special half shafts.
In the spring of 2006 two of my vehicles were involved in a tornado touchdown.
The 86 2m4 shown here was lifted , turned and dropped from an unknown height. The oil pressure sending unit was sheared off by some object . Unaware of the damage the car was driven away , all the oil pumped out and the engine gave up { seized}
So much for all those synthetic oil commercials. {Happened in 2 miles }
Since this was a hobby project it has taken 3 years to get it to the point you see on this site.
{ updated as applicable }.
Check out the install pages for the progress and the blog if you have any comments , advice, or tell us what
you think of our site, what would make it better.
THANKS
The KATZKARZ families
In the late 80's and early 90's i had worked on several people's Fiero's and didn't
really see what all the fuss was about , rather fun car but no power { smog motors }
very poor paint life , and pretty expensive.
In the late 90's as my family grew up , i began to look for another hobby.
Corey Rudhl had introduced me to kit cars through his direct mail books and magazines.
Surprisingly , I found that many of these were built on Fiero chassis , that the entire body work
could be removed and you could still drive the car away!
I acquired several 84 , 85 , 86 cars over the next few years .But in early 2004 i saw a website from
v8 Archie who was putting Chevy v8 engines in the cars.
Then i saw a web-page from the FIERO FACTORY , who were installing the 4.9 engine , it would use the FIERO
5 speed trans axle , and you didn't have to use special half shafts.
In the spring of 2006 two of my vehicles were involved in a tornado touchdown.
The 86 2m4 shown here was lifted , turned and dropped from an unknown height. The oil pressure sending unit was sheared off by some object . Unaware of the damage the car was driven away , all the oil pumped out and the engine gave up { seized}
So much for all those synthetic oil commercials. {Happened in 2 miles }
Since this was a hobby project it has taken 3 years to get it to the point you see on this site.
{ updated as applicable }.
Check out the install pages for the progress and the blog if you have any comments , advice, or tell us what
you think of our site, what would make it better.
THANKS
The KATZKARZ families
