[api418]

hey guy I found a 3800 supercharged fiero engine for a good price but has anyone done this swap before or is it even possible???

 

[stormin'norman]

Why?

 

[Laguna96]

Why?

why not? this sounds like potential. do it!

 

[urban]

That does sound cool .
after i shot myself in the head a few times . i get it now.

 

[320icar]

Or just steal the supercharger and make some sort of home brew backyards mechanics system

 

[saedrin]

Yeah it bolts right in.

 

[bmxfuel007]

I say why not? Just because someone else hasn't done is no reason NOT to do it would be a pretty sweet combination after looking at some supercharged fiero youtube vids. That engine sounds nasty, in a good way. Question is, how much money you got?

 

[2ndGearRubber]

So much fail. :fp:

 

[brontosaurus]

hey guy I found a 3800 supercharged fiero engine for a good price but has anyone done this swap before or is it even possible???

Not really sure what the hell you're talking about, the 3800 never came in the Fiero in the first place.

 

[(Adam)]

Honestly I think if you have to ask like this you don't have the creativity, ingenuity, or mechanical ability to pull something like that off. Not tryin' to down ya man but I think you'd get in way over your head real quick and left with a torn up car and broke.

 

[wannafbody]

The supercharged 3800 in the Buicks was a good engine but for what it would cost to swap that in a Miata you could do a LS1 swap.

 

[donnyg20]

anything can be done if you have the money. Mechanical know-how and the resources to get the job done.

 

[jux]

I've seen these engines come out of some older Grand Prix's. They're okay and can make decent power if maintained properly.
I think your biggest initial hurdle will be finding/making a transmission bellhousing and oil pan that'll play nice with the rear-drive configuration. Then you get to see about how to retain the PPF...or how to replace it with something else.
Just some stuff to think about...

 

[api418]

thanks just by reading an watch tons of youtube about the engine it looks like i would have alot of fabricating and what not!!!

 

[brontosaurus]

thanks just by reading an watch tons of youtube about the engine it looks like i would have alot of fabricating and what not!!!

Pretty sure its plug and play dude.

 

[dontpassthefence]

3800sc is a great swap... for a GM jbody/nbody/etc. It is not exactly a motor for an FR layout. LS1 yo, LS1.

 

[skomee]

Why not just keep the Fiero, those were GREAT cars.

 

[1vicissitude]

WAIT! So this is plug and play?

Where do I insert penis?

 

[Dmn2258]

^^^ lol

 

[jux]

3800sc is a great swap... for a GM jbody/nbody/etc.

Saw a 3.8 dropped in a 2nd gen cavalier. The owner ditched the blower and added a turbo...and that thing flew. Was a dedicated drag car that was vaguely street legal. Good times....