Real Fiero Tech

Ok, so my friend is on the hunt for his first car, and while we were looking in the paper he came across an 87 Sunbird GT (turbo), with a recently rebuilt engine, according to the owner. My question is, does anyone have any experience with these cars, for the most part, are they decently reliable, or do they catch on fire, and burn to the ground like Fieros?

I think they had headgasket problems. I have seen a few in the JY with nearly 300,000KM on them. My dash came from an 87 with 294,000KM on the odometer.

They were around 150HP.

they were very stout and responded well to mods. but dont push them too far... it IS an old design pushrod engine

mysticfire6602 wrote:they were very stout and responded well to mods. but dont push them too far... it IS an old design pushrod engine

I thought they were sohc?

ya, my mistake, your right. i was thinking of the 4 cylinder that the cavalier came with. either way, it will respond well to mods, but not past 250hp. my uncle had one.

I don't think he'll have to worry about making anywhere near that kind of power, in fact, he'll probably keep it stock.

Thanks

Oh yea, I forgot, BOOM HEADSHOT!!!!!!!!!!

yay, im back. :thumbleft:

Who the fuck are you, and why are you copying blackice's Av?





Fuckin poser.

tell, me about it, what a fucking stalker! :la:

No, I had it first, noob!

product1620 wrote:are they decently reliable,

It's 20 years old man. If he's buying it for reliability, he can't afford a car.

blackice1620 wrote:

mysticfire6602 wrote:they were very stout and responded well to mods. but dont push them too far... it IS an old design pushrod engine

I thought they were sohc?

yes, they are the old 1.6 Chevette motor w/turbo

They are not related to a Chevette motor. I have a Chevette, and they are totally different, also, werent the early ones 1.8L, and the later ones 2.0L? Chevette engines are all Iron, sunbird OHC engines are aluminum head.