{"id":8,"date":"2017-03-06T19:09:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themadgenius.net\/racecar\/?p=8"},"modified":"2017-03-06T19:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T19:09:29","slug":"intro-building-a-racecar-from-a-1987-fiero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themadgenius.net\/racecar\/2017\/03\/06\/intro-building-a-racecar-from-a-1987-fiero\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro — Building a racecar from a 1987 Fiero"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started building this “racecar” in April 2016. \u00a0I’ve been learning some interesting stuff along the way so I’m starting a blog to share.<\/p>\n

I’m using the term racecar<\/em> loosely. \u00a0The idea is to use this as a cheap track car and\/or enter it the Chump<\/a> or Lemons<\/a> races. \u00a0Both of these races have a dollar limit of $500 (excluding safety equipment) which sometimes requires some creative work for cost savings.<\/p>\n

The car is a 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT. \u00a0I bought it from a guy who had started to swap in a GM 3800 Series II engine (from a circa 1999 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight). \u00a0He was in way over his head so I bought the car and a truck full of parts. \u00a0The project so far has involved the actual conversion work plus undoing a lot of the previous owner’s efforts. \u00a0The one thing I will say for the former owner is he did collect almost all the parts and sold them with the car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started building this “racecar” in April 2016. \u00a0I’ve been learning some interesting stuff along the way so I’m starting a blog to share. I’m using the term racecar loosely. \u00a0The idea is to use this as a cheap track car and\/or enter it the Chump or Lemons races. \u00a0Both of these races have a … <\/p>\n

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