The original fieros had Chevy Citation drive trains in back and chevette
front suspension. the 88.5s had purpose built front suspension (chevette
derived) and modified citation suspension geometry in back.
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John Steczkowski
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Ethier [mailto:pethier@isd.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:37 AM
> To: BWN
> Cc: Mark Fawcett; Wildbil923@aol.com; british-cars@autox.team.net;
> mgs@autox.team.net; healeys@autox.team.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Sidewinder Econobox ne Sports Car
>
>
> From: BWN <bwnbcg@cruzio.com>
>
> >Yes. GM did this. It was the Chevette drive train spun around and
> >installed in the back of what was called the Fiero.
>
> No, I think it was a sidewinder FWD car drive-train NOT spun
> around. :-)
>
> >After several years
> >of development and marketing, they killed it.
>
> This is GM we are talking about. Killing something just as
> it is getting
> good is something they have done many times.
>
> >Sadly after it had gotten
> >the V6 with FI. It ran into two problems. One called
> Corvette and its
> >marketing brass. Two, they never chopped the top off the
> damn car! It
> >would have been the Miata a decade earlier!
>
> This does suggest that a Chevette drivetrain could have made a nice
> front-engine/rear-drive sports car. I have seen a nice MGTD
> kit with these
> parts. Remember that the worst part about the Chevette
> handling is the mass
> distribution. Moving the engine behind the front wheels is cheap and
> effective.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
> LOON, TCVWC, MAC
> pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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