Originally posted by AaronZ34:
Yah I've got a 88GT (BEST year/trim), and am playing with it now. I love it, that is all I can say.

The 3800sc is overrated, but it is pretty powerful, and modding it is cheap. But I'd much rather have a DOHC, 8000rpm V6 that makes more power without a blower on top. I have just never been a fan of low end motors, another reason why I enjoy the Contour (Even tho it doesn't have all that much high end either...lol)



The 88 was the best year from the factory, but back when I was modding Fiero's you could do more with the 84-87 chassis and it would ride better, handle better and stop better than a stock 88. Back then you were considered EVIL by the Fiero world if you did wnything to make the 88 chassis unpure! I'm sure that's all changed now. There has to be all kinds of parts to up grade an 88 these days. Also for swaping motors, the 84-87 engine cradle was bigger and needed almost no modifications to drop in a bigger engine. I did a couple of 3800's on 88's and needed to notch the cradle and do a few other mods. The V8 required even more work.

I'm a low end person. I personally am not a big fan of high revs. That's why I went with the 3800 over 3.4. Well that and the 3800 was a bullet proof engine and took up about the same amount of room in the engine compartment as the 2.8 did. I liked how the torque band started low because at 65 MPH I was only doing about 1800 RPM, but I could easily pass someone with out down shifting. Personal preference. I do know several people that did the 3.4 DOHC conversion and put a lot of miles on them with out any trouble. It's just like the Duratec....some throw rods and others go for 200K + miles.

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