the worlds first reverse fauxrarri

[1988montecarloss]

instead of turning a fiero into a ferrari....this ferrari has a fiero engine....

discuss ;D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-308-308-GTSi-FERRARI-308-GTSi-READY-2-DRIVE-WIN-BIG-BOY-TOY-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a5af8f837QQitemZ250634369079QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks

[CTX-SLPR]

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Well.... hate the specific engine that's in it but here's the deal. If you could put a stock Fiero engine in it... what's to stop you from doing any of the engine conversions that you can do to a Fiero to the car? I mean it's still a Ferrari chassis and body and that's downright awesome. Put a bit of Buick L67 3800SC, Northstar, or heck a SHO V6 in it. I'd go for the SHO V6 since it's a Ferrari, rev it to the moon and let it all hang out in the mountains.

[Barry Donovan]

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I hate all the sideways engines.. but what this guy did was clever for a sporty chassis (in looks anyway)

a sideways ferrari is a real douchebag of ferraris. :

Me? I'd force a backwards beetle drivetrain before this monstrosity...if it meant hacking the back bulkhead for the tranny dangling.

speaking of ferrari... saw a fastback VW yesterday. ya know, it was more a ferrari than this ferrari. ;D

[Ron Ward]

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Sweeet!

Wait until Scott (Dieselgeek) gets a load of that state of the art fuel management system!


Ron

[BBR]

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Talk about a turd hiding in an Easter Egg! Yowzers!

[Gary 351C]

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Looks like a total hack job. I love the air cleaner. :

[1988montecarloss]

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i can see putting another engine in a ferrari....but a 105hp fiero engine? c'mon!

[Bamfster]

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It looks to be in ok shape...a little rough....but what is up with the 2.8? I think his hopes are a little high ...

[milner351]

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it packages really nice surprisingly.

I know there were many a SBC put in the fieros - got to wonder why he didnt go that way

[dieselgeek]

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Sweeet!

Wait until Scott (Dieselgeek) gets a load of that state of the art fuel management system!


Ron

so I look at that car and think - if someone was TRYING to achieve the truly worst of ALL worlds - then, they achieved their goals perfectly!! Crappy chassis, crappy powertrain! I'm not even bothered by the carb so much as the 2.8 POS engine in there. Im pretty sure the ferarri motor was more reliable...

[tanker24]

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Didn't look at the eBay auction but let me see if I got this straight: they used a Ferrari body and put it together with a lower class engine? That's kind of like ... blasphemy.

Why destroy something so beautiful?

[BBR]

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My first thought was maybe it was something they did for fleet Ferrari's they used to rent in Hawaii. You know,have a bunch of 308 bodies but with a drivetrain that was fairly innocuous. When I was there (at the height of the Magnum PI craze), those things were freakin' everywhere for rent.

[CTX-SLPR]

Re: the worlds first reverse fauxrarri

Sweeet!

Wait until Scott (Dieselgeek) gets a load of that state of the art fuel management system!


Ron

so I look at that car and think - if someone was TRYING to achieve the truly worst of ALL worlds - then, they achieved their goals perfectly!! Crappy chassis, crappy powertrain! I'm not even bothered by the carb so much as the 2.8 POS engine in there. Im pretty sure the ferarri motor was more reliable...

Whoo Hooo someone else who hates the Metric 60 V6 as much as me!!

What's bad about the chassis?

[dieselgeek]

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What's bad about the chassis?

Ferarris, especially the cheaper more popular ones, are built pretty badly. Even the mighty F40 has some sketchy build quality. The 308s were well known to rust/rot.

[HoosierGTA]

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My fav ofcourse would be an LS but really think a 4 cam v8 would LOOK more at home . 4.6 north star, 4.0 Baby star , and 4.6 ford mod motor. I think I'm the only person on the face of the earth that likes the 2.8 ( S-10 2 wheel drive wuth a stick ) had great reliability and economy but in a Ferrari ?