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vaporfox99
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Hey, I'm new to this forum and automotive wiring but I am contemplating rewiring my car. It's a 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT. Now I want and am planning on installing a Chevy 305 V8 Small Block, but I need to know if I can just rip out all the wiring already in the car and just redo it. If so how hard will this be to do, like weekend project or do it once the new engine is ordered and in transit? If I do this I'd like to see the car setup like a 60's style muscle car i.e. no computers and little "extra" wiring. If I remove the computer (if that's even possible) can I then install a carbureted engine? I know I'll have to wire, the head lights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals, stereo (and speakers), dash lights, and the electric windows unless anyone knows how to convert them to manuals, engine (starter, alternator and what not) and my abs. However, will this be possible for me the diy'er to do or should I save up and have someone do it (if so who) or should I ultimately leave it alone?
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Sidom
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Aug 8, 2010, 9:51 AM
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This is a mid engine car.
Ultimately.....you should leave it alone.
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re-tired
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Aug 8, 2010, 11:52 AM
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As Sidom has stated .This is a mid eng car . And I will add its is VERY prone to over heating and fires . However I have done a few swaps even putting a Northstar in one . Ths is not a easy task . I would recommend doing a little reasearch on it and see if you can handle it .Here is a link on the subject one of many sites on it.
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Hammer Time
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Aug 8, 2010, 12:01 PM
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I would also say that you probably need to be the next thing to an electrical engineer to rewire this thing to a V8.
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I have done a few swaps even putting a Northstar in one .
RT I've always suspected you were a bit crazy....Now I have hard evidence......
You Honor, if it may please the court I submit exhibit "A"
LMAO.............. 
Very nice install RT....... Is this a picture of the one you did????
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re-tired
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yes i did have a wild side in my younger days. In retro some where downright scary. I built the one with the 350 for my bro in law. Ill see if he kept any ppics . He sold it within a year, it had a open diff and when you drove in the rain one wheel would always break loose. You had to really feather the throttle to get it to hook up. Besides that project the was the go cart with 250cc yamaha eng, the rail dune buggy with a Toranado 455 front wheel drive set up in the rear with paddle tires. the cj 5 with stroker,5 in lift 3 in body lift 38.5 tires and posi front/rear. ford pickup 18in lift 40 in tires ,full posi. a mud dragster with tube frame vw front 750cc suzuki water cooled 2 stroke and dozens of R/C things and on and on and on..............
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Hammer Time
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Aug 8, 2010, 3:47 PM
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Oh God, don't give these guys any more ideas. You make it sound easy..............LOL
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Don't be so modest HT . I'm sure your resume is full of "projects " lol
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No, I was never too much into mods. I was always more into OEM repair. I'm not much of a welder or fabricator. I don't even like it when they bring that stuff to me for repair.
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vaporfox99
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Well actually no one has answered my question. Yes it is a mid engine car designed by one of the best designers of MR cars ever! Lotus is amazing and thus so is the car. The only reason i'm asking is cuz I would like to know if I can run the wire like an older car 60's that didn't have all the gizmos and useless junk modern cars have. "Oh it's an airbag it'll save your life...F**k your airbag and F**k your life if you're ment to die in that wreck by god you will and there's nothing an airbag can do about it." So how could I rewire this car like an old 60's car?
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Aug 8, 2010, 6:33 PM
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If you have to ask a question like that, then you certainly aren't qualified to rewire it. It will take extensive knowledge of how the circuits work to wire that from scratch. I don't think you have any idea just what it takes to do a conversion like that. Amazing is not a word I would ever use to describe that car. Ir was probably one of the worst designed and most unreliable cars ever made.
PS, watch the language if you want to continue here
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If you had bothered to read the link that i took the trouble to look up and post for you , would have seen the answer to your guestion . Hint: its in the FAQ section. YOUR WELCOME
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I thought I did answer the question...
I didn't want to offend you but as HT eluded to, the questions you are asking really shows this is a project that is probably a bit too much for you. If you had/have the proper knowledge & skill to do this you wouldn't be asking how, maybe getting opinions on different application possibilities but that would be about it...
The mid engines didn't really last to long. I think the MR2 was probably the better of the two... I mean they put the Fiero on a Chevette frt end for crying out loud.....
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