Yeah, with the Northstar they had to weld another ear onto the manual transaxle to get it to bolt up, and they had to dig through the Centerforce catalog to find a clutch disk that’d work with the transaxle that’d hold up to the engine. I don’t think I’d do anything too insane with a Fiero, they’re light enough that…

What this world needs is a larger, 2 door convertible version of the 300, and call it the New Yorker. Also have a Dodge Polara/Monaco counterpart.

But for us Jalops, it also needs to be a brown manual diesel wagon :-P 

Bring back the Polara/Monaco/New Yorker in two door convertible form, with a Hellcat drivetrain :-P 

I’m white as Casper’s ass and in no way, shape, or form would I tolerate this shit, and you bet your ass I’d call a mofo out on it if I heard it in a restaurant. And if I were the employees, and someone said they didn’t want to be seated near black people (or any other race for that matter), I’d promptly show them to…

I knew the engine fires were BS. I have to admit though that an 88ish Fiero with the supercharged 3800 in it + a manual trans, would be hella fun! When I was in college we had a Fiero with a Northstar in it, they never got it to run though (Instead of doing the smart thing and getting the ECU and wiring harness out of…

The problem is they can’t be open with us and keep secrets from those who’d use those secrets against us, hence the secrecy

Buddy who told me about it must have been misinformed then :-P whoops lol

Shame they didn’t use an 88 Fiero as the base, those at least have Lotus suspension. 

Bonus points is the auto Matrix/Vibe could be had with AWD as well (Sadly not available on the stick, or on the Matrix XRS/Vibe GT but idiots don’t need something with a 9500 RPM redline ;-) 

I put Firestone Winterforce tires on my SVX, with studs, and that car became an unstoppable beast in the snow (It had an LSD in the rear so even with shitty summer tires on it, it did okay in the snow). Had the newer version of those (Winterforce2) on my Outback and it did pretty well although it was more tail-happy…

1, Album version of Rush - 2112 Overture

MARINE = My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment

I’ll second this

They were the beginning of the Low VOC paint, IIRC the Neon was designed to be environmentally friendly (Something like 90% of the car was recyclable), and at the time they’d use a water based low VOC primer and clear coat, but the mid coat (the actual color) was still oil based... Once they started using water based…

I had the Neon’s replacement in Hawaii once, a Dodge Caliber with the golf cart CVT. It was slow and it handled like the suspension was made of cheese, but it was comfortable and roomy. Only main complaint is I thought it would have gotten better than 28 mpg. 

Yeah, like any other “disposable” cheap ass car, they’re the type of car that’s bought cheap, and driven, and taken to Goofy Lube for the occasional oil change and that’s about it. Some cars will hold up better than others with just oil changes. I’ve known people with Escorts, Cavaliers, and Neons that have gotten…

Corollas are one of those cars that you can pretty much do zero maintenance and still get 200k out of it. My old DD was a 99, my sister bought it like 8 years ago for $2500, needed a bit of work but it was serviceable, she got tired of it after 3-4 years and her kids got too big for the back seat, so I helped her find…

I hardly ever see those, even here in the PNW where things grow moss long before they rust out. Buddy of mine had one, got it for like $100 because the previous owner didn’t do the timing belt and it snapped. Rebuilt head, new head bolts, quality head gasket... I think he drove it another 200k before someone blew a…

I thought catalytic heaters were safe? TIL...