1985 Pontiac Fiero GT 2.9L MPFI V-6 from North America   Built
right, an inexpensive but world-class sports car   As I was
starry-eyed, 17, and made a fairly quick deal, I bought a former
SCCA SOLO II race car and did not check it out enough
mechanically. BIG mistake!  The guy I bought it from HAD
upgraded the pads (Carbon Metallic) and calipers (reman AC
Delco), X-drilled the front rotors, put in new clutch disks,
rebuilt the engine with a rumpier cam and ported heads/ intake/
exhaust manifolds, AND put in Eibach springs, poly bushings, and
KYB shocks... THAT I knew and could see...  But otherwise, the
car had the hell beaten out of it, and I had parts breaking
every week.  The car was an absolute rustbucket - the rear upper
framerails were almost gone - so before you buy YOUR Fiero spend
two seconds and take off the rear fenderwell plastic covers. If
I had I would not have bought this thing to begin with.  The
clutch blew twice in like 500 miles.  The brakes always felt
scary-weak.  The tires had NO tread a