I've seen how to remove a fiero engine. you've got to lift the entire back end about 3-4 feet into the air.

It's quite fun

Just like a VW bug.

We got the stock engine running, it pours out white smoke. The headgasket is so shot it squirts water when you pull the spark plugs!

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Porsche 914 . . . Fiat X1/9 . . . Pontiac Fiero . . . fastest hibachis sold in the US.

The Fiero running gear is just the front wheel drive system out of a GM X-Body car (Citation/Phoenix). If you can get one in good condtion you should be able to transplant most of the running gear from one into the other. The tie rods are even attached to a fixed "steering knuckle" and are used to set the alignment.

The 2.5L Tech-4 is a gutless wonder. I got almost 200K out of one that was installed in my old Buick Somerset - but power was never something it had a surplus of.

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1984 300TD

gut it out and put a hayabusa engine in it