Pontiac Firefly

[2ML67]

A friend of mine just finished redoing the body and paint on his girl friend's convertible Firefly. The motor has a lot of miles on it so we are looking into a swap for it. Now big decision got it down to two possible engines either a 4 cyl eco-tech or a nice 3800SC series II. The car is a standard tranny car and will remain that way just need to decide on which way to go all out racer or reliable slightly faster compact. Opinions appreciated. Dan

[Rob]

Hey, that sounds like an excellent swap candidate.. I would stay with the ecotec, its lighter by a lot.. I think that the 3.8 would make the little sprint handle like a slug!!!

[GoFast85]

It originaly came with a 1.0 3 cyl or a 1.4 4 cyl of 55 hp or better.  The 4 cyl 140+hp  eco-tech would give you almost 3x power increase. A 3800 series 11 is a lot heaver for the 1600 lbs car and would have to be wedged in to the tight engine compartment and with the 5x power increase would be a handfull. Guys have been putting in the 180-300 hp Hayabusa engine and no problem with space. Bottom line --- I would have to side with the eco-tec.

[cowans]

"Puddle-Jumper"!!!!

Sandy

[FieroBUZZ]

Give it a little stretch and put the L67 behind the driver.   

[dguy]

A Firefly which could actually fly.  That just ain't right.