{"id":55580,"date":"2020-05-08T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55580"},"modified":"2020-05-08T00:36:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T05:36:45","slug":"pontiac-fiero-with-a-turbo-ls3-v8-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55580","title":{"rendered":"Pontiac Fiero with a Turbo LS3 V8 Update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=55584\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?fit=1080%2C1107&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1107\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pontiac Fiero with a Turbo LS3 V8 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pontiac Fiero with a Turbo LS3 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?fit=600%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?fit=1080%2C1107&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C615&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pontiac Fiero with a Turbo LS3 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"615\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C615&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?resize=768%2C787&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leon Thurston from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg14q71hoFD6aZdlQouR1ow\">Leons Garage Adventures<\/a> continues working on his very powerful Pontiac Fiero. For those unfamiliar with the project, it&#8217;s powered by a turbocharged LS3 V8 and factory Fiero five-speed transmission. In these videos they finish the cooling and electrical systems, build a custom intercooler, and take it for the first test drive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hHffYEIXPeo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mgabW4A6Z3c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dZyaJPFD45Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg14q71hoFD6aZdlQouR1ow\">LeonsGarageAdventures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealonpointfabrication\/\">@therealonpointfabrication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Thurston from Leons Garage Adventures continues working on his very powerful Pontiac Fiero. For those unfamiliar with the project, it&#8217;s powered by a turbocharged LS3 V8 and factory Fiero five-speed transmission. In these videos they finish the cooling and electrical systems, build a custom intercooler, and take it for the first test drive. Source:&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55580\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pontiac Fiero with a Turbo LS3 V8 Update 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":55584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiero"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pontiac-Fiero-with-a-Turbo-LS3-V8-04.jpg?fit=1080%2C1107&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141994,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=141994","url_meta":{"origin":55580,"position":0},"title":"Pontiac Fiero with a Cadillac Northstar V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1984 Pontiac Fiero SE is powered by a 4.6 L Cadillac Northstar V8. 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