Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller From: rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Fiero pace car - (nf) Message-ID: <5912@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 22:55:29 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5912 Posted: Mon Feb 27 22:55:29 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 07:17:26 EST Lines: 25 #R:ihuxk:-56600:ccvaxa:4900035:000:1270 ccvaxa!rmiller Feb 26 18:52:00 1984 from Road&Track March 1984 p126 "Pontiac's new Fiero will be the official pace car for the 68th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, 1984. And it's the first 4-cylinder car to pace the Indy classic since 1912 when the field was led by a Stutz. The Fiero pace car has a new integrated front end that gives it a more aggressive appearance, plus it boasts other aero improvements, including a lowered front air intake, futuristic rear air scoop that stretches up above the rear window and an integral safety light at the back edge of the airscoop. (Pontiac claims the body changes emphasizes the car's flexible body concept and adaptability to aftermarket modifications.) This Fiero's powerplant is a bit different, too; it cranks out 232 bhp at 6500 rpm from its 2.7-liter four, using components from Pontiac's Super-Duty Aftermarket Package. In preliminary tests at the speedway the Fiero turned an average speed of better than 136 mph, faster than Pontiac's last Indy pace car, a Turbo 301 Trans Am that averaged 127 mph in 1980. The 2000 Fiero pace car replicas going on sale in April will be similar in appearane but with the standard 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine." there was also a picture. you still couldn't get me to give up my Rx-7. uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller