I run a '88 Fiero in ITA. I can run in the top 5 in class. There are typically 15+ cars in ITA. In the last race I finished 3rd. I was off of the track record, which was set that day, by 2.5 seconds. I'd like to think that was do to my Hoosiers seeing 18 heat cycles. In fact I qualified 3rd with cord showing on one of the rear tires. I'm still not sure a new set of Hoosiers would make up the 2.5 seconds but they wouldn't hurt.

I'd like to see what an '85 Fiero would do. They are allowed to weigh in at 2560 w/d compared to my car having to weigh in at 2780 w/d. I just don't know if the brakes would be a big enough disadvantage to negate the 220# weight difference.

The other thing to consider with the '88 or earlier years for that matter is if you run as hard as I do you'll have to rotate the rear hubs out every couple of races. You'll have to also use the AC/Delco variety since the after market hubs are crap. This adds $200 per race unless you find an alternate hub that fits. I've done the latter but I'm not sure I can say it's 100% legal. It is better than a wheel flying off and uses the same bolt pattern as stock and gives no performance advantage. In addition the '88 has another problem: the front hub is a hub/axle assembly. These have been discontinued by all reliable manufactures and after 2-3 years of racing can break. I broke three when I ran at Waterford Hills, I had neglected to cycle two of them out. The third came from an unreliable manufacture who as just started making the hubs again. This hub lasted 3 1/2 laps and I can not recommend them to anyone. I use hubs from the junk yards which do have a fair supply of 4 cylinder Fieros and since the suspension is the same I can use those hubs. It's not ideal and I'm looking for an alternative that uses new hubs because I'm not overly keen on using the bone yard parts if I can avoid it.

If I haven't completely turned you off to Fieros by the above warning and you do jump in to Fiero IT racing let me know. I think I may have the fastest ITA Fiero out there racing. I have found someone who makes good headers for the car. I also can jump start you with our suspension setup, spring rates, camber settings, etc.

Recent results:

http://www.sfrscca.org/Results/20030824/gr5.htm
http://www.sfrscca.org/Results/20030803/gr5.htm - 2 spins did me in
http://www.sfrscca.org/Results/20030803/gr5b.htm