We all love driving our cars, and typically enjoy them more when our cars are performing well – but sometimes “performing well” on a stock car doesn’t satisfy the hunger for more performance!

There are a lot of engine options available, but if you desire an LS4 for your Fiero, you will generally hear the name Pickardt Performance (2P’s). They are a small, family-owned business in Maryland that began by building and making parts to support their own LS4 swapped Fieros. If you’re like me, once you see one of their builds, you want one for yourself! I vividly remember talking to Gary’s son Jestin at Fieroama in 2021 while admiring his gray GT; it is a work of art. They have performed many swaps and are now offering packages and limited runs of high-performance parts.

When Gary met his wife Jennifer, she owned a red ’88 Fiero GT. This was the first car for which Gary performed an engine swap, installing a naturally aspirated 3800. Years later, their son Brice started driving this car, and not long after that, their other son Jestin got his own Fiero. One day, Gary saw an article on Pennock’s Fiero Forum (Fiero.nl) regarding the LS4 engine swap, and everything took off from there. We are honored to have the Pickardt family share their time with us and give us an insight into the LS4 engine swap process.