FIAT

Take it to Aussie, it would be the ONLY one on the road.

These are rare but $5k is still top dollar. It wont be an easy sell. If I would find an immaculate original, collectors item I would pay that.

You'll cry when you blow the diff. They don't take too much abuse.

Wow, nice one. That looks like a great example too. Ive had 3 of these over the years.

The OE turbo is rubbish, it will fail if you turn the boost up. They usually fail at standard boost after 100k or so also. The injection system will supply enough fuel for over 160HP if its in good condition.

Did you buy it?

The cambelt's on these are pretty good, they will last 60K easy. They are dead simple to replace and I think the factory interval is as high as 100k. Its only the 16V's you need to watch. I'd do them every 2-3 years.

Yeah uno's are 1300 or 1387 cc I think.

Uno turbo I assume you mean. They are SOHC 1301 or 1372. Delta engines are DOHC, totally different.

THEUNO use to belong to a friend of mine, he sold it recently. haha

edit: Hmm yes I would like the LSD. However Staceys already got a Punto GT in the works which that LSD was orginally for. Only the crown wheel was custom made to fit the Stradas box, I would have to buy another LSD and put the crown wheel on. So not sure whats happening with it at the moment.

Ray has a Quaife diff too for his 130TC. He would probably be very interested in that crownwheel I would think.

Will depend of the exact oil, not that it is just "full synthetic" Read the API specifications.

Read the specs, most diesel oils are fine for use in a petrol. They will usually have an API rating suitable for petrol. e.g. CD/SG etc. CD is the rating for Diesel, SG is the rating for petrol.

I am a member of the FCW also and have entered many HCC events. They are great for entry level motorsport.

One problem with a reed valve in front on a turbo would be compressor surge. It would surge like mad as it starts spooling.

There souldn't be any surging at all cause the supercharger will keep the boost levels consistant as the turbo is spooling up.

I can't even see a way of VVega's set up stalling the turbine wheel on deceleration which means you could nearly run an open exhaust with little noise.

I have been around almost every type of turbo setup there is including working on plane engines for Air New Zealand and the idea of the reed valves is the most simple yet effective I have ever heard of. The only draw back I can see is the life of the reeds depending on their design.

But VVega has a reputation for being a very clever guy so I'm sure he has worked out the best way to do that.

Corey

The reed valve on the turbo will stay closed though (i.e. zero compressor flow lb/min) untill the turbo pressure equals the manifold pressure provided by the SC. Lets say thats 10psi. On say a TO4E 50 trim compressor 10psi @ anything under 12lb/min = surge. The more boost provided by the SC the worse it gets. If the boost was kept quite low it may work ok.

One problem with a reed valve in front on a turbo would be compressor surge. It would surge like mad as it starts spooling.

I would like to see a compounded twin turbo setup on a car one day. They work well on Diesels.

...both in parallel

push the turbo though a reed valve

job done

s/c supplys the boost ...then as teh turbo creates pressure ....it blows though the reed valve..and you turn the s/c off as it builds past the set s/c boost

v

That would work, but you'd need a reed valve on the SC too.

Best way IMO is:

Intake - turbo - Intercooler - SC - Aftercooler - Manifold

Run a bypass (not a clutch) on the SC as soon as the turbo spools, most modern SC have a bypass built in for cruise conditions so not hard to adapt.

Check this setup

http://www.turbo124.com/forum/viewtopic ... lit=Morris

I think I saw pictures of it with the rear wheel arches cut up, cant be to many blue ones left.

Quad throttles? From a blacktop 20v? I am reconsidering this option as I think the 48 webers sitting under my house will be to rough for running around town in.

Sounds good though, tell him to make a build thread on here or turbo124. There are all these tucked away projects, some have good fiat knowledge too. Apparently there is this guy down south with a 131 running a NA 8v at over 200hp!

Stacey was talking about an LSD, he was looking at Honda ones last time. I saw a Quaife LSD on his bench but apparently it was for Chris Punto GT. But yeah I am sure he will figure it out.

Aftermarket throttle bodies + LINK ecu. It was originally red too. Non of them were that shade of blue.

The Quaife Tipo diff fits in the gearbox fine, it just does not fit the crown wheel. I wonder what Stacey did.

The car is in Bulls, in a shed going nowhere most of the time :(Not sure if it has rear coil overs but I think so. I know it had front coil overs at least.

It last raced with a very "standard" engine, just bolted together with 105 pistons, 105 head from a used 105 motor and 45 carbs

I picked up some engine blocks for the 16V build about 12 months ago but they have just sat in the garage ever since. Blair is going to put the engine together, we were trying to decided on what block to use though, Croma turbo or VX. We decided to go with the VX block as it would be less of a headache and more of a bolt in. The VX block is a NOS complete shortblock too so it only needs the pistons swapped. Pity, it would have been put to better use in a RWD forced induction setup.

There is a mocked up engine in the car. Custom headers and inlet manifold have been made. Its getting EFI and quad throttle bodies. The engine internals will be standard to start with. It really just needs the engine put together, fitted and tuned.

Ray bought a Quaife diff for it too but we cant figure out how to fit it yet, its for a Tipo gearbox. I noticed Stacey bought one too, maybe he will figure it out and save us the trouble.

Good to see the Intermarques are still going strong. I have not been since 2002! (I had to look that up ) Great fun when you finally get the lines right. I still remember my times, 1:28 in my near standard Uno turbo. Not bad for an $800 car

I love these... been a fan since I saw a blue one with the plate OBNOXS (or similar) cleaning up various modern Jap things at either an Intermarque Sprint or a Clubsport/Open Day at Manfeild. Go like the clappers by the looks. And that sublime Fiat twink sound. Yum.

OBNOXS is 16V now

cert rules say externals must be plumb back.

So do WOF rules

Can run a halfcage and side intrusion without motorsport affiliation.

Gaz

Can only use that cage on the road though, good idea to get it homologated as well. Don't think you need to get yearly authority card at all for half cage as cert covers it for WoF, but you cannot compete in Motorsport NZ events without homologation. Not even events that don't require a cage such as motorkhanas.

Callum

I thought a half cage was treaded as a "roll bar" by MNZ, not a cage. Hence it can run in any event where a cage in not required. I see MX5's etc racing clubsport events with roll bars.

Those 40mm sidedrafts alone are worth that!

Na, the're only solex's. The airbox is worth more!

I just rebuilt that head! New bolts and genuine headgasket too. He would have been better off to fit the whole engine, thats if he used it at all.

16V head on 8V block will put the compression up a bit. 16V injectors are much bigger. I assume he'll be running 8V ecu and 16V injectors? Nightmere untuned alright, you could get a chip to fix all that though.

I am planning exactly the same engine virtually. Croma turbo block, 16V head T3/4. It would be nice to know if there was any piston to valve clearence issues.

Lots of mint Fiat and Lancia's there!

Any idea what went wrong with the Integrale? Brian bought my Thema 16VT, probably put the motor in it

Arse,

Lets face it, Fiats needs turbos, they go pretty good with turbos too, won more world rally titles than anyone else under Lancia. If you're going to do a swap may as well fit a decent Fiat/Lancia turbo engine.

This guy did and its pretty fast

fiAT X1/9 TURBO TEASER

Here it is doing some drag racing. This vid is 20min long but if you like this X19 you will want to watch it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7S+FASTEST