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I am logistics away from collecting my next car.
A low mileage red 16V Turbo Coupe'.
Apart from the colour and needing a few jobs I'm going to love it but the car was described as a "donor" and I have rescued it from becoming a Punto GT transplant victim.
Now I have a few options.
1/ Restore the car to her former glory as 16V Turbo's are the rarest of the breed, low mileage, low owners car with a bit of history and mostly cosmetic work required for the M.O.T
2/ Make the most of the engine and use the Coupe for track days.
3/ Use the 16V turbo engine to build the car Fiat should have and convert my Bravo 1.8 HLX.
If I choose option three I'll have a rolling shell ready for something interesting.
A 2.4 20V JTD conversion could be a possibility. I've seen diesel Coupe's before and they have always been four cylinder engines. There's a cheap Alfa 156 near by with a brilliant (for a diesel) engine but the body had been beaten up a bit.
With the Stilo Abarth block being used to up the capacity of the 20V Turbo Coupe' shouldn't the JTD 2.4 be a fairly straight forward swap?
With a few Brera bits and a chip 250bhp is easy for the lump and that's before...
...redneck nitrous is added. :devil:
250bhp+ Fiat Coupe' that can run on chip fat?
How hard can it be?
A low mileage red 16V Turbo Coupe'.
Apart from the colour and needing a few jobs I'm going to love it but the car was described as a "donor" and I have rescued it from becoming a Punto GT transplant victim.
Now I have a few options.
1/ Restore the car to her former glory as 16V Turbo's are the rarest of the breed, low mileage, low owners car with a bit of history and mostly cosmetic work required for the M.O.T
2/ Make the most of the engine and use the Coupe for track days.
3/ Use the 16V turbo engine to build the car Fiat should have and convert my Bravo 1.8 HLX.
If I choose option three I'll have a rolling shell ready for something interesting.
A 2.4 20V JTD conversion could be a possibility. I've seen diesel Coupe's before and they have always been four cylinder engines. There's a cheap Alfa 156 near by with a brilliant (for a diesel) engine but the body had been beaten up a bit.
With the Stilo Abarth block being used to up the capacity of the 20V Turbo Coupe' shouldn't the JTD 2.4 be a fairly straight forward swap?
With a few Brera bits and a chip 250bhp is easy for the lump and that's before...
...redneck nitrous is added. :devil:
250bhp+ Fiat Coupe' that can run on chip fat?
How hard can it be?
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