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Cinquecento Rusz' Cinquecento Sporting - Piccolo Blu

Introduction

Many of you already know this car thanks to Freebo and imolajon from ClubCento. But after his recent purchase of an Abarth Punto Supersport, John felt the time had come.

Like Freebo himself, this has been kept a closely guarded, with John having the cinq for days before turning up at one of YorkshireITALIA's meets with Piccolo. Over the past month Me and John had been in discussions, and even when blu73 Eklipze3k came to work on the car we had to keep it quiet. :)

So I bought Piccolo Blu, to keep him at YorkshireITALIA and because of how beautiful and well kept the car is, and thats not easy to pass up on.

I don't have many plans for it. Mainly clean it up and possibly replace the vinyl roof. The main idea is to keep her as a show car. But the first plan is to rebadge her with Cinq and Sporting badges

Here's the list of modifications;
EBC Turbo Discs and Green Stuff pads
175x50x13 A539 Yokohama Tyres
Tricker 40mm throttle Body
BMC CDA Air Filter
Supersprint 4-2-1 Manifold
Sports Cat
Janspeed centre section and rear box
Black head lining
Monroe Gas shock absorbers
40mm PI lowering springs
Chequred vinyl roof

At TRAX2012 Piccolo Blu got a run on a rolling road and was tested at 71.1bhp. Not bad for a 1.1l :cool:

Here's a few photos for you to enjoy;

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thanks for that fingers99, I'll have a look at the guides. I've the vagcom cable and adaptor on order so will try the code read when that turns up.

The misfire is mainly a 'running on one cylinder less' type (when the injector light comes on) but I've had two or three occasions when the car 'jolts' when on the move; like a momentary cut-out, if that makes sense.

Anyway I'll see what the diagnostics turns up and in the meantime have ordered a few spares of the potential offending items (MAP, Crank Sensor, Throttle Potentiometer, Lambda sensor, and water temp sensor)...can't hurt to have a few spares kicking around.

Cheers
 
Does anyone know where this car is now? I used to do most of the mechanicals for the non-Yorkshire Jon/imolaJon when he had it and drove it a fair bit at the time. Spent loads of time next to in in either my Sei or mrs' red cinq. If it is up for sale at the right money I would be very interested. Does it still have its black headlining lol?
 
Does anyone know where this car is now? I used to do most of the mechanicals for the non-Yorkshire Jon/imolaJon when he had it and drove it a fair bit at the time. Spent loads of time next to in in either my Sei or mrs' red cinq. If it is up for sale at the right money I would be very interested. Does it still have its black headlining lol?

Hi @benwyl. I purchased the car originally from Jon then sold it to RuSZ who has since sold it onto @Cooper611.
 
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Cheers benwyl. I still have the car and yes, it still has it's blank headlining; in fact it's probably just the same as you 'll remember it (the only things I've replaced so far are the exhaust centre section, and the back seats that Rusz gave me with the car). It's currently tucked away in my garage for the winter, after having a thorough clean and polish. I'm afraid I'm not considering selling it just yet (much to my wife's disappointment). Still grappling with an intermittent misfire, but when I bought it the intention was to replace the motor with a 1.4 16v so I'm not going to do a great deal with the current engine. If I do decide to sell in the future I'll keep you in mind.
 
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