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Cinquecento My Project Track Car PEX

Introduction

Hi all I have been on here for a while and thought it was about time to post a few pics.
To many he is known as PEX and has been my project car that has been going on forever due to a tight budget.
Have done a load of work to it since I first bought him in 2008 when it was a stock gunmetal Cinquecento sporting.

Here is what I have done so far.

Suspension

1) Powerflex polyurethane bushes front and rear.
2) Eibach uprated anti-roll bar.
3) Avo coilover adjustable suspension front and rear.
4) Front top Sparco strut brace.
5) Lower front OMP strut brace.
6) Rear strut brace.


Engine Mods

1) Running a P60 SPI
2) Complete cloosed forced air induction system which is a carbon
Dexcraft bob with carbon pipe with Samco reducer onto a BMC carbon
can with filter with intake in the front bumper.
3) 4-2-1 Stainless Supersprint manifold.
4) Decat Power flow stainless exhaust system.
5) Ecu McCritch Chip.
6) Magnacore KV85 V5 Ht leads.
7) ‘Tricker’ 40mm Throttle Body, replaces the stock 30mm throttle body.
8) NGK spark plus.
9) Ported and polished inlet manifold and bellmouth outlets.
10) Samco engine silcone hoses.
11) Alloy oil catch tank.
12) Mocal oil cooler.
13) Seicento coolant tank.
14) P75 866 cam.

Shell/Chassis/Body

1) Lightened Shell due to weight reduction, Stripped out the inside of the
car, Dashboard still inside nothing else (no rear seats, brackets, seat
belts, soundproofing, headlining).
2) 2 x Sparco Sprint bucket seats.
3) 2 x Sparco 3 point race harnesses.
4) 6-point full OMP roll cage, bolted and welded.
5) Black flocked clock surround
6) Lightweight Alloy race fuel tank
7) Panda front single wiper.
8) Full set of polycarbonate windows with front window sliders.
9) Roof spoiler.
10) Quick release front bumper.
11) Bonnet on bonnet lifters and pinned.
12) Painted in two pack paint.
13) Plumbed fire system.
14) Pull cable power kill switch.

Brakes / Wheels

1) Punto GT caliper conversion at the front.
2) Brembo Motorsport drilled/vented discs for a Punto GT on the front
3) Black diamond predetor pads
4) DJ alloy wheels (rare) 175-50-R14’s
5) Falken tyres on 195-45-R14’s.
6) Locking Wheel nuts.
7) Goodridge Braided Hoses at the front.
8) Goodridge Braided Hoses at the rear
They have turned out well Chris and thanks for sending them to me.
Yeah I have got my licence back which is great and my epilepsy is under control so may it stay that way.
Hoping to get him MOTed by January so that I can take him to a few shows.
 
They have turned out well Chris and thanks for sending them to me.
Yeah I have got my licence back which is great and my epilepsy is under control so may it stay that way.
Hoping to get him MOTed by January so that I can take him to a few shows.

Well thats excellent news, congrats mate. (y)
 
I know that this is old news to those of you who are my friends on Facebook but back in June and July this year I thought the shell inside and out are in great condition and that the shell was resprayed in two pack back in 2012.
I thought that I haven't done any work to under side of PEX since I have owned him in the last six years I have owned him even though he has been garaged.
So I thought under sealing is ok but then you have to keep applying it every year and that's just not my bag, so I bought a big can of red oxide (military grade) and a few cans of blue Hammeright and a new wire brush and got to work.
I spent along time on the prep work as I had to get that spot on and started to apply the paint and started at the back of the car and finished a month later on at the front.
I know its a bit extreme painting the underneath but when I do come to sell PEX I want the new owner to know that it is as good under the car as it is on top.
The under side of PEX had very little rust which is excellent and it is solid.
In total he has had two coats of red oxide and two coats of blue Hammeright smooth so well protected.
Here are some pictures of the work through the project from start to finish.
 

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It has been a while sine I have updated this so here is a recap.
Last year I did finally get PEX MOTed which is great but the engine started to make a knocking noise so took that out and managed to get a rare Wolf engine which has got a ported and polished head, lightened and balanced crank, lightened and balanced flywheel, ported and polished inlet manifold and it is a MPI engine.
Got a few other things like a Fingers 99 lower strut brace, race alloy radiator, bought all new polyurethane engine mounts so I have stripped down the drivers side engine mount and top gearbox mount and repainted them.
Got a completely refurbished gearbox that was done by The Punto Shop and a few other bits like a new oil and radiator fan switch.
I have replaced the side mounts for the quick release front bumper as the old ones were rubbish and replaced my old side repeaters with new stock ones.
To finish off I thought while the engine is out why not repaint the engine bay.
 

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