Well, the immense task ahead has officially been started

The task - make my blue Uno go faster! And look good, and generally rice it up

Recipe:

Begin with - 1 1987 Fiat Uno Fire



With 1 1.0litre, 4 cylinder, carby motor with a nasty 4 spd



AND - 1 1986 Fiat Uno Turbo ie



With 1 1.3litre, 4 cylinder, fuel injected, TURBO with a 5spd



And stir , yes thats right. Motor swaps (along with everything else mecanical is about to be swapped )

Future posts will contain progress reports and photos

(And yes, the room off to the left behind the silver turbo with the girl on the wall is mine, and to save you the trouble, its Carmen Electra, shes topless and in a thong 2 sizes too small )

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Update: Got the interior apart and loom and fuel tank out. Pics are from today and over the weekend.

Philip getting pissed off at the camera



The turbos interior as it used to be.



With the snazzy instrument panel. Look at those pretty gauges



What we had this morning. A crappy standard uno with a snazzy as fibreglass rear hatch and wing



The nice new clean roof lining, with clock and map light at the front, and the new rear seats (door cards and rear quarter cards are trimed the same as the seat, not worth photographing)



GOT RUST!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!





Ghetto Weight Reduction Stylings



HI-HO SPAGHETTI-O!!!!!!!!



Thats all for now, I have a couple more pics but nobody wants to see an exhaust pipe or a dusty fuel tank hehehe,

Tomorrow should see the whole rear end being removed and maybe swapped onto the blue on.

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All propped up and ready to get a helluva lot lighter.



Conemaster saying goodbye.



Everything unboltable ..... well, unbolted.



AYE!!!!! Some bastard thiefed off with my wheels! Dodge au! Gimme back my wheels!!!!



The pile of spare parts grows and grows.........



YAY!!! It's out! Sorta.......



Obligatory vandalism to rustbucket. RIP Buddy



Turbo rear subframe in, hmmmmmmm - it's too high. Lets throw away the springs see how it looks.

SLAMMED!!!!!







New loom being routed.



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Dash completed Really gotta do something with that stereo though!



It's in! *sigh* Yes you unbelievers it's really in, no there's not any jacks holding the motor up!



The remains of the actual turbo.......





The old boat anchor Anybody wanna buy a Fiat Uno 45 motor. It goes mint!



Weight reduction + Perfectly balanced car = Uno Hopper!!!!!!!!!





And this will be my trophy. THIS is what remains of the oil filter after spending 4 hours trying to get the mother f**ker off cause some dumbass mechanic put it on too tight



More updates to come.

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The above is from posts off another board but posted over the course of a month.

Pity the damn thing still don't go

Wow! Tht is a rather large post! Most of us like a post wiv a good few pics, dnt fink uve left much out here

Hope the project cums along ok for ya u mite wana check out another thread in this section posted by dunc uno turbo hes doing a restoration job like yours stripping his uno apart too...

wow, a forumer from oz... Are parts for fiats available cheap over that part of the world? And what is servicing like?

cinqysxmk2 said:

wow, a forumer from oz... Are parts for fiats available cheap over that part of the world? And what is servicing like?

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Oz?? Uhhhhh not quite Little more south (New Zealand!)

Parts are plentiful over here and while I dunno what the exchange rate might be, I picked up my entire turbo car for $600NZD. Dunno what that equates to in Pounds though.

Servicing - avergae every day garage does alright, I'm actually lucky I have a friend who works a Fiat agent, so I get proper Fiat dealing for the backyard mechanic price

Muzzie said:

AYE!!!!! Some bastard (prolly ***** :wink: ) thiefed off with my wheels! Dodge au! Gimme back my wheels!!!!

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inappropriate

It's already been reported and will be removed very soon.

For the record. There is no place on this forum for racist comments and frankly anyone that voices such opinions here is not welcome...

cheers, apologies for not realising you guys on the ball!

Sorry everyone, it's been fixed now.

In my defence, the entire thread has been copied over (word for word) from another forum i'm a member off and the guy in question (Dodge) is a good friend of mine. On that note, I don't partake in any racist slander and I do sincerely apologise.

Original thread is available to view here:

http://forums.nzicemag.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=3880

Note: You may need to sign up to view.

Once again, sincere apologies.

Well, got the exhaust sorted out yesterday. Much quieter now, and won't attract as much cop attention.

Took it for a warrant this morning...

Coulda been worse. Required repairs:

1) Secure Bonnet Sound Deadening (factory thing, I just used washer to fixed where the holes were ripped)
2) Secure Front Grille (one clip broken, fixed with a cable tie)
3) RHR Seatbelt To Operate (stole one off the 45)
4) Lap Belt (was pushed down behind the seat, lazy mofo wouldn't get it himself)
5) Drivers Seat Insecure (being a two door, the front ones fold forward to allow access to the back, it just wouldn't click back into place right, bent the clips a bit and works good now)
6) Headlight Intensity Uneven (replace the bulbs)
7) Improve Brake Pedal (bleed the system some more)
Steering Wheel Loose (tightened up obviously)
9) Secure Front Brake Hoses (just needed those little clips shoved on them
10) Secure Back Brake Hose (again a stupid clip)

Will be going to see them tomorrow and hopefully will come home with a warrant.

And shhhhhhhhhh, they don't know it's a swap and should be technically certified hehehehe.

The Car As It Currently Sits At 10:04pm, Friday 16th September

Back End



Back 3/4 Angle



Close Up Of Front Bumper - Factory Oil Cooler & Intercooler Peeking Out



Frontal View - Nice Big Spotties Too Note The Facelift Indicators



Halfway Through Attacking The Door Rust



Nice Semi Shiny Turbo Wheels



Front & Side View Of Motor - Can Anyone Spot The Hidden Chassis Number?





Interior



Snazzy New Dash - (Note Mileage - Nearly 100,000!)



Side View




And thats it for now, I've touched up the door primer, and will be spraying the grille and fix the eyelids - colour coded paint

By no means finished, will be a never ending project. But at least it's now driveable and I can enjoy it.

looking good mate, tis a big job reshelling. we've just finished my mates and its a minter, also got another one on the go at the moment and mine on the go too! plus another mk1 sat awaiting a turbo conversion. got a right little buisness goin, but its not getting mine done!!

urs is looking good, keep it up.

Dunc

p.s. could u resize ur pics next time tho, kinda a little shall we say, on the large size! lol

Dunc Uno Turbo said:

looking good mate, tis a big job reshelling. we've just finished my mates and its a minter, also got another one on the go at the moment and mine on the go too! plus another mk1 sat awaiting a turbo conversion. got a right little buisness goin, but its not getting mine done!!

urs is looking good, keep it up.

Dunc

p.s. could u resize ur pics next time tho, kinda a little shall we say, on the large size! lol

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I would, but my verion of UPI has expired and til I update it (costs $$$) I can't use it

cant you do it in MSpaint?

serin said:

cant you do it in MSpaint?

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You expect me to have MS Paint on my computer...........

Muzzie said:

You expect me to have MS Paint on my computer...........

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er......yes, its on pretty much every computer with Windows since Windows 95

serin said:

er......yes, its on pretty much every computer with Windows since Windows 95

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It was one of the first things I removed when I got my comp lol


Anyways, - updates

99,999



100,000!



Where It Was At This Momentous Occasion



It's New Wheels & Wipers



Next on the list is some cosmetic body changes

Another update, got bored with having my Uno look like veryone elses.

So I butched a light kit onto it



Apologies for the size

Good job for your Fiat Uno. You've Been very busy for the past few months. The hard work pays off. :worship: :worship:

Looking good.

Could do with a wash

Louie Bee said:

Looking good.

Could do with a wash

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Yeah I know, but it's pretty pointless to tell ya the truth. I live out in the country - crummy dirty grubby gravel roads