biggelmo
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I'm currently preparing (with help from my son Lewis) my Cinquecento Sporting for use in RAC MSA Sprints & Hillclimbs with the odd track day here and there.
Weve chosen to go into the Modified Production class as the engine and suspension mods that I'd already carried out when it was on the raod made the Cinq ineligible for the Standard Production class.
For Mod Prods we are allowed to remove all the interior,remove very the heating system,fit perspex windows,inlet and exhaust systems are free as are the brakes and suspension but you can only use the original cylinder block that was fitted from the factory although this can be overbored and dry sumped.
We started by stripping out the complete standard Sporting interior and heater and then Lewis had the job of chipping out all the floor sound deadening to save a bit of weight.
With the sound deadening removed we welded 3mm thick reinforcing plates to the floor which the roll cage will bolt to.
The bare metal floors were painted in Rustbuster 121 epoxy mastic paint which I'd had sitting on the shelf from a previous project.
The roll cage was made to current FIA spec by Sassa in Italy and supplied by Rallyshop.It who also supplied the Sparco Sprint bucket seat, there service was superb and the prices including postage from Italy was cheaper than sourcing the parts from UK suppliers.
The roll cage was painted in satin black By Prestige Paintworks who I work for.
The battery was relocated to the inside of the car and placed in a MSA battery box.
We've completely done away with the Punto 75 injection system and Ecu that had been fitted to the car when it was on the road and opted for 34mm motorbike carbs and a Panda distributor, we've done because we saw the standard Mpi/single throttle body system as being too restrictive for planned future engine mods.
I fabricated the inlet manifold myself, the full radius bellmouths were an EBay bargain find but needed trimming to fit the carbs.
All the glass with the exception of the windscreen will be removed and replaced with perspex to save a bit more weight although the standard Cinq glass is surprisingly thin so not as much weight was saved as originally thought.
The project is progressing well and the engine now starts and runs on the bike carbs but will need setting up on the dyno to take full advantage of them.
Weve chosen to go into the Modified Production class as the engine and suspension mods that I'd already carried out when it was on the raod made the Cinq ineligible for the Standard Production class.
For Mod Prods we are allowed to remove all the interior,remove very the heating system,fit perspex windows,inlet and exhaust systems are free as are the brakes and suspension but you can only use the original cylinder block that was fitted from the factory although this can be overbored and dry sumped.
We started by stripping out the complete standard Sporting interior and heater and then Lewis had the job of chipping out all the floor sound deadening to save a bit of weight.
With the sound deadening removed we welded 3mm thick reinforcing plates to the floor which the roll cage will bolt to.
The bare metal floors were painted in Rustbuster 121 epoxy mastic paint which I'd had sitting on the shelf from a previous project.
The roll cage was made to current FIA spec by Sassa in Italy and supplied by Rallyshop.It who also supplied the Sparco Sprint bucket seat, there service was superb and the prices including postage from Italy was cheaper than sourcing the parts from UK suppliers.
The roll cage was painted in satin black By Prestige Paintworks who I work for.
The battery was relocated to the inside of the car and placed in a MSA battery box.
We've completely done away with the Punto 75 injection system and Ecu that had been fitted to the car when it was on the road and opted for 34mm motorbike carbs and a Panda distributor, we've done because we saw the standard Mpi/single throttle body system as being too restrictive for planned future engine mods.
I fabricated the inlet manifold myself, the full radius bellmouths were an EBay bargain find but needed trimming to fit the carbs.
All the glass with the exception of the windscreen will be removed and replaced with perspex to save a bit more weight although the standard Cinq glass is surprisingly thin so not as much weight was saved as originally thought.
The project is progressing well and the engine now starts and runs on the bike carbs but will need setting up on the dyno to take full advantage of them.
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