Cinquecento - 899 cc to 1242 cc 8 v

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Cinquecento - 899 cc to 1242 cc 8 v

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Were to start off
at the start of the cars life it was a 899cc then when my brother and his mate got hold of it it started going thought a few changes
first change 1242 cc engine out of a punto then some more cosmetic mods started comeing along like 60mm lowring kit on gmax spings and dampers , matt had some 15" multipoke alloys on , and he fitted reclining bucket seats in to it , Uno turbo rear disk conversion
Matt fitted cinquecento Abrath Rear spoiler
Cinq sporting rear liight ( no pictured)
This is what it looked like ( bucket seats not in pics)
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back in 12/10/07 Matthew gave me this car , as he could not affored to run the turbo and this one on the road at the same time + it gave me a car to learn in so the 15" alloys came off and l plates stuck in
and it looked like this
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got the test past and then the modifications started comeing a bit faster , our friend was scrapping a sei abrath so we took that off him and thats where i got my sei abrath seats from
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and i bought some wid deflectoers
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14" alloys form the abrath
the wheels needed a bit of a refurb so Matt gave it a go at refurbing them
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then me and matt bought a set of gauges off ebay to keep a eye on the oil temp and oil pressure
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now the Center console is not wrapped in tape like it is in the pics :D .

then we put the abrath seats in the frount,
I bought a Bmc Cda off Brooky ( ff and cc) and it came with some sillicone hose and a Shiny bob
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We also made a carbon map sensor cover and bracket and my dad made a pully cover
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i Bought some larger disks and calipers im sure the calipers came off the merea 100
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had a dyno run on the car on the 30-9-09 and the car produced are 83.45 hp and 94.55ft-lb of torque
the mods under the bonnet are .
Mcrich chip
Punto 75 cam
BMC CDA
40 mm Tricker tb
Uno inlet manifold
4-2-1 s/s manifold


While driving round my exsaust started to sound REALY loud :D so when i got home , the next day we investgated to find...
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So with matts turbo being off the road and that haveing a perfect janspeed on so start of the morn it looked like this ...
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end of the day , RIGHT before going to a car show that night it looked like this .
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Fitted Cinq sporting Head Lights
then i had a offer of a window tiner to tint my windows for £60 so i thoought id buy the tint and give it a go our selfs , in top gear style it was "how hard can it be" ?
in the end result i was happy with them , i know i have a few air bubbles , but hey it was our first go at tinting
pass Rear
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Drivers Rear
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christmass day i ran down the stairs like evry little kid dose and there was a nice big box waiting there :D with a little pice of paper coveing up a web site all i could see was http://www.--------.com ripped that off and it was http://www.strutbracer.com opedn the box and there was a strut brace waiting to to go :D so i think that got fitted asap :D

i seen connerboy selling some Speedlines , so a message was sent to him to bargin him down on price , next morn i had a nice message waiting for me :D ... so i orgninsed to go pick them up
picked them up knowing they werre tatty , i was going to use them as my winter wheels
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the tyres what came on them were jsut too big , so im just saveing up for some GOOD tyres for next winter and while its summer we are refurbing them , so my abraths are back on

First of all some of you may of seen at standford hall
Home nadewidened Abrath Front arches..
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Followed by Home made Abrath Rear arches .
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then some Home made horman Rep skirts
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And thats how its sitting now :D

So i owe my bro and my dad Quite a big Thanks :D
 
Good progress bud, you still get a few more plans for it? Will have to have a good look at your arches and skirts when your over on Friday
 
richard33dees said:
Good progress bud, you still get a few more plans for it? Will have to have a good look at your arches and skirts when your over on Friday

Yeh mate , just some magnacores kv 85 sparkplug leads , and clean under bonnet a bit more , i want more of a cromy rocker cover , and errm sort out my soud sytem , more speekers needed :D
 
James. its ABARTH not abrath....... it even says it on your headrests!!!!!...
pet hate that is sounds bloody stupid..

nice work on the car and cant wait to see the tub...
 
Andi_F said:
WHAT!!!!!!!! 3 Cento's at your house as Standard :blink::blink:, Your Blue Abarth, Matt's Red LPG and??? then on Fiday 1 Red Turbo!!! " Cento's each!!

James has the blue one, Matt has the red lpg and yellow turbo and soon to own the red turbo. James 1 - Matt 3 :lol:
 
Seen i had a Slight oil leak on the drive ... been getting worse this last week , looked closer today and found , a pin prick hole in the sump so bodged it up and will fill it up with oil and see if it leaks tomoz
 
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