Panda Current car -Panda 100HP turbo

Lovely car, excellent place for your exhaust, where did you have it built..?

your 100hp looks ac

Thunderbug said:

Lovely car, excellent place for your exhaust, where did you have it built..?

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I made this setup, but the car now has a proper system that I designed and is more of a sleeper

Sorry to hear about the bent valves

ChrisUK said:

Sorry to hear about the bent valves

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Yeah just one of those things, belt skipped a tooth oh well high comp engine back in..

Will open it up and see what the real damage is.. Looks like I have a fully forged bottom end going for sale shortly, assuming the piston crowns aren't damaged.

-Andy

Fingers crossed for ya

Car running 160+BHP and 230Nm

0-60 timed with gtec at 7.5sec (struggling to get power down in 1st, 2nd and third)

once upto 70 car pulls very very well and a lot faster than abarth 500ss!!

Wow, bet this surprises a few car owners!

Top job!

this is a beast!!!

shakey_hand_man said:

Car running 160+BHP and 230Nm

0-60 timed with gtec at 7.5sec (struggling to get power down in 1st, 2nd and third)

once upto 70 car pulls very very well and a lot faster than abarth 500ss!!

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The Abarth 500 is a good deal heavier. A Panda 4x4 transmission would solve the front grip issues.

pk090 said:

i was told that side exit exhausts were illegal. A guy near me has a pulsar with side exits in same place as yours and was constantly getting pulled and getting fines and such.

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If the pipe sticks out it will be considered a pedestrian hazard (as if a ton of car isnt already enough of a hazard). Fit the pipe flush with heat shield and all is fine.

I have a 2013 that when bought fortunately only had 1760 miles on it. 10 months later im at 23k. Love the car and different features in sport mode etc. I have the 1.4 16 valve multiair engine. I cannot for the life of me find any info on a universal style turbo or how many pounds of boost the engine can handle without full rebuild on forged pistons etc. It would seem you have the same engine and basically turned it into the Arbarth or better. So have i been misinformed that these engines cant handle that much boost and a universal turbo isnt really necessary? I would really appreciate your input. New to the forum and came to seek this info specifically. Nice build to btw Modding for better performance is always fun.

Looking forwards to the OP's comments. He's done the job after all.

You could probably get quite good gains with traditional gas flowing and exhaust (full manifold and system) tuning techniques.

Turbo engines usually have lower mechanical compression as the turbo itself delivers part of the compression ratio. This allows more top end power at the loss of low speed power and economy. Unless it's very well managed with very clever ECU maps you will notice more turbo lag.

A turbo is a nice way to boost a normal engine but take it beyond a 25% to 30% power hike and you could be in for expensive repairs. All Pandas (pretty much) use the same gearbox, so that will be the weak link if you get too enthusiastic.

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-iii/433071-max-torque-drivetrain-panda-cross.html

Swapping a 500 Abarth MultiAir into a 100HP would be a nice project. TBH I would want four wheel drive to complete the package along with air suspension to control the bone jarring ride.
Financially sensible? Of course not, but modded cars are always going to cost a lot AND take a hit on market value.

I have shakey_hand_mans old panda 100hp turbo up for sale if any ones interested in this little pocket rocket

Very nice, how much? :devil:

MrChris6 said:

Very nice, how much? :devil:

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£2250 Ono it’s on the forum for sale page

Been a while since posted, not sold my car yet so don't have funds available. Re-reading thread though the last think shakey said about this was struggling to get power down in 1st/2nd gear. Was anything done about this?

Tha Panda 100HP will spin its front wheels all too easily with standard engine. A limited slip diff would help.


The Punto Mk2 HGT (130bhp from the 1746cc engine) had traction control built into the ABS. Even that was a dead loss when both wheels lost grip as it did not compare the rear wheel speeds. It might be possible to use the Punto HGT body computer but I have no idea if it has ever been done.

A Panda 4x4 gearbox and final drive system will probably fit but you'd need to take a scrapped car apart to get all the necessary parts. That would solve all power delivery problems but who knows if the overall drive ratios are correct and who knows if there are any electronic systems that would need the 4x4 body computer.

Questions for another thread I think.