i hav been offered a tipo 1.6 DGT and i was going to drop it into ma punto (1.2 75BHP) i know wot needs done like the wiring loom and new engine mounts and other bittys but the thing i was wondering is that i hav heard different BHP's for it like 80BHP 110BHP 100BHP so iam wondering if anyone knows the true BHP of the DGT and do u people think it would be a good idea to fit it cos the insurance for the 1.4 GT is too much so i thought i would put a bigger engine in but not too big (for insurance purposes) so i thought the DGT would be good i hav been told that when the tipo moved it bloody moved for a 1.6 tipo (tank)(so heavy) so i thought it might make ma punto a bit more fun

i would like to hear ur veiws cheers RETTIE

why not just buy a 1.7 td punto?

it is not a diesel it is a 1.6 carbbie

About 85bhp I think. No more than 90.

It would be heavier and is a less free-revving engine than the 1.2 75MPi so I really, really wouldn't bother

i dont hink i will be doing this engine mod now but i want to go a lil fast, how and cheap

you could get a head skim and port/ploished head whileyour are at it, where the head skim will not increase your speed by much if anything, it will raise your sompression which is then you good have a branch LCB manifold made down to a sports cat and stainless steel pipe, (best flow) made and then finish off with a decent induction kit like the ones on a recent thread, and some high pressure injectors, i dont think there is too much you can do on the cheap that would make the punto 75 any faster

the head was skimmed i dont know how much but it was done at the last head gasket was done (with timing belt) wot about injectors off a bigger fiat engine maybe the 1.6 ones might fit like havin the same diameter and fittin snuggley in

I passed my Test in a 1.6 DGT Tipo ! It and I had many adventures and I couldn't kill it.

It snapped a cam belt, bent some valves, got rebuilt, and went better than ever !

Went to the main dealer once and they commented that it was the smoothest running tipo they had ever seen !

It loved to rev and pulled to the red line in each gear!

Stunning engine. It is on a carb though, so should be easily tuneable, but it's an old engine now. Is it still in use in other fiat cars or has it been retired ?

Even gave thought to putting a turbo on it at one time as it's not a million miles away from the 1.4 that was turbo'd in the uno !

gregit said:

I passed my Test in a 1.6 DGT Tipo ! It and I had many adventures and I couldn't kill it.

It snapped a cam belt, bent some valves, got rebuilt, and went better than ever !

Went to the main dealer once and they commented that it was the smoothest running tipo they had ever seen !

It loved to rev and pulled to the red line in each gear!

Stunning engine. It is on a carb though, so should be easily tuneable, but it's an old engine now. Is it still in use in other fiat cars or has it been retired ?

Even gave thought to putting a turbo on it at one time as it's not a million miles away from the 1.4 that was turbo'd in the uno !

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was ur tipo DGT quick like if u stuck ur engine in a punto would it move well like being a good bit faster than a 1.2

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was ur tipo DGT quick like if u stuck ur engine in a punto would it move well like being a good bit faster than a 1.2

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the 1.6 punto sporting has the same engine but with injection.

There is one available on ebay for a conversion.

The Klaxion punto which had more than 300bhp was a punto GT head and x19 block (same as above).

So yeah loads of things possible however Klaxion was rumoured to cost more than £50k so it might be time to think more practically... :bang:

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was ur tipo DGT quick like if u stuck ur engine in a punto would it move well like being a good bit faster than a 1.2

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Quick for a first car, but I wouldn't like to say now, it was 10 years ago!!

Wouldn't keep up with the Astra GTE's of the time, I remember that much!!