500 (Abarth) Abarth 595 Turismo Grigio Record Metallizzato.

[The Pretender]

It also will put back on the original Turismo wheels with new tires.
Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun in 205/40R17” - 84W, a much better tire IMHO, especially in the rain.

 

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Progressing nicely.

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Major improvement in ride hight.

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Final result with In this picture 88 Kg in the boot.
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Without 88 Kg in the boot.

 

[TheR]

It also will put back on the original Turismo wheels with new tires.
Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun in 205/40R17” - 84W, a much better tire IMHO, especially in the rain.

Ride height looks good but wouldn't be my tire choice to be honest.

 

[The Pretender]

Ride height looks good but wouldn't be my tire choice to be honest.

Had them also on the 16 inch Panda wheels, drove great, no different on 17 inch.
Pirelli Pzero Nero are not that great in the rain, these Falken's are awesome in the rain, and very quiet, also great grip in the dry.

 

[TheR]

Had them also on the 16 inch Panda wheels, drove great, no different on 17 inch.
Pirelli Pzero Nero are not that great in the rain, these Falken's are awesome in the rain, and very quiet, also great grip in the dry.

Personally I would only considder Conti Premium Contact 6 or the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 with a slight preference for the Conti. If I had an Abarth with 200bhp and winter wheels I would even get a tire that's more sport orientated like the Pilot Sport 4s.

 

[The Pretender]

Personally I would only considder Conti Premium Contact 6 or the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 with a slight preference for the Conti. If I had an Abarth with 200bhp and winter wheels I would even get a tire that's more sport orientated like the Pilot Sport 4s.

Both those tires Michelin/Conti are noisy tires IMHO with 71/72 dB, the Falken is 67 dB.
Falken are quality Japanese tires, and very underestimated performance wise.

 

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Some Italian Colour upgrade.

 

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17 inch winter wheel set-up.

 

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Those Conti TS 850P are just great, very happy with them, very very good in heavy rain, and excellent grip overall.

 

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Did some dampening behind the rear interior panels to improve sound from the speakers.
And what a difference that made, even with stock speakers.

 

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Blacked out the Airfilter cover, to get a more stealth look under the bonnet.

 

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All installed again.

 

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Extra modification made to the Airbox, air flow volume increase in the lower L-bow before the Airfilter.
The opening at the end of the L-bow right before the filterbox is now almost twice the size it was before.
It can now handle airflow for well beyond 200 hp.

 

[Olliver]

Good idea, but do you think that this modification has still an effect? Because you already drilled those additional holes, after L-bow.

 

[The Pretender]

Good idea, but do you think that this modification has still an effect? Because you already drilled those additional holes, after L-bow.

Future dyno testing will tell.
I plan to dyno test all 3 solutions, first test with blocked L-bow upgrade and taped off 11 holes, and then with L-bow unblocked and then with the 11 holes also open.
To see what the differences are.

 

[Olliver]

In Germany there is a Tuner (G-Tech), that also applies these holes to the air-box from a certain tuning stage on.

 

[The Pretender]

In Germany there is a Tuner (G-Tech), that also applies these holes to the air-box from a certain tuning stage on.

There are many Abarth tuner, that do these holes upgrade, i think more smaller holes is the better solution.
Those holes make the airbox also more noisy.