Seicento Another yellow Schumacher

[henseyseries3]

Nice pinto. As I said before I have never seen a 5 door with dealer abarth kit on the road. Pretty rare beast. If only ever seen pics online.

Loads of hgts about though.

Has it got the optional subwoofer in the boot? I fitted one to mine which was a nice upgrade which uses wasted space behind the c pillar.

No it hasn't got it fitted hasn't even got rear speakers it but I do have one audio is the next thing on the list for the punto and and it being so rare is the reason why I wanted to keep it in the family

 

[purf]

Good man. I would too

 

[henseyseries3]

Actually got around to starting a job on the sei been getting the punto ready for brooklands so haven't had a chance to get on the sei but anyway I've managed to pretty much get the rear discs conversation all kn just gotta sort the handbrake cables and brake pipes out oh and trim the Allen key heads off the stud kit so I can do the wheel up all the way but it's nearly engine time

 

[henseyseries3]

Decided to make a start on getting the 1242 in over the weekend with the weather being warm so here's the weekends work one major problem that's engine mount t belt side as you will se from the pictures


Good start take the front end off I couldn't understand why most cento engine swaps have pictures off no front end now I definitely understand why lmfao


Loom and pipe work off


Old 52000mile 1108 out shame to not use it as it's a lovely engine but the head will stay in use on its red bigger brother


Now that's a problem but I'll sort it that reminds me I've gotta get the pollybush engine mount insert brought as I don't want to be spending £50 on a mount


As you can see all out from under the car


Old vs new


Alt and trigger wheel on going to be running it wthout a cover for a bit so I can check everything is okay tell I'll refit the bottom cover


Was going to chance it with the old and must I say mint oem clutch but I thought while it's out I'll change the clutch might do the cable and quadrant at some point aswell


Gearbox all bolted back up and ready to go in


And in admitted the gearbox mount is tight and I've still got to tighten up the rear gearbox mount and sort out the engine mount but it's nearly there have a jack holding the engine up in about the right place might be close or nearly there in the next few weeks then back onto the rear brakes

 

[purf]

Nice work. I had exactly the same thing with that engine mount bracket and bolt. The threads were border-line so I tapped and reused it. Then on first shake down run it failed at 60mph and engine dropped down. No damage but the throttle cable was taught and the revs stayed high as it limped home. Wouldn't recommend it though

 

[henseyseries3]

Nice work. I had exactly the same thing with that engine mount bracket and bolt. The threads were border-line so I tapped and reused it. Then on first shake down run it failed at 60mph and engine dropped down. No damage but the throttle cable was taught and the revs stayed high as it limped home. Wouldn't recommend it though

Cheers purf if that engine mount played ball it would have been bolted in and nearly ready to go

And was talking to my dad about the plate and bolt I quote "wouldn't worry about it I've sorted worse" so he's going to get that sorted for me

 

[henseyseries3]

Didn't get much done today but got a new wheels though swapped tyres another scrap yard find but definitely a needed change for you now back to engine stuff oh and my polly insert come today

 

[henseyseries3]

So had quite a good week on the cento getting stuff done through the week and finally having it running

First off I got hold of the right engine mount to fit my polly insert will be doing the rest when I can afford it

Then decided I'd find myself a set off gt3 style brakes of a Doblo van don't think there alloy like the gt3 callipers but the pad area between the gt2 calipers I had and these are alot bigger


My dad finished off the inlet manifold for me getting the map sensor in


Then Saturday I started to get it all bolted in and together and it decided to rain happens alot in Birmingham for some reason the cover I've had over the cento come in handy


Charcoal canister also removed and the Solinoid cable tied out the way still plugged in


Drive shafts in and engine bolted up sorry these are a little out of order bit you get the idea


Rad in and bolted up

Inlet mani on and had to make a gasket for the tb good old kelloges box


The first start up didn't got so well at first had the firing order well out and totally forgot I had another fire engined car sat over the road so open the punto bonnet copied the firing order and she fired straight up excuse the laugh in the video I got excited
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Downpipe all bolted up


How it looked at the end of the day


Also decided to work out of the wheels would rub the answer was no had loads off room and don't need to roll the arches


Just got tho figure out the rest of the exhaust now and I've had a few ideas for the inlet side of thinks basically the same as the attached picture with my cda on the end instead of a cone filter

 

[purf]

Sounds great! Get a straight through pipe! Motorcyclists do so why can't we! ☺

 

[henseyseries3]

Sounds great! Get a straight through pipe! Motorcyclists do so why can't we! ☺

Nah couldn't put a straight through on it'd do my head in after a week way to loud for my liking

 

[henseyseries3]

Well another week of doing bits and bobs after work

First my spi strutbrace come so start to get it fitted to abit off thinking and some cutting but to goes on lovely misses the abs pump ect

Swapped rear calipers with my dad so he had a direct bolt on rear disc conv for his mk2 punto so I've now got alfa 146 calipers



The sorted out handbrake cables and brake pipes



Just got to bleed brakes up and exhaust left to do

 

[henseyseries3]

Brakes all bled and induction kit made just got exhaust left that should be sorted over the weekend

 

[purf]

Nice! I have fitted a used janspeed back box recently and had to get some stainless adapters made up. Some wierd sizes needed huh

 

[henseyseries3]

Nice! I have fitted a used janspeed back box recently and had to get some stainless adapters made up. Some wierd sizes needed huh

My janspeed 1.75" 2 inch pipe fits over snug

 

[purf]

My mid pipe was smaller compared to the janspeed. It was something like 38mm vs 42

 

[henseyseries3]

My mid pipe was smaller compared to the janspeed. It was something like 38mm vs 42

Mine was the same when I first put it on but didn't realise I had all the stainless with my exhaust to make it all the way up to the downpipe

 

[henseyseries3]

I'd like to say she's done bit she's far from it needs a few things sorting she's slightly lumpy and really sluggish low down untill about 4000rpm where she really comes alive so I'm going to check the timing brakes are absolutely **** atm so I'm going to give them another bleed I need to extend the rear lambda sensor and put it back in the exhaust as that could also been causing some hesitation I'm getting down low but hay that's project cars there never really going to be done

 

[purf]

Looks great! Hope you get the engine running sweetly without too much faff

 

[henseyseries3]

Looks great! Hope you get the engine running sweetly without too much faff

Cheers mate I've put the rear lambda back into the exhaust and now I don't have any low down hesitation checked timing and that's spot on guess it's going to be a case of waiting for the ecu to adjust to the new engine

 

[memeth17]

Waw such a great work what is your wheel setup? I read the post maybe i've miss something

What ecu is running your p75 engine ?