General Barchetta Limited Edition 99 - McKoval

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General Barchetta Limited Edition 99 - McKoval

McKoval

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Fiat Barchetta Limited Edition 99
Engine 1747 ccm
Stock:
Power:131bhp@6300rpm
Torque: 164Nm@4300rpm

Engine:
- BMC CDA 150-80 induction kit
- Supersprint stainless exhaust
- stainless pipe instead of a pre-silencer
- OEM catalytic converter
- NGK V-line spark plugs
- mobil-1 rally 5w50 oil.
- sounds like this: http://mckoval.wrzuta.pl/audio/m2yiqT07TV/barca_bmc

Suspension:
- H&R springs (-20mm/-20mm)
- Wiechers-sport strut brace

Wheel & tires:
- Fiat Turbine 15” rims (standard in LE-99) - manufactured by Speedline
- Toyo Proxes T1R 195/55/15 tires

Brakes:
- front: Brembo MAX discs and Ferrodo brake pads
- rear: Brembo MAX discs and Ferrodo brake pads
- Ferrodo Racing 5.1 brake fluid

Styling:
- Naxos front lip in body color – standard in LE-99
- chrome middle row in a radiator grill
- Wiesmann hardtop

Audio:
- Alpine CDM-7892
- stock two-way speakers and subwoofer

Picture galery (more less chronologically):

2006 – just after import:



2007:
Supersprint exhaust fitted:




August 2007 :






August 2008:
Wiesmann hardtop, before respray:
Bought from a wrecked B imported from the UK (any of you guys?)




BMC CDA Induction kit (limited editio – silver CF):





October 2008:
Wiesmann hardtop - resprayed



December 2008
Wiechers-sport strut brace
As it is m2 engine, and the cda elevates the intake pipe a little, the normal Sparto/omp strut brace will not fit – so the only solution was the wiechers brace dedicated for the m2 engine
Unfortunately the body lost some of its rigidity in the past 9 years so the fitment wasn’t easy.
The effect is superb – corner ntry is sharper, more stabile and faster
Corner exit stability is somewhat improved and there’s less understeer





March 2009:
New ski holder for the original fiat boot rack:





August 2009:
Few Picture made during the summer trip to Italy
One can see the lowered suspension ant the general condition










September 2009:
As the car reached 120k km I’ve decided to send it to a mad-mechanic who loves small fiat engines
The outcome is new cambelt, variator, valve cover seals and a few more
Plus some exhaust tweaks: eg. new ‘elastic pipe’ (dunno if this is the correct name – I mean the elastic part between the downpipe and a catalytic converter) as the former one was said to be too restrictive
Plus few days of setting and testing
The outcome can be seen on the dyno graph:

Conditions:
The dyno had no air vent so the outcome is lower than should be (they said abort 2-3bhp)
air temp. 24 degrees
Power: 141KM@6749rpm
Torque: 157Nm@5314rpm

As the dyno crew said probably with the air fan In front of the car and recleaning the induction kit, the Real Power should be around 145bhp

 
Looks absolutley great, well done m8.
I was under the impression that LE ´99 only came in silver
with red interior ( mine ) or green with biscuit coulour interior.

Great job.
 
Your right. This is not a Special Edition. Its offically a Riviera model. See sepc from Fiat below.
ecial Edition
Sorry
Edition Details
Entry Level (UK)ABS , Immobiliser, Electric windows, Airbags P&D, Power steering
plus the Comfort Pack comprising Central locking, Leather trim, Electric door mirrors, Electric aerial, Front fog lightsLimited Edition

(1995 – 98)
Silver with red hood & leather, Green with biscuit hood/ leather
15in alloys, fogs, Titanium colour dash detailing, Electric door mirrors, Electric aerial, Central locking, Wind stop

Riviera
(1998 – 2000)Black with red hood & leather, Red with black hood & leather.

Then from 2000 in any of the 5 Barchetta colours.

Options as Limited Edition.

Milano
(from 2001)
As Riviera with new Fiat badges, plus the Comfort Pack; Central locking, Leather trim, Electric door mirrors, Electric aerial, Front fog lightsLido Naxos

(from 2002)
ABS , Airbags P&D, Front & Rear spoilers, Alloys, Fogs, Windstop, Metallic paint
 
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bipbip: the one you are mentioning is a limited edition 98
limited edition 99 wasnt as rare as LE-99 and was quite hard to differ from riviera except riviera models are from 2000-2001 and in 99 there was a model called LE-99 which came in black with red leather interior or red with black leather interior

i know what EPER says about my chasis no. and this is definatelly limited edition 99 (which had no LE no. plate on the dashboard):
read and learn ;-)
http://www.barchetta-lexikon.de/?action=artikel&daten=l014

and for those of weak faith a photo of a prospect (also fram b-lexikon):
http://www.barchetta-lexikon.de/prospekte/041-001.jpg
 
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..maybe a little bit overreactive
sorry if you took it that way..
 
Nar mate we all joke around here.

Good to have learnt something new. Great looking car and mods. POst this up on the Members Motors section as shown above.

Also keep us informed about what you do.

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Hey McKoval great looking car. Looks like you've been able to give it plenty of love.

I need one of those Wiechers-sport strut braces. Where did you find your one? Thank you.

Matt
 
Hey McKoval great looking car. Looks like you've been able to give it plenty of love.

I need one of those Wiechers-sport strut braces. Where did you find your one? Thank you.

Matt

i got mine from polish company: horsepower tuning ( www.hpt.pl )
but you can also get it from www.italiatec.de and official wiechers website

thank you all for your comments - means a lot to me as I modify the B for over three years and really gave it a lot of love
i will definatelly post it in members motors
cheers
 
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