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Cinquecento Cinquecento sporting Abarth...

Introduction

Hi ,
Ive done it again , I now own my second cinquecento .. so now i own a 1242 8v "sx" which some of you may know ...
i seen it advertised for sale in the classifieds so spoke to the lad selling it , arraged a date to view it 740 miles later , theres 2 cinquecentos sitting on my drive

got it home , Replaced the bat, ( tryed starting it when we picked it up but it was dead so had to jump start it with leads ) With the new bat on it started first turn of the key ,
also gave the Rear arches/ boot floor a Good coat of wax oil , to help it stop rusting , as its Sold as 100% rust free ,,, just found a little bit on the back arch , so addressed that asap :)

also the front brakes seem a bit poor . so started giveing them a good clean :) just need to get another tyre to put on my alloys then its mot time

bit of specs on the car ...( Ripped from the Advert)

A nice, tastefully modified Cinquecento Sporting Abarth. She has been on the forum for a long long while now and i hope she continues to be. I have owned her since December ‘07. Car is mad cheap to insure and is group 2. Small, nippy and easy to park and drive. LOW MILAGE! Only 64,000 miles! I ride a bike almost all year round. Registered in the last year of the cinquecento before the seicento. Car is registered in ’98 on an R plate. I put brand new bilstein shocks and eibach springs, the original dampers were knackerd but i still have the original springs.
Most of her history is in pictures on the forum due to her FF owners, and she has been spoilt rotten. I have a massice thick folder of history. Anyway, here is the list of mods:

Exterior:

-100% RUST FREE!
-Bodywork and paint in original factory Imola blue and in great condition
- Genuine Fiat Abarth (stamped) front and rear bumpers, side skirts and spoiler with brake light.
- Black vinyled B pillars
- 3 x 13" speedline Alloys (see below)
-Rare 14” Punto Abarth speedline Alloys
- Bilstein gas charged shocks
- Eibach -35mm lower springs
- Janspeed Stainless steel exhaust
- Red dot front discs
-Pressed numberplate

Interior:

- Black seat belts instead of standard red ones (clash with leather)
- A sunroof that doesn't leak!
- Full Leather Interior; front and rear seats, door cards and gear stick gaitor.
- Abarth Steering wheel.
- Abarth tax disc holder
- Abarth mats

Engine:

Runs beautifully, one of the things that most impressed me about this car. The FIRE series engine still runs like a sewing machine and never let me down.

- Polished rocker cover.
- Magnecor 85mm HT Leads
- Sparco Adjustable strut brace.
- 1108cc with 1240 P60 head
- Punto 75 cam
- 40mm webber Throttle body
- ECU is McCritch chipped
- Beautifull one-off Italian Performance Carbon Fibre Induction Kit
- Thatcham Cat.1 Toad Alarm Ai 606
- Remote Central Locking.
- Car is de-cat but i have a cat for MOTs

- pioneer front speakers, tweeters on a-pillars and infinity 6x9s.
- Spare wheel and original tool kit

Well spent Almost all day today ( 26 feb) doing Wash, Dry , clay with quick detailer, Wash, Dry , Polish with auto glym super resin , poorboys black hole , Poor boys Spr ( i think it was) , then One layer of wax , need to do another one tomorrow morning , but as it is its Shiny ,
Knowing J he will have spares of all sensors - just swap one at a time and see if any change... My money is on temp sender too just cause everything else i can think of that it might be doesn't really correspond with cold start and not being such an issue once warmed up. Just have the replacement to hand and you don't need to drain and fill the system, just whip it out and quickly screw in the replacement - you will only loose tiny bit of coolant.
 
Well tonight ive changed Injectors , changed map sensor , and the coolant temp sensor ,,,the hesitation is still there :( Daaam ,,,, Ive found a way to get past the hesitation ,,,, Drive like a pin head Every were keep it higher than 4 k at all times :) Just got the Lamda to change now ,, will hopefully get that changed tomoz
 
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Errm welll she may be fixed ,, unplugged the lambda , took it for a quick spin , no more hesitation ,,, so a Good friend of mine had a spare lamda soo that will be getting slotted in tomorrow some time , and find out if its fixes it ,,, if it dosnt ,, ill just boost her and that will fix it lol
 
new phone better cam ,, me and a mate went out for a drive and this happend

picture whoring :)

also find me on instagram james_1242
 

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gadge sorry fogot to update this ,,,

so ,, its also had the wheels refurbed in a pearl white colour
and in outher news ,,, took her for a mot and she passed ,, two advosorys , slightly pitted disks ,, ( just put them on a week ago )
and one tyre getting close to limit , but got one to go on :)

so trated her to a little night photoshoot :)(y)(y)
 

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Well not alot has happend its been parked up over a year on my drive ,.. but now ive buying a few bits for it ,

new avo coilovers to replace my old worn out ones
A piller pod to hold two guages
Braded front flexy brake lines ( thanks brooky for the good deal )
Strong flex rear gearbox mount ( thanks duncan for getting me it at brooklands i still havnt fitted it hah)


Waiting on a email back about stock of Nos front and rear arms if there in stock they will be bought
also been told about a brand new axle thats been sat in a corner of a fiat main dealer , ive gave them a email to enquire about it , but nothing back yet will be giving them a call on monday to see if its still there

waiting to after christmas to order my new standlone Ecu as by then ill have my card payed off and the ecu can be put on that :D:D
 
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Bloody seagulls. ;)

How much is your car lowered? I'm getting fourteens for my car and that looks close to the limit.
 
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