Justintwinair
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Hi All
I have a 0.9 Twinair Fiat 500, really love this little car.
A couple of weeks ago a heard a different sound(Blowing noise) from the engine bay when I accelerate and felt there was very little power, I was in a panic as I thought oh no whats happening to my car,
When I got home I started to investigate what could be wrong, after a searching and crawling under the car and back to the engine I found the boost pipe which goes from the inter-cooler to the intake had a long cut under the pipe which was quite a shock to me as the pipe does no rub against anything, I accepted the wear and tear term
(photos attached)
I got hold of the agent and obviously a replacement was super expensive, Back to the drawing board, I managed to find a company that could make a similar looking one from Stainless steel at half the price.
Booked the car in last Saturday after a long wait, it was ready to go, looked very neat, I was a bit on the paranoid side as I was not sure what to expect. anyway after leaving I immediately tested the new pipe, I was happy well still am happy as my car is back to normal, love that feeling when the turbo kicks in and the car just shoots forward. ( I forgot to take a picture of the Stainless steel pipe) I will upload it later in the week.
I hope you guys find this useful.
Regards
Justin

I have a 0.9 Twinair Fiat 500, really love this little car.
A couple of weeks ago a heard a different sound(Blowing noise) from the engine bay when I accelerate and felt there was very little power, I was in a panic as I thought oh no whats happening to my car,
When I got home I started to investigate what could be wrong, after a searching and crawling under the car and back to the engine I found the boost pipe which goes from the inter-cooler to the intake had a long cut under the pipe which was quite a shock to me as the pipe does no rub against anything, I accepted the wear and tear term
(photos attached)
I got hold of the agent and obviously a replacement was super expensive, Back to the drawing board, I managed to find a company that could make a similar looking one from Stainless steel at half the price.
Booked the car in last Saturday after a long wait, it was ready to go, looked very neat, I was a bit on the paranoid side as I was not sure what to expect. anyway after leaving I immediately tested the new pipe, I was happy well still am happy as my car is back to normal, love that feeling when the turbo kicks in and the car just shoots forward. ( I forgot to take a picture of the Stainless steel pipe) I will upload it later in the week.
I hope you guys find this useful.
Regards
Justin
