Bravo (Classic) My Fiat Bravissimo.

[yellow seicento]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

left a link on your facebook chris for a marea, i think a diff colour would look better, but the colours you mentioned sound good mate,

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Just a Written Update !

Last night i had a bit of a scare..it rained all bloody night/early morning...making the roads ridiculously unsafe, anyway pulling up to a junction
there was a massive puddle, enough to reach the bottom of the sump, and as my car doesn't have a undertray its lets all sorts of crap get in, plus i have my air filter quite low.
To the point of this update, basically water got into my intake system and then got into my cylinders...which resulted in the car cutting out, and not turning over... after about 10 mins it finally turned over, sounding very lumpy...gave it some revs to let all the water through the exhaust system..trying to clear it all out..
started up this afternoon, was running good...checked over my intake system and water poured all out..Luckily my catch tank in the system held a good amount of water...so its all cleared out now, air filter also raised up..

 

[m20b25]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Ouch that could have been fatal for the engine... Seems you got away with it though Hit a puddle myself once in the dark at over 60mph, thank goodness the intake is high on the standard cars.....

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Haven't updated this in a while..
not much been going on with the car, but I've decided and finally got round to spraying my wheels, I've only got one done atm, the picture was taken yesterday so i have no clue what the alloy has come out like today as it is at my friends house.

here it is being sanded, the chrome lip was a pain so i just primed over it.


then got some primer on it, i did 3 coats which i think was a fair amount..(first time spraying wheels)


Then i got round to putting first coat on, but the picture shown is with 2 coats, oh and the paint is Fiat White #244, off the fiat 500 i think ?





and then some night shots of it next to the car, looks really quite nice



i shall get some more updates rolling, need to get on with spraying some more wheels up

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

took some recent photos of it on the car, not as a good as i hoped, the finish that is. :/

anyway here is some pictures

 

[yellow seicento]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

nice!! maybe a different coloured rim to finish it off??

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

would be nice, i wanted to do red and leave the chrome, but the chrome is way too hard to work with, all the lacquer peel wont come off, so i ended up doing white all over and looks loads better, tidies the car up too, the chrome made it look tatty

 

[m20b25]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Im liking the result :worship: Did it cost much to do? My wheels could do with a refurb, scrapes ablaze

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Im liking the result :worship: Did it cost much to do? My wheels could do with a refurb, scrapes ablaze

well it was a halfrauds job, so for the primer it cost £7, for each 300ml spray can it was £6, and the lacquer is £7 too you use about a can a wheel..so all in all 4 cans of X Colour, 1 can 500ml primer and 1 500ml of lacquer that should cover it all.

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

hmm minor update here! been keeping this back for a while...my car basically has bent valves ..
the reason that happened was the timing were out! my idler and tensioner are fudged!!, the ball bearings inside jammed up, making the idler completely useless :/..luckily my friend michael has all the bits at my ready that i need

i then got on to dismantling my engine, some of the bolts are bloody sods, they're in the most stupidest of all places.

Anyway, heres the the chewed up idler


Just a picture of the engine, before anything major came off


firstly then got the inlet manifold off which was a pain, some of the bolts were bastards to get off :/


then on to getting the CAM covers off


then unbolting the exhaust from the head


tis about it on that update!
but tomorrow is where the fun starts, Head comes off(not mine) might feel like it though
and a nice port & polished head goes on in replace

until tomorrow!

 

[m20b25]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Did you get the head off? How much was it to port? Tidy engine bay!

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

yes yes yes!!! shes started up bless her!!! so happy, ill get some pictures up in a bizzle she is misfiring a little, but i need to really do another service on her, im getting a oil change done tomorrow, putting in 5w/30 semi synthetic??? ive read in to it, and the car will take that oil, but has anyone on here put that in at all because i normally just put in 10w/40, but this oil was free .

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Did you get the head off? How much was it to port? Tidy engine bay!

well the head was off my friend michael, out of his brava, and he ported is head him self so should give me around 5-8bhp maybe, so ill be running around 110bhp, but i would like to RR her though!

 

[m20b25]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Is a good feeling when it starts up and runs right! Glad there were no mishaps along the way

As for the oil if its any help i used to use 5w40 helix ultra, the car took a good gulp of it over the 10k i put up with that oil, at least 2.5 litres... I'm back on 10w40 now

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

well another tiny update!
all day i didnt know what to do, so boredom takes over and i decided to do something about my wing mirrors, they look so boring black :/ so the paint i had for the wheels in Fiat 224 white i used on the wing mirror!..
canme out pretty good, only annoying thing is getting the glass back in and i butchered up the paint inside the wing mirror, which is a shame, but you cant see it unless removed again

let me know what you lot think ? i quite like them :slayer:

 

[Rawb]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Love the white mirrors and alloy combo. Looks good, get some complete pictures up of the car

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

thanks man!, still need to get the other mirror done yet :/ and the i still have one wheel left to do aswell, then that should be it for exterior mods. : )

 

[MrMigs08]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Awesome bravo coming along really nicely!

Did you feel any difference running the upgraded head (Ported n polished?)

The white definately suits it!

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

Awesome bravo coming along really nicely!

Did you feel any difference running the upgraded head (Ported n polished?)

The white definately suits it!

Thank you, still has a long way to go. My Deadline to finish the car would be september so i ive got a few months left to get everything sorted, as ill be selling her for a HGT..so i want her to look good for the sale

and the port and polish is a strange thing really..like i say id love to get her RR to atleast know the BHP Gains..i cant imagine it being a major gain, id say between 3-6 bhp, i think the gear(s) i notice it most in is 2 and 3...and it picks up alot quicker from say 50-80 in in 3rd gear, if this is something you would consider...you will lose out on Torque aswell :/..dont expect a big gain..but it is enough to notice a slight difference

 

[mikeyprg]

Re: My Fiat Bravissimo

should gain more than 5-8 bhp that had some serious work on it
and youve coupled it with my throttle body too get that flow going :slayer:

you should buy my ported exhaust manifold too!