Seicento Neo the red abarth

[blu73]

Does the FK Kit have adjustable shocks??

:idea: I'm quite tempted to get a set of 70-50 springs now, I could just keep my Spax shortened adjustable shocks so shouldn't be too pricey, about £80 for the springs on there own

 

[Brooky]

sort out my engine mounts

Fill them all with a PU sealant, works wonders but increases the vibrations abit

also i was thinking of white wheels

Get some comp mo's

 

[tunerbuckster04]

nice project here been keeping up to date regulary!

white wheels and white roof? done mine :O right here maytee

Looks SO much better ion the 'flesh' thought youd wana kjnow what it looks like

 

[clock34]

the shocks arnt justable just 30% stiffer,

been driving quite spirited down some lanes up here in carlisle today and never bottomed out once, so im quite happy with it when driving, even came off the floor a few times haha, great thing with backroads is there all 60mph hehe

i have some PU gear to stiffen the new engine mounts as mine are ROCKING haha.

Been thinking about the white and what i will do is just get the car sprayed red again in the summer mabee and see what it looks like then, and keeping my eyes out for compo's but short on cash and there rare .

going to get my mckrich through next week when thats fitted and hopefully a vernier ill go get it a full exhaust system to go with the supersprint mani

 

[clock34]

Ok so been driving about alot in him and hes cool! haha. does bottom out a tad more now and speedbumps need to be taken slower than standard (obviously) but i love him, handels really well.

few problems...

i cant go in automated car washes as the rail to pull you through hits the sump :-(
seems to collect dirt more!

but there tiny lazy ones haha.

i have some new pics ill put up soon when i work out this new laptop of the gf's

 

[clock34]

piccccys

the colors are strange due to saturation change in photobucket, but here they are.

taken in carlisle at sunset,

have some from wales at night too which look cool

 

[blu73]

looks good, needs some clear indicators and side repeaters though.

 

[clock34]

nah smoked!! going to order some and some tinted rear lights, seen some for sale but the reverse light and the fog lamp are on opposite sides, now i know the law but would they really notice on a mot????

 

[blu73]

i've had a cinq go through an MOT with one rhd rear cluster and one lhd rear cluster. ie. 2 reverse lights and no fog light.

 

[NosherCento]

now i love this car, pretty much want i want to do with my little red sei abarth

all ive done is a gsr kit and janspeed cat back system, and then a couple of exterior mods...

next im thinking either pgt front disks, 35mm drop springs, or a mkrich chip

but lovely car man!

 

[clock34]

aye i have the mckcrich at home waiting to go in hense the ecu being TAPED up haha.

ive seen a set of tinted rers with fog and reverse light the opposite so i might take the dive and hope if not ill get two reverse lights and ill sort some nice red fog lamps in the grill in the center of the bumper.

 

[NosherCento]

can i ask how much this has all cost you?

im thinking of hanging on to my sei and use her as a track monster, and am looking at yours as a role model

 

[clock34]

RIGHT! haha all prices re aprioximate but realisti towhat I payed, most/all ofthe gear was second hand so cheaper than new!.

ENGINE
£90 1.2 36k on clock
£15 Inlet mani
£160 Supersprint mani
£10 chrome rocker cover
£5 new sump (scrappy brandnew one lucky find)
£70 gasket setfrom fiat for everything!
£35 cam (found one in engine already sold on)
£60 GSR
£5 32mm tb
£20 Ht leads
£10 new belts
£57 Mckrich

total : £537 :-(over two years


Brakes
£10 PGT front 257 vented disks lucy find as new i scrappy
£10 147mm rear solid disks from freind (excess stock)
£40 front pgt callipers and rear marea weekend callipers.
£10 pads all round
£60 rear disk and calliper mounting brackets.
£15 3mm rear spacers

TOTAL £145

Suspension

£215 70/50 Fk suspension kit.
£125 Powerflex bushes all roud.

TOTAL TOTAL - £1022 much of this was spent in the last few weeksso not cheap! most of it was second hand like said so would be even more if you cant source it by fluke!

oh and i have a struttbrace i forgot about and im trying to get a pully and the exhaust will be another 230 i think!

i dont like to think about the costs though. and didnt really want to add it all up im sure ive missed things tbh

 

[blu73]

this is no track monster.. don't get me wrong, its nice and i like it lots. Engine wise its just as fiat should have made it in the first place.. If you want track monster you need more power, much more. 1.4 16v, or at least 1.2 16v. Or something completely different although most these projects seem to just disappear.

 

[clock34]

aye thats what i was thinking. its nice but not rapid.

a 1.4 would be what you need or a 1.2 16v ported and flowed.

 

[clock34]

fitted the chip the other day with no noticable change as of yet, but it is already quicker, need to get a full exhaust sorted then ill be done with him.

is smoother through the revs bu that might be the engine aswell as the chip?

 

[tunerbuckster04]

am i right in seeing laquer peeling off ?? or is it camerra?

 

[clock34]

peeing..... more like jumping.

yeh unfortunatly the high milage and long motorways have taken a toll on him. the bonnet has a chip every inch at the most down to every few mm near the badge and the laqure is pretty much gone on the top of the front bumper and back of the wingmirrors.

i am getting him resprayed but as money allows. untill then i guess hes slightly rat look lol.

 

[Reuuk]

when its on ill post pics up, and im sure we could arrange a meet so you can see the drop.

on another note here is what my engine now looks like, (sorry about the sun its chrome and shiney )

I wants this chrome rocker cover

How much it set you back to get done?

 

[blu73]

bit of elbow grease and you can polish yours...