General New fiat UNO turbo owner :-)

[Scoupe tom]

Hi all, ive just brought a 1988 'E' mk1 fiat UNO turbo of a
Mate of mine.

She's a bit of a beast and with a bit of time and tlc I plan to
Bring her back to former glory.

 

[alexGS]

Welcome!

I'm guessing that's not a standard interior? Clever choice of materials, suits the car well.

How's the mechanicals?

-Alex

 

[Scoupe tom]

Welcome!

I'm guessing that's not a standard interior? Clever choice of materials, suits the car well.

How's the mechanicals?

-Alex

Engine purrs like a kitten and it's fitted with a water injection system that I take it isn't standard either? And I honestly don't know bout the interior but looking into it probably not as I've never seen any like it. Just gotta do bit of welding on the sill, 2 front shocks and wishbones n then sending fir the dreaded mot lol. Can wait to take her out properly

 

[doody]

very nice car and the seats look very nice bet someone spent a few £££ getting them retrimmed.

love uno turbos have two myself, fun cars that no-one has these days.

 

[rawill]

I wonder if anyone would swap my 84 70s for a turbo model!

Love that car.

 

[johorridoh]

Wow , nice Hoermann body kit. Seats are unique , someone really spent a lot of money on that UNO Hope rust isn´t a big issue. Spray it with Fluid film inside the body and doors and seal it with Mike Sanders grease after a couple of weeks.

 

[Scoupe tom]

Wow , nice Hoermann body kit. Seats are unique , someone really spent a lot of money on that UNO Hope rust isn´t a big issue. Spray it with Fluid film inside the body and doors and seal it with Mike Sanders grease after a couple of weeks.

Thanks. And it's an original hormann not a copy . Some1 has spent a fortune on it and the underseal has done it's job for most of the car but it's now starting to show it's age. Not horrendous tho. It will b on the road fir the summer fingers crossed and then I'll start on the details, parts are a nitemare to get hold of tho and I've got an issue with the water injection???

 

[Scoupe tom]

very nice car and the seats look very nice bet someone spent a few £££ getting them retrimmed.

love uno turbos have two myself, fun cars that no-one has these days.

I know, I had been in it wen it wasn't running properly wen my mate had it a couple of years ago and wen I got it to mine I had to give it a sneaky blast up the road, I almost had to change my undies wen I got bk lol. It's bloody quick

 

[doody]

Thanks. And it's an original hormann not a copy . Some1 has spent a fortune on it and the underseal has done it's job for most of the car but it's now starting to show it's age. Not horrendous tho. It will b on the road fir the summer fingers crossed and then I'll start on the details, parts are a nitemare to get hold of tho and I've got an issue with the water injection???

tell me about it, i've been looking for a rear bumper for my grey one for months, it is so bloody frustrating.

 

[gtirx2]

Looks very nice mate and i am likeing the colour,almost looks escort cosworth mallard greenish.

Depending what boost/power its running i would not mess about with the water injection to much atm.
Do you have any idea on the spec of the car and any engine piccys?
Going by the exterior/interior and the water injection i am guessing its proberly had a bit of money spent on the motor aswell?

As for parts the best places to try are on here,ebay and turbocollective.

 

[Scoupe tom]

Looks very nice mate and i am likeing the colour,almost looks escort cosworth mallard greenish.

Depending what boost/power its running i would not mess about with the water injection to much atm.
Do you have any idea on the spec of the car and any engine piccys?
Going by the exterior/interior and the water injection i am guessing its proberly had a bit of money spent on the motor aswell?

As for parts the best places to try are on here,ebay and turbocollective.

hi m8 thanks . ive not got a clue about the engine but heres a pic. it needs a bit of a tidy up and some new pipes as there now hard and brittle lol

 

[Scoupe tom]

A bit of an update on my UNO. Finally finished changing the 2 front shocks and wishbones, what a difference that's made. Took her up the road properly fir the first time with the biggest smile on my face as I found out my variable boost control works lol. It's going to have it's first bit of welding done ever this weekend then mot nxt week. Won't be on the road till middle of august as thats wen the insurance runs out on my current car

 

[doody]

Tom you anywhere near peterborough? would love to see this on the road.

 

[Scoupe tom]

Tom you anywhere near peterborough? would love to see this on the road.

Ur about 100 miles away, 2 n a bit hours :-/

 

[doody]

Ur about 100 miles away, 2 n a bit hours :-/

damn

 

[Scoupe tom]

damn

Could always call a meet somewhere lol.

 

[smigz]

wow thats nice give me a shout if u ever want to sell?

 

[Scoupe tom]

wow thats nice give me a shout if u ever want to sell?

Hopefully not anytime soon lol ;-)

 

[CSR dog]

All standard apart from the steering wheel, i had a 1986 model back in the day of the proper hot hatch scene, i owned it for 6 years and quite simply the best car I've owned.

 

[Scoupe tom]

im considering parting with my uno for the right price