General New Uno

[Slinkylinks]

Driving an Alfa 33 at the mo, the dirty carb'd 1700 model. I'm thinkin of going uno again. Alex, you got anything up for grabs? can be a total crapper, prefer a 60 or 70 with 5 speed.

MB Quarts are still going strong!!!

Cheers,


Matt

 

[fiatdownunder]

hey there
another Kiwi on board. cool.

Have you spied thru trademe lately? lots of uno's on there at the mo.
also dunno if you've heard of it or not but www.eurosport.org.nz is worth a peak for any handy tips etc, just trying to build the Italian Clan up a little!
Ze Germans are taking over

 

[Slinkylinks]

Yep, member of Eurosport, I actaully live very close to the pub, but have never actually made it along.

Yeah, in all honesty I was looking at that crap little sting on there. Now, I seem to remember Mal Simmonds telling me about one of the little Uno's, how all the mounts were different from the others (the 60 - 70 and so on) What I cant remember was if it was the Sting or the Fire. Anyone know about this?

Cheers.

 

[Slinkylinks]

I'm refering to engine mounts, by the way. Sorry, slightly unclear there...

 

[jjhepburn]

The sting and FIRE use the same engine mounts. The 60 and 70 use a different drivers side mount but the other two mounts are the same (the one on the subframe and the one under the battery).

I have just put a 1600 tipo motor in my uno so had to get the mount, gearbox, and exhaust from an Uno 70 (because mine was originally a sting).

The cool thing about the sting is that it is a three door, which is more desirable.

 

[SteveNZ]

What happened to the 1500 James?

All the engines and mounts are interchangeable so It does not really matter what you have.

 

[alexGS]

Driving an Alfa 33 at the mo, the dirty carb'd 1700 model. I'm thinkin of going uno again. Alex, you got anything up for grabs? can be a total crapper, prefer a 60 or 70 with 5 speed.

MB Quarts are still going strong!!!

Cheers,


Matt

Heh hey - Big Matt is still around!
What you really want is my Turbo, but I still don't really want to part with it so it would be lots of money.
You should get the $1501 one on Trademe - that belongs to a Trademe regular.

James has an odd fetish for rusty Uno 5-drs but oddly, he hasn't bought one lately (and so between us we've sold the five 5-drs that we had). So it was a good try but we don't have any Unos for sale at the moment. I like the look of the Sting on Trademe but there's also a 70SXie which would be quite nice to drive.

Anyway, good to see you're alive and kicking.
-Alex

 

[jjhepburn]

The 1500 was poo, lots of smoke and stuff.

Now I have a 1600 its got a 1300 head (more compression) and the 1500 cam (lumpyer).

Its also got a half cage now and Maurice welded a plate onto the rear beam... hopefully I will do a bit better at future club events... If I dont then thats just my problem

 

[SteveNZ]

The 1500 was poo, lots of smoke and stuff.

Now I have a 1600 its got a 1300 head (more compression) and the 1500 cam (lumpyer).

Its also got a half cage now and Maurice welded a plate onto the rear beam... hopefully I will do a bit better at future club events... If I dont then thats just my problem

Hmm, that sounds good! How does is go?

 

[Slinkylinks]

Yeah, I pretty much do want your turbo, oh well, I'm sure I'll get one sometime. I'm keeping an eye on the sting, doors look a bit funky, kinda like my old one really, just do that bog and a black stripe thing, that worked well, didnt it, lol.

Just put a fatty fat fat exhaust on the Alfa just for a laugh, its rather amusing really. You still got your big Alfa, Alex?

 

[alexGS]

No I don't have my 164 - see my link in the signature

I have a Stilo instead. It's owned by my company to explain-away the running costs (and the huge depreciation). But it's not really much of a car - it's just a large hatchback, like a Tipo. Awful handling on the track and it doesn't have the ride or the tight feeling of the 164. Plus, it doesn't have the classic appeal of the X1/9 that I sold at the same time as the 164, though I had mixed feelings about the X1/9 as an 'everyday' car. The Stilo certainly has lots of toys, is quiet, sounds great, and looks the part.

-Alex