Seicento The New Uno Turbo 1.4 Seicento :D

[blu73]

don't worry, i know you got that If i do it i'll be in touch.

 

[jatkinson]

Pm me price for your wheels (Y)

hmm tape over fog lights #becasuseracecar ?

 

[sei16v]

Pm me price for your wheels (Y)

hmm tape over fog lights #becasuseracecar ?

haha, open to offers on them really mate.. Didn't think they would sell on here in fairness as their more suited to the VW world...

and the tape #becauseMOTlol

although im not sure if I've even got my MOT booked today as he said he could fit me in, but didn't give me a bloody time... *sat twiddling thumbs*

 

[sei16v]

I think you should have that debate again, and this time come to a conclusion where you get to keep those yummy wheels

haha, well I think il be putting them on ebay in a few weeks time to see if they do sell or not... and if not they will probably end up on the sei... leave it to fate

 

[sei16v]

Whoooooo hoooooo.... Passed with no advisories...

and to celebrate, it was time to refit the side skirts that were originally held on with household gripfill.... thanks to the previous owner...

Just have the arches to seam seal tomorrow if I get chance, and lower the car back to the height it should be

 

[sei16v]

Well... the time has come to leave this thread!!...

But not because its being left, or up for sale lol, its more due to our house sale/purchase going through on Friday (hopefully)....

That's priority at the moment, and obviously I wont have broadband for quite a few weeks while im waiting for it to be installed at the new house.

There will be work going on (more than likely) behind the scenes, so there will hopefully be a big update when im back on here fully...

 

[WARDY25]

Thanks

I was meaning to ask you actually as I remember your a dab hand with an MR2...

Im weighing up intercooler options, looking for an intercooler which has the in and out on the same side, but ideally top & bottom.... I stumbled on an MR2 one, which looks ideal, but have never seen one in real life.... I was wondering with your experience do you think one would possibly fit in the red square section (pipes vertically, one above the other)?

Im looking at relocating the oil cooler to the green square, and then im left with the red area to find something decent that fits haha

i know your selling up, just having a gander, it was there originally, i had some pipes properly made up for the oil cooler

 

[Enkrypter]

nice

 

[ReproBoy]

Sorry, I was busy last months

So, Did it work? Or will it work? I haven´t seen much progress by the time.
I´m doing oposite I´m converting serial FIRE Uno to Turbo i.e. look )

http://horsepowers.in/diskuze/index.php?msg_group=1&action=show&id=106780

I didn´t say that this engine is too heavy (it´s much lighter than 1,4 Twinspark for exp) but there are better choices what to put into cento

1,4 Tjet 16V maybe? in final, it will cost the same.
+ UT ECU management is completely disaster. And when something coming wrong, spare parts are allready off sale. So you are converting 15 years old car with 25 years old engine technology. Turbosizing is fun, but....

there are different ways.

But that´s just my opinion (I had 12 Uno Turbos, 4 Punto GT´s and many converted Centos as well) so I think I can say....

Anyway Good luck

haha this debate again....more to the question why not?

The Vauxhall engine was just done for a laugh, and because at that point I had never seen it done... It has been done since, and is actually a good conversion, just not worth the work as its a LOT to get it in, and wastes a lot of £££...

The Uno Turbo is NOT a really heavy engine... Its an iron block, with alloy head like most engines, then obviously the added weight of the turbo, extra sensors etc... Its a known strong engine, and as for it being 'ancient' its only as old as the PUNTO GT, as 99% is interchangeable.

I do respect your comments and only explaining why I like doing things out of the box compared with your usual 1.2 16v conversions (which I have done a few of)... I enjoy the challenge initially, and the learning curve trying to get things to fit that shouldn't. I find that the most negative people are those that are too scared to have a go themselves, or only follow what everyone else has done. Which isn't a bad thing, just I prefer personally to be different.

The 'ancient' engine is not going to be run on 'ancient' separate fuel & spark ecus as it originally would have, as I am going down the megasquirt route which isn't documented online for the engine, nor are there any base maps... Again, I know nothing about megasquirt, and am looking forward to this as a massive learning curve..

With regards to weight, its a fair point, however take a look at curb figure's of the uno turbo, next to a current production fiat 500 which has a similar chassis to my seicento....

Uno Turbo Curb Weight - 711–910 kg
Fiat 500 Curb Weight 865–980 kg

It gives you a rough indication that the uno isn't such a heavy engine for a small car... Also weight distribution on the 500 will be similar, so can be a comparable argument.

My car will have a battery relocation to the boot (as it wont fit in the bay) and the suspension has been ordered with a rating of (front load: 610kg rear load: 630kg) which is more than enough to hold the engine....

If the car was designed for Formula 1 then I would grant you a valid point on the weight distribution, however the car is for the road, and I don't want to calculate the weight distribution every time I have a passenger that weighs more or less than the previous (god forbid they bring any luggage with them lol)....