Technical today, i've mainly......

[Jai]

been arsing about under the car, with jason and dave, at our new favourite hangout:

http://www.pitstartgarage.com/

started at about 3pm, on daves BMW front brakes, which was going suspiciously well, until jason said - this is easy - lo and behold the 30 minutes to do the nearside disc and pads, became 2 hours for the offside as the disc retaining nut rounded off, and jammed in....oh joy. in between various swearings, metal bashing, creative extreme violence, and despair, we found time to help a poor sod rebuild his 200sx rear brakes and suspension too, we're good like that.

then the main event, i've always hated the non turbo, full 'tard exhaust tippex wears, drove me nuts, so armed with 2 ebay exhausts (one a standard, the other a supersprint) we got the old girl up on a list, and went to town on the rusty bolts, cacky holders, and angle ground the heck out of the joints. creative use of a transmission jack pushed the car up enough to get the old two can on piece pipe out in one piece, after which the single can, two piece supersprint went in a treat, although jasons use of the grinder to clean up all the joining bits verged on self gratification, he appears to like power tools.......

anyway the result was:

sounds a little different to before, might need a bit of time to find its right voice.

this took less than an hour, so much easier with the right tools, a little force, and some lateral thinking to get stuff moving.

 

[beau]

it looks horriable sorry, looks like a bike can the corsas usually have on.

and how comes you have no boot handle? it been smoothed off?

 

[CLXCraig]

it does look odd because it sticks out past the bumper a fair bit, but to call it horrible is hypocritcal having seen the pics of what fitted to your green punto abarth.gt look a like beau

 

[Jai]

it does look odd because it sticks out past the bumper a fair bit

doesnt go past the bumper:
https://www.fiatforum.com/leisure-lounge/158856-i-dont-detail-i-clean.html

even i'll admit it's no looker and just a bit odd, but....it's better than the piece of crap that was on there before, and certainly will look better than the huge drainpipe scorpion thats hanging on my wall

 

[Chas Uno]

doesnt go past the bumper:
https://www.fiatforum.com/leisure-lounge/158856-i-dont-detail-i-clean.html

even i'll admit it's no looker and just a bit odd, but....it's better than the piece of crap that was on there before, and certainly will look better than the huge drainpipe scorpion thats hanging on my wall

It does look like a bike exhaust I have to admit, but definitely better than the 'thing' that was on previously. And both look better than that chav monstrosity of a Scorpion you have! I swear that's designed for hiding illegal immigrants and smuggling them across borders it's so flippin' huge!

 

[Jai]

and how comes you have no boot handle? it been smoothed off?

one of the previous owners did it...and the nearside lock

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

It does look like a bike exhaust I have to admit, but definitely better than the 'thing' that was on previously. And both look better than that chav monstrosity of a Scorpion you have! I swear that's designed for hiding illegal immigrants and smuggling them across borders it's so flippin' huge!

scorpion's chavvy???? Its the old skool turbo exhaust of choise! I love the look of the outwardly rolled tail pipes on the scorpions etc. Also like the inwardly rolled, but outwardly rolled IS THE original turbo'd exhaust to have heheh!

Jai, ermmmm, i must agree. it looks like a bike exhaust strapped to ur UT

Go for a subtle 3.5" in wardly rolled exhaust if u dont like the scorpion

Dunc

 

[Chas Uno]

scorpion's chavvy???? Its the old skool turbo exhaust of choise!

Dunc, have you seen how BIG Jai's Scorpion is? It's bigger than a drainpipe! In fact it's more like an Iraqi 'supergun'!!!

 

[alexGS]

That's a clever idea - 'borrow' a tidy garage for a day and get to work, rather than scramble around at home Good move!

Can we have a picture of the old exhaust too, just for comparison?

My Uno has a great-looking 2.5" exhaust, but it's so LOUD when cruising - a horrid drone in the cabin - that smaller internal pipe, with big outer to make it look fat, is far more sensible.

I'm mainly working on painting - my red 164. My Uno may be next, if it's lucky.

-Alex

 

[oldskoolmk1unoturbo]

gotta agree with dunc the outward jonny roll is the only exhaust for the uno,

Jai what have you done?!

 

[rawill]

gotta agree with dunc the outward jonny roll is the only exhaust for the uno,

Yes, but where do you get them when they don't have one. My 60s has a plain bit of exhaust pipe.

I haven't even tried to look for one yet.

 

[tayto.king]

That garage is a Very cool idea.
The exhaust looks like it's off a motorbike,the type that you fit a insert to for a MOT.
I've got a nice Supersprint on my Uno turbo but i'd love a 3" Skorpion as they sound awesome