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Hello guys!
Actually it's my first post on this forum, but I've read almost about all the projects you have carried out...
I own mk1 fiat uno 45 fire, already for 7 years now, it was my first car.
Initially I was thinking to drop in Coupe 4 cylinder turbo engine.
I was already buying a donor Coupe when I had an accident with my second car (BMW e36, M44B19 engine, with LSD).
Therefore I came up with a new idea to swap the engine, drivetrain and suspension from e36 to uno, converting it to RWD. Actually only uno's outside look won't be changed.
I need this car mainly for track days, so handling is the priority No1 (which is very hardly achievable with the coupe engine in the front it). And I hope you agree that a rwd car equipped with lsd is much more fun to drive than a heavy nose fwd.
I'm nearly aware of the work that has to be carried out and I'll be doing 99% of it myself.
Planning to start in spring.
Meanwhile posting here to hear your opinion. Any advices and inputs will be more than welcome!
Has anybody done UNO rwd conversion before? ..was not able to find any related info yet.
Cheers,
Levan
P.S. I already know about an existing opinion regarding an Italian car without a soul (Fiat with BMW internals in our case), but I stick to the idea that "Passion has neither brands nor models!" (c) Enzo.
Please, keep this in mind while posting
Actually it's my first post on this forum, but I've read almost about all the projects you have carried out...
I own mk1 fiat uno 45 fire, already for 7 years now, it was my first car.
Initially I was thinking to drop in Coupe 4 cylinder turbo engine.
I was already buying a donor Coupe when I had an accident with my second car (BMW e36, M44B19 engine, with LSD).
Therefore I came up with a new idea to swap the engine, drivetrain and suspension from e36 to uno, converting it to RWD. Actually only uno's outside look won't be changed.
I need this car mainly for track days, so handling is the priority No1 (which is very hardly achievable with the coupe engine in the front it). And I hope you agree that a rwd car equipped with lsd is much more fun to drive than a heavy nose fwd.
I'm nearly aware of the work that has to be carried out and I'll be doing 99% of it myself.
Planning to start in spring.
Meanwhile posting here to hear your opinion. Any advices and inputs will be more than welcome!
Has anybody done UNO rwd conversion before? ..was not able to find any related info yet.
Cheers,
Levan
P.S. I already know about an existing opinion regarding an Italian car without a soul (Fiat with BMW internals in our case), but I stick to the idea that "Passion has neither brands nor models!" (c) Enzo.
Please, keep this in mind while posting