Mr FIAT - Your #1 source for vintage car parts

General top speed

Currently reading:
General top speed

tipoboy

tipoboy

New member
Joined
Apr 20, 2006
Messages
178
Points
39
Location
perth bonnie scotland
what is the max speed you've had your tipo at?

sorry mr police officer, i've had mines at 142mph just bout touching the limiter lol​
 
lol i had my 1.6 tipo off the clock too had a 2.0 20v marea behind me, he said i was at 130mph that was also just above the limiter lol, now i'm truly a sedifreak lol. had 3 bout to get my fourth
 
hmmm i only got 100mph out of my 1.4 i don't think it'd go much faster but then that was up the severn bridge (new one) and i had to try and slow down with enough time to get round the roundabout at the end of the slip road to head back off towards the M5 which i only just made! oh well its all good i've done some work to it since which should make it run better but haven't been on motorways since and there are speed cameras on dual carriageways!:bang:
 
Besbie said:
hmmm i only got 100mph out of my 1.4 i don't think it'd go much faster but then that was up the severn bridge (new one) and i had to try and slow down with enough time to get round the roundabout at the end of the slip road to head back off towards the M5 which i only just made! oh well its all good i've done some work to it since which should make it run better but haven't been on motorways since and there are speed cameras on dual carriageways!:bang:
Click to expand...

Wow! 100mph out of a 1.4. That's gotta be a recent engine rebuild or some serious mods :D
 
HooHar said:
Wow! 100mph out of a 1.4. That's gotta be a recent engine rebuild or some serious mods :D
Click to expand...

naaa its a good ol' J reg with a weber twin barrel carb. hadn't even had the carb cleaned when i got 100 out of it that time but had replaced all small parts eg. air filter and spark plugs. and if that is sarcasm which i assume at least my tipo can out accelerate a 1.6 ford focus:)
 
these dials are massive inaccurate at high speed, my friends tipo turbo was at 145mph true speed on gps was 128. there was more to go but not on that bit of road.
 
My 1.9TD kept pace with a saxo vtr, we both started together and was neck and neck to an indicated 120mph. Of course this was on my own private race track you understand ;)
 
Besbie said:
naaa its a good ol' J reg with a weber twin barrel carb. hadn't even had the carb cleaned when i got 100 out of it that time but had replaced all small parts eg. air filter and spark plugs. and if that is sarcasm which i assume at least my tipo can out accelerate a 1.6 ford focus:)
Click to expand...

:D LOL dude!

Good work! Ford Schmaud!
No scarcasm, just respect for a fellow Tipo driver! We're a dying breed :slayer:
 
i've got 5 points trying to race a rsturbo with my tipo the silver lining is i won and to add to the police humility i outran a police 3.0 bmw lol
 
3.0 police bmw? the list of cars i've raced with my wee tipo is endless scarlet gt turbo, various bmw's, 2ltr red top corsa's and nova's, even beat a 2ltr 16v clio at crail with 3 sticking calipers. 15.4 secs for the quarter mile didnt thing it was too shabby under the circumstances
 
hi i would like to know what ur doing to your cars to make them so fast cos i have a tipo 1.9 td and its not as fast as what you lot are explaining...mines equivalent to a 1.4 petrol engine or are you lot on bout 2.0 litres hyped up things
 
160kmph exactly, no faster in my 1.6.
Speedo in my turbo oonly goes to 200k, but its not accurate by a long way up there anyway.
 
Only the 1.8 and 2.0 tipos can go this fast calvins_tipo.
Had some work done on my 1992 Tipo 1.8 ie sx twin cam (8v). Had the cambelt replaced and ignition timing was out. Goes like a rocket again :D
Took her up to Edinburgh last weekend, did it in 5 1/2 hrs! Highest speed I reached was 109mph with still more to go!
 
I've managed to get 180kph, about 112mph in the speedometer of my Tipo 1.1i.e.
Right after that the head gasket just blew :cry:
 
I had an Tipo 1.6 ie a few years aggo and it was going exactly 200 km/h. It had K&N air filter, Remus rear top and no catalysator.
Now I have Tipo 1.8 8v, it should go about 20 km/h more
 
HooHar said:
Wow! 100mph out of a 1.4. That's gotta be a recent engine rebuild or some serious mods :D
Click to expand...
I own a 1.4 i.e. Tipo and recently I saw ~108 mph (actually I saw 173 kph since I live in Greece). I even saw ~112 mph (180 kph), however the road had a slight declination there so it doesn' t actually count.

I should say that my car has only ~43125 miles (69000 km)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

S
Off Topic Anyone breaking a tipo
Replies
1
Views
332
MagicPaco
MagicPaco
S
Off Topic Looking for an early tipo
Replies
11
Views
704
simon_16vpunto
S
G
Off Topic My Fiat Tipo 2.0 i.e 16V
Replies
0
Views
500
gilg
G
S
Off Topic Free to a good home- tipo 2.0i.e 16v sedicivavole
Replies
3
Views
2K
simon_16vpunto
S
F
Technical Tipo 1.6 i.e. erratic idle rotation speed
Replies
3
Views
2K
floring67
F
Back
Top