hey ,
i'm intending to start my new project by puttin' a fiat coupe 2.0 16v turbo engine in my baby .i've an mk2 uno 3doors 903cc and i want to know the engine mounts and drive shafts what shall i do with'em.........
thanks m8s for help

elcasperato said:

hey ,
i'm intending to start my new project by puttin' a fiat coupe 2.0 16v turbo engine in my baby .i've an mk2 uno 3doors 903cc and i want to know the engine mounts and drive shafts what shall i do with'em.........
thanks m8s for help

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Erm, don't mean to be rude, but if you're having to ask questions about engine mounts/ driveshafts are you sure you're able to swap in a turbo charged engine and ALL the associated ancilleries?

It's not going to be a bolt in swap, and most definitely not an easy one. Also, you'll have to look at uprating the suspension and the entire braking system to cope with the new power. There's no way a 903cc standard Uno will be able to handle 2.0 litre turbo power.

There was a link on the Uno Forum to a guy in South Africa who has swapped in a 2.0 litre turbo engine into his Uno. There are a LOT of modifications that need to be done. I can't remember the link, but maybe someone else here can?

If you can get hold of him then he's the guy to ask about such a conversion.

Maybe you'd be better off looking at swapping in a 1242cc Punto engine?

1986Uno45S said:

Erm, don't mean to be rude, but if you're having to ask questions about engine mounts/ driveshafts are you sure you're able to swap in a turbo charged engine and ALL the associated ancilleries?

It's not going to be a bolt in swap, and most definitely not an easy one. Also, you'll have to look at uprating the suspension and the entire braking system to cope with the new power. There's no way a 903cc standard Uno will be able to handle 2.0 litre turbo power.

There was a link on the Uno Forum to a guy in South Africa who has swapped in a 2.0 litre turbo engine into his Uno. There are a LOT of modifications that need to be done. I can't remember the link, but maybe someone else here can?

If you can get hold of him then he's the guy to ask about such a conversion.

Maybe you'd be better off looking at swapping in a 1242cc Punto engine?

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hey bro no problem,yes i already have the braking system and other stuff ,and i know the car in south africa you are talking about it's for a guy with nickname gta,and the car in south africa with a celica gt4 engine and t4 turbo and i not intending to do so i want a fiat on fiat so i want if there is a replacement engine mounts and custom drive shafts that come as it for swaping this engine directly in uno cause here in my country it's so difficult do custom made stuff ,i've already another car with uno turbo engine it's a fiat 127 model 1974 http://photobucket.com/albums/v623/loaye/
thank you for your reply

Ok, forgive me. As you've already fitted a turbo engine to a 127 then you already know some of what's involved with such a swap.

Occasionaly the Forum gets a 17 year old with a base model car thinking that they can just drop in a bare turbo engine and they've got a the equivilent of a fully fledged turbo! And often they've barely even read through a Haynes manual...

Anyway, back to your project. I think that really you're pretty much on your own with something like this, as it hasn't really been done before. Therefore there isn't a lot of knowledge of what would be required. I have no idea for sure, but would suspect that you would need to have custom engine mounts made, and maybe have the original 2 litre driveshafts modified to match/ fit the Uno hubs. Don't forget as well you're probably looking at needing modified gear linkages as well.

Yes, it was a guy called GTA or something in South Africa. That was a difficult project he did, but all credit to him for achieving it. Reading about what was involved made me happy that it wasn't me doing a project like that It is difficult because there aren't really any standard parts that can be bought off the shelf to do a conversion like this. It is all down to modifying and custom building. And don't forget the electrical side as well, you'll have to somehow incorporate the engine management system into the Uno's wiring loom.

Sorry I can't be of more help, but good luck anyway if you go ahead with it!

theres a few guys on puntosports that have put coupe engines in the punto's. now considering the gt turbo punto engine is pretty much the uno turbo engine bar a few mounting differences maybe the can give you hands on info

i've heard that the 16v Coupe lump is the WORST engine you could have chosen to go into an uno turbo because it blows up for fun just like a renault 5 GT Turbo does Just a thought...

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thank you all guys for replyin' ........
and about what frosty's said what do you recomend me to do in my uno ...........
i went for the fiat coupe engine cause i thought it's gonna be good even if it's in the standard way cause as a power to weight ratio it will be a huge monster .you have a 195hp fixed but the were pulling a 1290kg and now in the uno almost will be after adding the new engine and rims and other stuff it will reach somethin' like btween 750 and 800kg cause the car is originaly 903 cc.........so i need your advise....
thanks all

Buy a coupe and modify that to 300bhp.

Problem solved

ts86 said:

Buy a coupe and modify that to 300bhp.

Problem solved

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Not really cos when you start to mod the coupe engine to that sort of power thats when things start to go wrong and the engine blows, i'd rather have a mark 1 uno turbo engine over the coupe engine anyday as its solid all round for that sort of power. If you just want to put the coupe engine in as it is and not modify it then i guess it should be fine, will be a bit tricky to do but it is possible and would give you good top end power.
Its only when people try to modify the coupe engine that it blows, i know one guy whos blown his engine up 3 times and he spent 18k on it the last time and it STILL blew half way down the road and it has had every mod you can think of, the same goes for renault 5s i know somebody else who has spent an equally stupid amount of money on his engine and it keeps blowing as well. Thats why i love uno turbos because they can be modified ssssso much and will keep on going strong, it takes quite a lot to blow one. The mark 1s are better engines all round when it comes to modifying them as they have a stronger block to begin with whereas the mark 2 is based on a Tipo block and is weaker however it is still a good engine, just depends on how you look after it as well.

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thanx m8s ,so frosty you advice me to go for the 1.3 or 1.4 turbo of the uno........what is the maximum power that i can get from any engine of both 1.3 or 1.4 and be reliable for daily use too.....
thanx

By all means if you wish to fit a 16V coupe engine into an uno go ahead after all i have only heard about one guy who has blown his engine, sorry if i put you off lol that wasnt my intention, i could be wrong about the coupe engines but the uno engine is a lot easier to fit into your uno because all the mounting points are the same so its a straight swap really. And in terms of power it all depends on how much money you got to spend, to be honest ask yourself what are you going to use the car for? Is it a road car used as a daily driver? is it going to be a rally car? etc

in the uk there are speed limits on motorways so having a really fast car for everyday use is a bit of a waste really unless you intend to race it on a track such as santa pod like me and Dunc do now and again hehe

Reliability is more important for an everyday road car so a standard mark 2 uno turbo engine produces up to 118 bhp anyway and adding simple sensible mods like an exhaust, induction kit etc can give you about 130 bhp, stick on a bleed valve and you get up to about 140bhp which is probably more then enough for most people. That is quite a lot of power from such a small engine and as light as an uno is it will fly. If that still isnt enough power then things begin to get expensive, hybrid turbos, bigger intercoolers and engine internals are the way forward to get more power.If you decide to go with a coupe engine let us know how it goes, would be very interested to see how its done mate.
Hope that helps.

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