stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Nov 28, 2014 10:58:47 GMT
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After the fire debacle with the horrible poltergeist infested curse word that was the Granada I was feeling a bit dejected with cars in general. Fortunately Foxy came to the rescue with the offer of a free Cinquecento, no tax or test and needed picking up from Cleethorpes. A plan was hatched involving me getting the train over on the Friday, drinking a large amount of cider then driving it to a booked in MOT on the Saturday. Unfortuately we broke the sump getting it from its resting place so ended up drinking more cider, with me eventually passing out on the train home and waking up in Sheffield. Soooo another plan was hatched, involving mk14dr's Volvo estate, a gigantic Brian James twin axle trailer and a late night excursion to grab it, which went pretty much to plan. So what have I got you may ask? It's a 199? (think its on a M) Fiat Cinquecento Sporting, with a 1.2 8v Punto engine fitted, lowering springs and a Mini exhaust.  60-ish bhp's of FIRE. You can see here where i've removed the battery and eying up places for the header tank to make room.  First job - strip everything. Half dash, all sound deadening gone etc etc usual stuff.    The intial plan was to chuck a single bucket seat and harness in and get it going as is for the winter. However through a deal involving people who owed me money i'm now the owner of a Vitara Fatboy that'll do for winter. I quickly came to the conclusion that I haven't had a car that has scared me in a while, did a bit of googling to check prior history and bought a Honda B16 V-Tec engine off of one of my mates. Combined with all the spares i've got from doing our kids CRX i've ended up with all the bits to convert it for a very low price. Project Kanjo Cinq is go. Police love to hate me. |
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lightyearman
Part of things
GYJDM - Grimsby based Japanese car club - Find us on Facebook
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Nov 28, 2014 11:05:43 GMT
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As a lover of Honda's, mongrel half breeds, scary cars and Foxy's bespectecled face I'm bookmarking this  |
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'89 Honda CRX siR Glassroof Flint black fully restored track beasty
'90 Nissan S13 Pignose - pass the mig wire
'86 Mini - matt orange, 13" Wellers, Project 2018
'97 LDV Convoy home built camper/tramper van
'04 Saab 9-5 Aero HOT. Anyone want it?
'91 Honda VFR400 NC30 17,000 km from new
'87 Honda XR80 4 stroke baby crosser
'03 Mini Cooper S - honestly, they are fun...
'15 VW T5.1 LWB daily brick
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rysz
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Nov 28, 2014 13:22:16 GMT
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Stupid wide 13" J-tin wheels, an obscene rear wing and a suitable paint job and this little buzz bomb will look the part.
When you get this on the road and give me a ride in it, I'll buy you a hockey mask for proper kanjo-zoku driving fun!
Really looking forward to the updates on this one!
Rysz.
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qwerty
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Club RR Member Number: 52
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting qwerty
@qwerty
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Nov 28, 2014 14:21:13 GMT
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Mint! Make sure you keep this updated. Mine was great fun and that was standard apart from a bigger tb. Would love another.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Nov 28, 2014 14:43:32 GMT
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Its going onto 15" wheels, got some super authentic Racing Hart's for it and ive just bought a set of 195/45 Yoko Advans for it for some white letter goodness. They'll also clear the brakes ive got in stock which are 280mm disks and brembo's. I'm hoping for stoppies if I can get it to stick.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:07:37 GMT
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Supercharge the Vtec engine!
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,833
Club RR Member Number: 174
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Nov 28, 2014 15:23:12 GMT
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It wont need it, it got dyno'd at 190bhp with the stock inlet. On bike carbs it should go do 200bhp, that's 350+ bhp/ton it'll slay pretty much everything on the road anyway.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:42:43 GMT
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190bhp this thing will be stupidly quick.
Are you sticking the engine in the front or mid mounted?
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Foxy
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Making pink manly in the north!
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Nov 28, 2014 17:08:06 GMT
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Just glad i could help out dude. Xxx
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I'm the handsome fella with the cheesy white specs or is that the cheesy fella with the handsome white specs?
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting stealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Nov 28, 2014 17:46:58 GMT
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Its still going to be front wheel drive. Its what I can drive quickest in, and its too short for rwd. I had a go in a rwd vtec Mini a few weeks ago and it was curse word.
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Nov 28, 2014 19:47:56 GMT
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i've got my hands on a cinquecento with a Seicento sporting engine to swap into it, splicing the loom is the only thing that's scaring me at the moment.
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rysz
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Nov 28, 2014 21:56:03 GMT
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Its going onto 15" wheels, got some super authentic Racing Hart's for it and ive just bought a set of 195/45 Yoko Advans for it for some white letter goodness. They'll also clear the brakes ive got in stock which are 280mm disks and brembo's. I'm hoping for stoppies if I can get it to stick. Hurrah! This has the hallmarks of being an awesome bit of stuff! Rysz. |
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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199? Fiat Cinquecento Sporting mk14dr
@mk14dr
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You forget how small these are until you have one on a HUGE trailer behind a 940. It'll weigh the light end of F-all now aswell.
I look forward to having a go in this when it's done (and the Vitara when I get the Volvo stuck at the first wisp of snow)
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Foxy
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Making pink manly in the north!
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Nov 29, 2014 12:44:27 GMT
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You forget how small these are until you have one on a HUGE trailer behind a 940. It'll weigh the light end of F-all now aswell. I look forward to having a go in this when it's done (and the Vitara when I get the Volvo stuck at the first wisp of snow) And the fact I could push it about on the trailer like a piece of lego.  |
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I'm the handsome fella with the cheesy white specs or is that the cheesy fella with the handsome white specs?
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Nov 29, 2014 12:53:20 GMT
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Think they weigh about 750 kg, even with very basic motors these things shift!
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