fiat x1/9 dallara

[bodieanddoyle]

well, I'm sniffling at home instead of the prefered monday day-off diet of welding however, two ill days have given google a hard time I have found if you use other sources rather the .co.uk version it gets interesting (.de and .it throws loads up you won't get on .com or.co.uk ) and I was browsing hairdressers cars fiat x1/9's and stumbled over the wide arch ones. they are called dallara's, there's some good info here- www.sfconline.org.uk/models/icsunonove/icsunonove.asp

have some pics-







^^^thats what 192 bhp of fiat engine looks like!




spot the non fiat bit

ignore the eurobeat music, it soon goes away
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O_txgZ5sQQs
shame about the wind noise

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=okP7KaPnvcw

enjoy

[dbizzle]

Jan 26, 2009 15:58:13 GMT bodieanddoyle said:

Almost like a couple of bosozoku MR2s...

[slater]

Sweet, these cars rule! Instant win for someone who can bare to drag themselves away from the norm.

[v8lee]

Great stuff.
I think a Uno Turbo motor's a relatively easy swap into one of these too.

[gearoil]

Dallara...? As in the people that build Formula Three cars...?

Interesting. That one in the vid goes rather well.

[rysz]

Never mind the uno turbo - What about the 20v turbo from the coupe? What a weapon!

Rysz.

[v8lee]

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=260351811397&Category=18305&_trksid=p3907.m29&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2

[bodieanddoyle]

Jan 26, 2009 18:16:52 GMT gearoil said:

Dallara...? As in the people that build Formula Three cars...?

yeah, it mentions them in that link as formula three craftsmen

and there's some nutter on youtube who shoehorned an hf intergrale engine into one! no-one clocked tha alfa romeo transplant in the last pic I posted? ;D

[HoTWire]

Jan 26, 2009 19:06:05 GMT bodieanddoyle said:

and there's some nutter on youtube who shoehorned an hf intergrale engine into one! no-one clocked tha alfa romeo transplant in the last pic I posted? ;D

I did,.. but I was trying to banish it from my mind,.. I've already had thoughts of a Fiat X1/9 ,.. and it is the road to madness, I need no more encouragement thankyou!

[bodieanddoyle]

HTW- LOL! ;D did you get my PM the other day?

[henry-v8]

Interesting to see these. I've been racing these online in my other virtual world
Have a video, not made by me but you get the idea...



And here's a link to the home of rFactor for those interested

www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Spirit%20of%2076

I love this sim, but give me a real one please

[Andy Camaro]

yonks back when i had my 2nd mk1 uno i went to see some minilite style alloys which i should have bought. They were from a x1/9 with the body kit but at the time i didnt want the hastle of the arches but would have looked cool with either the x1/9 body kit grafted on or the wide uno kit at the time DOH!!!

[TheFrequentFryer]

I think I read somewhere of someone putting an ALFA V6 into one, to make a proper mini Ferrari.

That would be quite awsome.

[stealthstylz]

I've been meaning to post about these for a while. A couple of guys on sporting fiats have them. The red one on ebay is a rotten shed apparantley.

Matt

[stealthstylz]

Oh and I forgot to mention that the ebay car is a Faran Eliminator which isn't not the same as a Dallara. The Dallara moulds are still around apparantley, but they're designed for a longer wheelbase so the wheels end up in the wrong place if you put one on a stock X-19.

Matt

[magnumpi]

Those top ones drip awesomeness!!

Here's one i spotted a few years back which i think was abandoned, but no where near as cool

[Rob M]

Pure Car porn, shame on you B&D!!
I was under the impression that such was the lack of space, you couldnt fit an anorexic mouse into the engine bay, a V6 Alpha lump?! Top work that man.
I think the popular mod is the Uno Turbo lump.
There used to be loads of these, have they all dissolved?

[stealthstylz]

That ^^ one is a Eurosport kit. They've pretty much all dissolved yes.

Matt

[rsk289retrorides]

Hi all. The X19 was quite popular in the USA racing in the SCCA. I had a book once that gave step by step instructions on how to produce one. The amount of work required was amazing, moving suspension pickup points etc never mind cutting out the rot.



www.irata.com/redx19/

Enjoy.

[bodieanddoyle]

they smack of a car that should have been more popular than they actually were, which is a shame.
small, nippy mid mounted, two seater sports car with small, eager engine should have been instant win.
that looks rather odd with no front screen, like something from start wars! hope someone recommisions it