RE: Abarth Grande Punto Essesse: You Know You Want To
Discussion
viggyp said:
Always wanted one of these but as said earlier by someone, not as special as the 500 Abarth. Apart from the dial markings, you could be sitting in Grande Punto.
I still would love to get one of these and drop the Alfa 1750TBi lump into it! Hmmm, I wonder how much my Coupe 20VT will be worth within the next year or two?
There was a Scorpione version of these.I still would love to get one of these and drop the Alfa 1750TBi lump into it! Hmmm, I wonder how much my Coupe 20VT will be worth within the next year or two?
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culpz said:
Is the Punto Abarth's engine the same as the 500's? Or is it a completely different unit? The 500's engine and the whole car actually is extremely reliable. The buying guide for them is basically obsolete.
All European 500/595/695 share the same 1.4 FIRE T-Jet engine as the Grande Punto.The European Punto EVO/Supersport/Scorpione shares the 1.4 MultiAir engine with most of the Alfa fleet, and the US 500
The Multiair is 95% the same as the T-Jet
A fairly capable car out of the box, I used to compete in Autosolos and do track stuff etc in mine and it was more than capable of holding its own against the warmish circa 200bhp hatches of the time (clios, STs, VXRs etc) took many wins and placed quite highly overall, it was held back a bit by the TC which would take the power away if the angles got too extreme in its opinion 
which is a shame as the few secs you would sit there waiting for the power to return meant you would have to work quite hard to recover, with tenths in it at the sharp end I stopped using it and bought a dedicated track car as it was my daily at the time and under warranty so didn't want to mess about with it too much.
Good underated cars, I had mine up to 227 bhp, torque was something like 270lbs ( mine was the multiair so not quite the same engine) but the little turbo which is the same gave up after long duration on full boost at the 'ring for that power and more you probably want to go for a bigger turbo if you plan to really use it.
Mine is back to stock now its back to just being a daily commuter but early in the year my track 5 was having some work done and I was forced (the hardship
) to take it back on track at rockingham, a track I had never been too and found myself blowing past all the Clios etc like the old days even with stock power, was quite pleased to see its still got it even if its old and knackered
which is a shame as the few secs you would sit there waiting for the power to return meant you would have to work quite hard to recover, with tenths in it at the sharp end I stopped using it and bought a dedicated track car as it was my daily at the time and under warranty so didn't want to mess about with it too much.Good underated cars, I had mine up to 227 bhp, torque was something like 270lbs ( mine was the multiair so not quite the same engine) but the little turbo which is the same gave up after long duration on full boost at the 'ring
for that power and more you probably want to go for a bigger turbo if you plan to really use it.Mine is back to stock now its back to just being a daily commuter but early in the year my track 5 was having some work done and I was forced (the hardship
) to take it back on track at rockingham, a track I had never been too and found myself blowing past all the Clios etc like the old days even with stock power, was quite pleased to see its still got it even if its old and knackered Edited by sandys on Saturday 19th August 11:17
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