Fiat Cinquecento Sporting

[DuncanM]

GTASmallville said:

So low and behold here is the replacment for Mia, she's not fast, the handling is so so but boy is it a joy to drive, the lift off oversteer is epic fun


-Janspeed catback DTM style
-GSR intake
-36/38/40mm throttle bodie...standard is 30mm
-866 cam from Punto 75
-Lowering kit to sharpen up the handling some what
-HUGE pistonhead sticker
-Bigger breaks as the standard ones are shocking!!
-And a aftermarket ECU chip to bring power to 70/75hp

Should make a HUGE difference from what I have read!!

What an awesome list of mods .

I had one of these when I took the Cerbera off the road.

I F'ing loved it! Kept it standard, drove it for 15months and it didn't miss a beat, 100% reliable with only tyres/petrol and 1 service in that time. Straight through MOT.

Italian cars are much more reliable than their reputation would have you believe, and they are great fun and stylish too .

[Chris Peacock]

My mrs had a seicento sporting from new and it was a hoot!...




Also remember a PPC article of a guy dropping a tuned cosworth yb lump in the back of a cinq!....




Top hooning sir.

[GTASmallville]

Chicharito said:

Find your nearest 'Longlife' centre for an exhaust - they're not much more expensive than a crappy Janspeed / Sportex thing, but you can 'tune' them to your requirements.

All the other mods look good to me - but brakes aren't, IMHO, a big issue on these cars - just change the discs for a new set of OEM spec. items and fit a 'fast road' pad. You can easily lock up all 4 wheels on the standard setup, so why change it?

I was thinking about what to do on the brakes last night, shopped around and found that braided hoses, OEM spec discs and fast road pads. They would be perfect

[GTASmallville]

DuncanM said:

What an awesome list of mods .

I had one of these when I took the Cerbera off the road.

I F'ing loved it! Kept it standard, drove it for 15months and it didn't miss a beat, 100% reliable with only tyres/petrol and 1 service in that time. Straight through MOT.

Italian cars are much more reliable than their reputation would have you believe, and they are great fun and stylish too .

I found out few days ago that you can drop the Punto 75 engine into the Cinqs, a few engine mods on that and could see close to 100bhp...oh so many options

[DuncanM]

Scott, the cool thing is that the list of mods are all for the right reasons .

It's a shame when people spend £££'s on a car without the performance benefit.

Where as your mod list is just pure performance!

Love it .

[J4CKO]

ALways liked these, but it needs one red door to finish it off.

[GTASmallville]

DuncanM said:

Scott, the cool thing is that the list of mods are all for the right reasons .

It's a shame when people spend £££'s on a car without the performance benefit.

Where as your mod list is just pure performance!

Love it .

Cheers fella, I am toying with the idea of getting myself another Alfa as well so the mods might have to wait a while I play around with the new Alfa

[M5 Russ]

Great little motors. This remains my only brand new car purchase. Would be great with the Abath 500 lump in it

[GTASmallville]

M5 Russ said:

Would be great with the Abath 500 lump in it

Now your talking! Or just drop a Punto 75 engine in it with a turbo for good measure, Abarth 500 pace right there

[Baz5392]

DuncanM said:

What an awesome list of mods .

I had one of these when I took the Cerbera off the road.

I F'ing loved it! Kept it standard, drove it for 15months and it didn't miss a beat, 100% reliable with only tyres/petrol and 1 service in that time. Straight through MOT.

Italian cars are much more reliable than their reputation would have you believe, and they are great fun and stylish too .

fiat arent reliable fella, i had 2 puntos and every weekend they were sat on the drive,(ecu, water problems, head gasket, major oil leaks = new top end) :/ FIAT - fix it again tomorrow.

hope you get more look with your little fiat, gotta be said they look a fun little thing

[DuncanM]

Baz5392 said:

fiat arent reliable fella, i had 2 puntos and every weekend they were sat on the drive,(ecu, water problems, head gasket, major oil leaks = new top end) :/ FIAT - fix it again tomorrow.

hope you get more look with your little fiat, gotta be said they look a fun little thing

And yet in contrast, I've owned two Fiats (coupe 20vt and Cinq sporting) plus an Alfa 156 2.5 v6.

All three of them were very reliable and great fun to own .