Fiat Cinquecento Sporting

[GTASmallville]

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

Here are the pics I took today after cleaning her








I do have a list of things to do to her which won't cost much and will improve her quite a bit as I do get bored after a while :0

-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!!

[jamiejesus]

Cool! Mrs has just got a Seicento Sporting as her first car. Love driving it!

Your plans sound good too. Keep us updated

[GTASmallville]

From what I hear...the Cinq Sporting is much more harder, firmer and bit more raw than a Seic Sporting...plus she don't have power steering so it's a bit of a handful at low speeds

[SXi Lad]

All I can say is that cleans up nicely Plans for it sounds interesting



Bus wkers!!

[T.K]

Anything but the DTM exhaust. They look absolutely horrible on these cars.

[BriC175]

SXi Lad said:

All I can say is that cleans up nicely Plans for it sounds interesting



Bus wkers!!

Was just going to say that!

[Max M4X WW]

Looks nice, have you changed the headlights/indicators at the front? They look nice and dark.

Does the 1.2 16v Punto engine fit these? My mum has a Mk1 Punto with this engine and it was quite nippy. 85bhp I think.

[stowey1984]

As soon as I saw the car I was thinking Inbetweeners look-a-like and since seeing the pics on the driveway, its a house much like in the programme.

[Raoul Duke]

Bought a 6 month old one of these when i was 19 and ran it for a couple of years whilst at Uni - same colour ( broom yellow ) - and loved it!
Found it to be a hoot to drive, way better than the performace figures suggest.
Its your car and your free to do as you please with it but please leave the thing looking standard and dont stick the DTM exhaust on it! There are very few of these left that haven't been "Barry'd".

[GTASmallville]

If I can find myself another SS exhaust for the same price as the 'DTM' then I'll leave her alone

But people keep asking if I'll fit a red door

[Powerrr]

Ice plans OP (apart from the DTM, just please dont!)

Interested to see how these go witht he mods.

[Raoul Duke]

GTASmallville said:

If I can find myself another SS exhaust for the same price as the 'DTM' then I'll leave her alone

But people keep asking if I'll fit a red door

Ha ha, glad that the inbetweeners wan't about back when i had mine, it was ( perhaps surprisingly to some ) actually considered quite cool at the time!

[GTASmallville]

Max M4X WW said:

Looks nice, have you changed the headlights/indicators at the front? They look nice and dark.

Does the 1.2 16v Punto engine fit these? My mum has a Mk1 Punto with this engine and it was quite nippy. 85bhp I think.

Well the 16v does not nope BUT the Punto 75 engine fits just pefect, just drop and bolt with a few small bits that makes a HUGE HUGE difference so I am tempted at some point

[melvster]

Looks a nice tidy example.

Nice 147 GTA in the background, your car as well???

[snotrag]

A fella on the Yorkshire forum has one of these. Must be half decent, as his other car is a Cerbera I like em
too.

[GTASmallville]

melvster said:

Looks a nice tidy example.

Nice 147 GTA in the background, your car as well???

Thanks fella, yeah that GTA is mine as well...use her once or twice a week...so the Cinq is my daily but wanted something with 'character' for daily after coming from a 145QV @D

[PaulG40]

Great little cars! I remember having to start up and take for a little drive my friends car when he was out of the country for a while. Took it round the ring road of my base at night, 50mph felt like you were doing 90! It was a little go-kart too!

[GTASmallville]

snotrag said:

A fella on the Yorkshire forum has one of these. Must be half decent, as his other car is a Cerbera I like em
too.

Tbh, before I got her I didn't see the appeal of these, rather slow, very spartan inside but after driving her for a few months now I 'get' why people rate them so high...they are just so chuckable through corners and the rear end loves to slide rather a lot

[Mastodon2]

I love it, it's one of those cars like the Suzuki Ignis Sport that is both st and great at the same time. I'm going to go against the crowd and say a massive "Yes!" to the DTM style exhaust, but if you are thinking about one of those ste Sportex systems then I would say save your money and get an exhaust fabricator to make you a hand-built stainless steel system, that way you can get the noise and look exactly how you want it, and it won't fall to bits or rot away like many budget exhausts do.

Ask them to keep the standard exhaust and not butcher it when taking it off, that way you can return the car to standard for selling, or if you get sick of the popping and banging when changing gears that a freer flowing system will give you

[Chicharito]

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?