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71 Fiat 850 Berlina (sedan) Turbocharged, intercooled and fuel injected 903cc motor. GSXR 4 piston front calipers, lowered via Faza mounting block and modified king pin housings (transverse leaf front end) , Larger front sway bar. Empi ball joint bug Gas shocks all around. Height adjustable 525in/lb rear springs Semi trailing arm swingaxle rear suspension.100ft/lbs of torque and 100hp at 12psi of boost 1375 lbs curb weight.
I had to cut the pinch welded lip completely off and reweld the skins together …
The tires I have been using suck, but they are one of the few short …
After chasing my taill looking for the cause of an intermittent boost loss problem I …
The spare tire well and battery box were cut out of the trunk to allow …
The civic aluminum radiator was set on its side in the trunk, 1” tubing was …
It is finally time to move the radiator to the front. The limited airflow in …
OK so the new motor went……poorly. The lifter, tons of oil leaks, a second injector, …
One week into the new motor the #4 exhaust valve kept going out of adjustment. …
Amongst other things. The combustion chambers are ceramic coated, The seats are ground to 3 …
really I am probably never getting rid of it. Somebody mis-clicked the mark as sold …
Fabbed up a stainless coolant expansion tank. Purchased a chevy intake filler and cap and …
The civic radiator finally popped so I set about installing the new aftermarket aluminum civic …
Trying out Techline coatings. The dry film lubricant for piston skirts and lifters and the …
This is supposed to make quite a difference on a naturally aspirated 850 motor so …
One TDO3 Turbo from a Volvo S80 Bi-turbo, one 1G DSM intercooler and BOV. For …
Unfortunately the coolant operated idle booster on the quad throttle body doesnt quite seem to …
Acquired and modified a DSM sidemount intercooler. It is the best fit I have found. …
When it is wasted spark. Got EDIS installed and running with MS2. It was suprisingly …
Megasquirt is installed and running. Suzuki gixxer fuel pump and a yamaha raptor 700 throttle …
Height adjustable rear. Top perch machined from delrin, garage surplus coilover sleeve, 550 in/lb spring …
replaced the US spec bumper and turn signals with proper NOS euro spec peices. Very …
Inside of the tank sealed with the por15 kit. Outside covered with a heavy coat …
The next contender for the injection system is the Yamaha Raptor 700R throttle body. The …
Gotta start somewhere and I am starting at the beginning. The fuel tank. Cleaned, stripped …
Tokico 4 piston fixed calipers from a 2008 GSXR 750 installed and functioning VERY well …
Did a driveway alignment today. I shimmed the upper control arms out to remove some …
I had to modify a non-advance distributor to work with megasquirt so in the meantime …
Chasing down a rattle noise I pulled the head and found #4 cyl looking like …
Took some time today and started the exhaust side of the build. Should go quickly
Got the car dialed in with the cam and rejetted the 30DIC carb and while …
I finally got around to installing the 283 cam I had reground by Johm Edwards …
ditched the failing generator setup this weekend and installed a 55 amp Denso alternator from …
I think something must have been off with the Fiat distributor. It went to full …
Friday night there was a guy shouting outside my fence as my wife and I …
Been daily driving it for a while now. I have had to replace the 175/50/13’s …
Today the oil pressure light popped on and it started making a godawful racket. That …
The original water pump was leaking pretty good without even turning the motor over. Replacement …
Managed to get the new wheels stripped, polished, powdercoated and tired. Discovered that a pre …
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Very, very cool....probably my favorite Fiat bodystyle. 15's sound too big, but tire availability for smaller wheel sizes is getting tougher these days.
The refurbed Libres look fantastic. Perfect wheel for that car. This is a neat-o project.
PLEASE post more pics of the car!
you ever want to get rid of that sweet 850 coupe' let me know.. LOVE those cars
Super cool project. I bet that cherry bomb sounds nice.
This is so cool. Was that imported or did they sell fiat cars in the us at one point? I grew up in rural wisconsin so I did not see a whole lot of imports growing up.
Fiat's were avaliable in the US up until the mid 80's. This 850 is a US spec model. You can tell by the large turn signals in the bumper and the round reflectors under the tail lights.
killer, love the brake swap!
Hi, Very nice little car. It is a feast to see the car, but also the 850 coupe you have. I won the Quebec road race championship with one of these in 1972. Much faster than the 998 mini-coopers of the day, especialy in the turns. I am looking for a restoration project but can't seem to find one on the east coast. I found an Abarth version for 70,000 US$.....it's still for sale....! Have fun. bearmail19@yahoo.ca
This is an awesome project. Really shows that no matter the car, you can make it really cool.
Hey Trent, How about posting a shopping list for the turbocharge project? You are getting amazing results I'd like to duplicate in my 850 Spider!
Great looking car and very nice motor and chassie setup, awesome!
I used to think that I was a gonzo fiat nut, back in the day (25+ years ago).your in a whole new league ! I built my 2000/850 25 years ago.still have it , looking forward to putting it back on the road.
Hi Trent, Shot you an email regarding this car. Just a heads up.
I found your car on Curbside Classic: http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/curbside-classic-simca-1000-the-franco-italian-baby-corvair/
Gorgeous!
Wow looks like I'm late to the party on this one but this is marvelous. Very very cool.
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