Wish I had few hundred quid for this!

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18174&item=4524781312&rd=1

Shame it's so far away and that I don't have a few hundred quid going spare!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

hmm never seen one of them before ,nice looking car .
must have a very sporty kit comparing with other zx"s . it looks a bit like a ph1 valver .
very nice indeed

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

are these cars too expensive to insure ?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Aren't all cars!

I like them, i fucked a crank in an 8v one once, i liked revving it Wink

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

155bhp is quite impressive for a light looking car .
i am not impressed with the spare part prices though.quick check on gsf cataloque , they are twice as more expensive than the valver parts . Mad

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

These are nicer

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9843&item=4526272511&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

prefer the 3 door though

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I sawa mint one in blakc go at the auction for 150 quid. If I had the cash I would have had it. They are great motors.

Beith no less! My ex lives there! In fact that looks suspiciously like here street, she would be a few doors down to the right! Thast weird!

The tipos nice as well, another underrated car.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

u know u want it neal

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

they have got the lancia engine have not they ? the sedici valvole"s i mean .
another favourite of mine tipos are .

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

That Fiat looks nice and different, i luv the dash in it aswell Cool

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

um...wow at the ZX..

must say very impressed. well from its looks ne way

and never even knew about the tipo 16v

hmm...valver or zx..

/me ponders

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

schakal wrote:

they have got the lancia engine have not they ? the sedici valvole"s i mean .

Yeah its the same 2L Fiat twin cam as found in the lancia Delta, Alfa 155 etc in one form or another.

The Fiat Coupe is based on the Tipo floorpan, as is the 155. A popular mod for the hardcore Tipo fans is the coupe turbo engine.

JB you're right... I do want it Smile

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i would like the engine...been readin quite a bit about fiat twin cams

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

They're good engines, the basic design dates back to the 1960s!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

they are not that good!

The fiat TC is different to the 16V Tipo lump.

The twin cam is a DOHC 8 valve effort, much like the Xk jag lump. Anoither that was in use for 50 odd years.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

heard of guy croft? he runs a business tuning them....check it out

www.guy-croft.com

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

anyone who has dealt with the TC has heard of him. He wrote a book about them.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i have said book.

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

Â£310 it went for. That's still a bloody good price for a minter with 155bhp as standard.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Mr McLeod?

Wasnt't he the guy in that Highlander film Very Happy

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Â£310 quid is a bargain really .