Fiat Uno track car with full roll cage+completely stripped

[ben10]

I may be getting given a Fiat UNO track car soon. It has a full roll cage, has been completely stripped out, has had all cables re-routed through the inside of the car, has fire extinguishers fitted inside and about 4 kill switches in various places.

The description may be a little bit off as i have only managed a quick glimpse of the car so far. i dont know what engine is in it but i am 99% sure its not a turbo . If my memory serves me right it has had the suspension changed also.

I know a Fiat UNO isnt your average track car but i was wondering if it was worth keeping hold of or if i should sell it and get something that can be driven to and from the track as well?

Whats everyones opinions please?

I will try and get photos up as soon as possible but cant promise, sorry.

also has anyone got any idea on what i could get for it if i sold it?

[dpbird90]

Whack a motorcycle engine in the back. Then prepare for the madness

[ben10]

Not a bad idea any idea on the cost of the conversion? assuming i already had the engine?

[The Moose]

Nah - forget it.

I'll give you £50

Cheers

The Moose

[ben10]

hmmmm....bargain!!! :P







for you maybe

[Deluded]

Most people don't track the Turbos as they are very front end heavy. Fast, but not very good at handling.

If It's still got a Fiat Fire engine in it (1.0, 1.1 in standard form) then you could quite easily (with some effort) put a 1.4 16v in from the new panda 100hp/stilo/fiat 500. Or even the 1.2 16v from the punto sporting.

[dpbird90]

ben10 said:

Not a bad idea any idea on the cost of the conversion? assuming i already had the engine?

No idea really, but its always been an ambition of mine to one day whack the best bike engine (possibly Hayabusa) into the back of a small Fiat. Thing is it'd need to chain drive the wheels (saw a fair few mini's with this setup), unless you can find that new type of gearbox which allows the use of a Hayabusa in a car (pricey though!).

If you have the right tools for the job (no idea what they might be but someone here might) I'd say it'd take about a month to get it in there and working by yourself.

[rallycross]

hard to say suppose its worth £300 to £1500.
if its been built on a genuine uno turbo shell and its not rusty its worth putting it back to turbo spec worth a bit due to being rare these days.

[ben10]

Cheers, just thinking that it might be easier to sell and get a road legal car for he track as well, which can be done for this much

[Robert060379]

Avoid the Punto Sporting 16V the early ones had oil channel issues and the cam's would sieze.

My old Uno had a Delta Hf 1.6 Turbo engine making near as heck 200bhp and the chassis was more than capable of coping with that. You can get a Fiat Coupe 16V thurbo in the engine bay but if you're going mid mounted an X1/9 gear box with a Delta Hf or Beta 2.0 twink would do the trick. Have a look at youtube Fiat Uno Bi-Turbo and see what can be done.

[Thurbs]

Deluded said:

Most people don't track the Turbos as they are very front end heavy. Fast, but not very good at handling.

Holy thread resurrection batman...

I am building a Uno Turbo to race this season. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has real experience of driving an Uno hard and what setup worked best to get a good balance. Here is the weight distribution now with driver and fuel:



From an initial drive, things were ok with the ability to trail in to corners working well. It had a very road biased setup with only -1 camber front and -0.5 in the rear. Dampers on full soft (only one adjustment on the AVOs) and was predictable. Here is a video of the quicker laps: https://youtu.be/ir-JtuGFIhc

Long list of upgrades being done now including:

- 7x15 wheels
- CL pads & fluid
- Camber plates
- Lower seat & column
- Perspex
- Safety stuff
- Other added lightness



Feel free to follow progress here: https://www.facebook.com/FiatUnoTurboRacing/