What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by sportfan » Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:45 pm

I finish installing these today.
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by Mangavideo » Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:40 am

Installed New Rotors over the weekend
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by texanbrit » Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:19 am

Which rotors are those, p.s. the DNA control arms look so sexy!!!
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by Mangavideo » Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:19 pm

texanbrit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:19 am Which rotors are those, p.s. the DNA control arms look so sexy!!!
EBC Dimpled & Slotted bought from Summit Racing and Sportfan's DNA's do look proper
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by Romanoaf » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:37 am

Passenger half shaft, very doable without disassembling to the level called out in the workshop manual (left the caliper and tie rod in place), out and in under an hour. The clamp was a pig though. The dealership pricing was actually much better than anywhere online, I think I paid $250cad plus core.
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Also had small tear in one of my spark plug tube seals, which blew out at high boost, made a bit of a mess under the hood, but wasn’t a consistent leak so no major oil loss. This took a while to seat, it kept popping out. I ended up freezing the seal and heating up the valve cover and leaving it clamped as the materials normalized.
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If anyone is looking for a boot kit only, here’s the P/N from the new MOPAR shaft, which is also shared with a bunch of other euro fiats. I’ll probably order a couple to have around.
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by texanbrit » Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:22 pm

All major changes this weekend for the Pop. I did fix the one wheel stud that was cross threaded. I also finally installed my red hatch pull and added some heat reflection to the hood. The exhaust manifold heats the hood up pretty well and I’ve burnt my fingers a couple of times. Wondering whether I should add some take to the intake as well as it’s in pretty close proximity.
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by Mangavideo » Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:08 am

texanbrit wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:22 pm All major changes this weekend for the Pop. I did fix the one wheel stud that was cross threaded. I also finally installed my red hatch pull and added some heat reflection to the hood. The exhaust manifold heats the hood up pretty well and I’ve burnt my fingers a couple of times. Wondering whether I should add some take to the intake as well as it’s in pretty close proximity.
Interesting strategy with the Heat Tape. Abarth's probably get even hotter. Does the hood normally act as a large Heat Sink that is cooled by air hitting the nose moving over the top while driven?

Maybe this is why there is no OEM and only one aftermarket Rock Chip hood protector available for the 500 chassis because the direct air over the nose of the hood is an important and calculated cooling mechanism.
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by texanbrit » Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:05 am

Mangavideo wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:08 am
texanbrit wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:22 pm All major changes this weekend for the Pop. I did fix the one wheel stud that was cross threaded. I also finally installed my red hatch pull and added some heat reflection to the hood. The exhaust manifold heats the hood up pretty well and I’ve burnt my fingers a couple of times. Wondering whether I should add some take to the intake as well as it’s in pretty close proximity.
Interesting strategy with the Heat Tape. Abarth's probably get even hotter. Does the hood normally act as a large Heat Sink that is cooled by air hitting the nose moving over the top while driven?

Maybe this is why there is no OEM and only one aftermarket Rock Chip hood protector available for the 500 chassis because the direct air over the nose of the hood is an important and calculated cooling mechanism.
I actually have an Abarth hood on the (note the silver reflective square that isn't normally on the Pop hoods). I don't remember the hood ever getting hot before I put the headers in, so I just assumed it was the extra exhaust piping being closer to the hood that was the issue. On my Abarth all the insulation is removed to use the hood as a heat sink as you suggest, the Pop just gets too hot right at the point where I put my hand in.
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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by Scallootch » Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:22 am

Waxed up Project Pasbarth's roof to use it as a plug for a fibreglass layup before drilling out the spot welds to remove it to give the rollcage guy incresed access.

Sheetmetal roof removal is a methodical process. Advance a step before any one of the spotwelds is removed and you're creating an opportunity for your replacement roof to leak. Unfortunately I didn't impress this upon my help quite as strenuously as I should have.

Anyway, here's the 1.9kg fibreglass replacement placed in situ while the 11.2kg sheetmetal roof sits on the garage floor.

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Re: What did you do to your Fiat lately ?

Post by MadFiat » Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:37 pm

Scallootch wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:22 am Waxed up Project Pasbarth's roof to use it as a plug for a fibreglass layup before drilling out the spot welds to remove it to give the rollcage guy incresed access.

Sheetmetal roof removal is a methodical process. Advance a step before any one of the spotwelds is removed and you're creating an opportunity for your replacement roof to leak. Unfortunately I didn't impress this upon my help quite as strenuously as I should have.

Anyway, here's the 1.9kg fibreglass replacement placed in situ while the 11.2kg sheetmetal roof sits on the garage floor.


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