Cinquecento Update.

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   reknuj

[charlie Fett]

   reknuj

[charlie Fett]

These are the only upgrades I have been able to buy recently as money is tight and the damn recession is screwing up me plans! So, I have bought this supersprint 421 stainless mainifold and de-cat pipe for £185.00 including postage from a guy on FF. And I bought this Sparco strut brace for £85.00 from Demon Tweeks. I am happy............for now!

[charlie Fett]

The manifold by the way has only done a few hundred miles which I think for the money is good  

[fullpint]

Liking your stainless mate
Strut your stuff and get that lot fitted tomorrow..

[Scuderia]

All them toys are making my mouth water its looking great!!!

[charlie Fett]

The brace is on now, had to remove the soundproofing from the bulkhead and move the battery back so thanks for the help hint there Donald   and I had to also repostion the ecu and its mounting bracket as it was stopping the brace fitting on the near side. It took a while to sort it out so it all fitted and alot of   but I got there  

[j333evo]

Sure you put brace on right way round as you shouldn't have to remove and soundproofing from engine bay to fit any strut brace, and I think I've fitted all the ones currently available and some NLA, Sparco, OMP, Eibach etc, the one you have is normally listed for an 899cc Cinq as it has the two 90degree angle bits which have to be forced down between the strut tops so its braced against the bodywork of the car, i've seen it fitted upside down many times. You will see it has a hole in this part which you are then meant to drill the strut top and fix inplace with a nut & bolt, or big self tapper, though most don't bother as its tight to get it in there in first place.

Exhaust and manifold look great, good price too, I picked up a SuperSprint manifold for our 1.4 16V Cinq off FF for about teh same and it was like new looked like it had hardly seen any heat at all.

Aaron.

[Scuderia]

The brace is on now, had to remove the soundproofing from the bulkhead and move the battery back so thanks for the help hint there Donald   and I had to also repostion the ecu and its mounting bracket as it was stopping the brace fitting on the near side. It took a while to sort it out so it all fitted and alot of   but I got there  

Hi Charlie,you don't have to remove the sound proofing my friend but its helps and since i put the car on a diet it was unecessary weight ditch it,my omp brace was very tight on the battery side but it did fit the sound deadening in place but since its been moved it does help move the battery and its tray back a little but again it all depends on what battery you have fitted??as some can be a little larger than others,i  never had a problem with my ecu side but again mine was omp??? so iam not sure whats going on with that Sparco brace?? i think Evo could be right?? do you have it the right way round,sorry to have to ask all the best Donald

[charlie Fett]

Yeah its on right as on the brace you have 1 hole on the top and 2 down the bottom if you flip it around the other way it would be 2 holes at the top and 1 down the bottom as the strut bolts don't line up  but it seems fine now lol

[charlie Fett]

I would like to bring it to all your attention that I am a plank!!!!       I had fitted the brace wrong I had put it on upside down and now everything fit back great but I am gonna leave the soundproofing off. So a big   to Evo and D for putting me back on the right path, what a plank I am  

[Scuderia]

  we all have our off days Charlie lol,look at me on Friday i fitted the polly bushes with the sleeve in place and had to redo them ,

iam away to remove this cat this week do you know what the prosedure is with the lamba sensor??? is it just unplugged??? i believe the cats are not as restricted as most people like to think so i might just take the guts out out???if there is any left i will have to go digging about to find this out,

Cheers Scuderia

[halfpint]

  for admitting to being a plank. haha you know i'd have to put in my 10 cents worth charlie.    but as donald says we all do a planker now and again. glad it's all sorted now.

[olgit]

 



ya know I dont mean it

[halfpint]

haha martin that's mint!!

[fullpint]

 

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