welcome Purf

[Guest]

  a big wlcome to you jeremy. hope you enjoy the club. if you have any questions or need help ie posting pics etc.  just ask away. we are here to help. we are a friendly but nutty lot.

[halfpint]

  a big wlcome to you jeremy. hope you enjoy the club. if you have any questions or need help ie posting pics etc.  just ask away. we are here to help. we are a friendly but nutty lot.

[fullpint]

  along Purf... Lets see what you got mate.. Car/bike both

[charlie Fett]

  and I hope you enjoy the site

[STU?]

  to the site mateee 

[purf]

Hi all & thanks for the warm welcome!

I cant believe i havent seen this forum before, looks cool

Iv had a cinq sporting for about 2 years now and i really like it.

It was pretty standard until it had an argument with a bush/ditch on a nice narrow country lane.

Done 113K now, iv done 25k in it and all the maintenance on it myself, bought it for £300 ...

spec:

- -40 blue springs
- K&N - with lifted bonnet to keep engine bay cool
- Sparco front strut brace
- Bilstein rear shockers
- 32mm throttle body
- uno wiper motor

heres some pics


when i got it


a year later - was listening to kings of leon a bit loud, 20k audi came tother way... lock brakes, ditch it to avoid hitting audi, who also didnt slow down much, but was all my fault basically! Its funny this image comes up on google images! doh!


needed two new wings, bumper i had recently replaced & resprayed cos of cracks was ok, bonnet was also fine.


concept - got the idea from watching racing at Thruxton, a seat cupra cup car for some reason was in red white and green. Then there was an old alfa in retro cars a few years back. I know its also been done before on a racing X 1/9...



Painted the green in a single pack that cost about £10 Got two new fiat wings and smoked repeaters





primed doors on car and then took them off to spray flat as it was last Dec and a bit cold!


This was two pack white provided for free by my neighbour Pete - thanks pete, who also helped with the spraying a lot!


Removed sun roof - if i was to do this again i would have removed the front screen and roof trim strips! but it took a week of solid work without doing this!












finished without any graphics and an odd headlight.


At retro rides Haynes museum sprint in sparkford aug 09








bonnet lifted with washers to aid cool air and allow fitment of the k&N and strutbrace :p... and look cool





My wife of 1 yr has got another cinq sporting , standard in broom yellow, its interesting to compare the cars on a daily basis.





hope this isnt too many pics

when i get some cash i really need some new wishbones and front struts... and new rear bushes
and eventually itl get a 1242 or 1.4 when its required and would love a supersprint manifold... so if anyone had a spare one

Is this site the dark side? cos i like it

[fullpint]

  Love the colour scheme mate 1242 conversion is the easy one mate if you want a little extra power...

[halfpint]

awesome love the paintwork. Makes me miss my cinq. as for the 1242's the are becoming hard to get as a whole engine including all the bitz. make sure it is a punto 60 engine as one of our members was duped on one said it was but turned out it wasn't. where you based at? if your close enough would be nice to see you at our combe track day events.

for car parts if you call big mick (details in discount section) he gives a great deal on fiat and after market parts for fiats. he's a top bloke.

as for the site well i guess we could be the darkside  . but boy do we have a blast on here and at our events. we are a mad lot but friendly. for some reason it doesn't come up on google when you look for car clubs so other clubs have kindly let me advertise on their sites as we affiliate with other clubs.  so how did you find the site?

[STU?]

thought i reconised the name remember looking at ya thread when u sprayed it on ff, love it mate looks mint. as for the engine i know of a scrappy that gets lodes of fiats but it depends wer ur based .

[purf]

Hey all

I live in Wimborne near Poole on the edge of dorset.

Castle combe would be awesome! Il deffo be coming! spose i should check out the events section. I was gonna go to the next 'action day' event thing there...

Tripped over this forum in an old post on Fiat Forum.

Il deffo get the p60 engine eventualy but not gonna do that until its required... temptin fate huh

cheers
Jeremy

[STU?]

too far for my scrappy lol ow well , n get yourself too combe great day out 

[purf]

thanks

When is the next track day- or could you point me towards the thread ?

Ok - i found it - no worries

[halfpint]

make sure you pop your name on the april list, free entry and free stand space for members and discounted track time. will be nice to put a face to the name. also always good to have new faces there too.

[fullpint]

thanks

When is the next track day- or could you point me towards the thread ?

Ok - i found it - no worries

Join us on the track mate

[charlie Fett]

Purf, I say that is one sweet looking cinq track car  fantastic! love it love it love it!