_Tom_

I was on my way to Rockingham last Sunday morning to watch the As Car Racing when I encountered an old whale tale Sierra cossie (who was in a convoy of cosworths) with a massive exhaust on the M1 (Northbound)... I was in a convoy with a mate who was some 150ms behind. We both drive silver Fiat Coupes 20VTs and into the gap between us the cossie 'strayed'.

We were already travelling at about 110 and the Cossie came up fast behind obviously wanting to play. I floored the gas whilst fumbling for my boost controller and cranked up the BEEF. The cossie held firm behind me till about 150 at which point the cossie emptied the entire contents of his sump through his exhaust. He then pulled away sheepishly and dwindled from view heh heh.

So was it anyone here having a bad day?

wimwerf

if you call that sheepishly. what would you do if your sump empty's. you keep on speeding. ill think not.

what's the spec of your car.

cheers

_Tom_

LOL yes, agreed I would have been straight to the hard shoulder myself. I just thought it would make the story a little more entertaining.

My car has been mildly tuned. Running about 265bhp / 265lb/ft torque... all through the front wheels

wimwerf

hahaha...entertaining it is always.

ok 265 bhp in a fiat coupe. nice nice. is this the one with brembo's.

cheers

_Tom_

Yep the 20VT came fitted with silver brembo brakes as standard. They also made a limited edition version (the one that I have) with red brembo's. The brakes are excellent, but they really squeal when they get hot.

As for tuning.... unfortunately the tuning scene is still very new and there arn't that many things available. However, there are a few coupe owners now who have got their cars running 400-500bhp / 400-500lb/ft torque with a max speeds of 200mph+.

wimwerf

.....thats fooking fast. but hey good aerodynamics.

squeal......you mean making a lot of noise. explane because i'm a dutch bloke

cheers

GUZZLER

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fast........





but still a fiat


not my cup of tea.

_Tom_

Yep everyone seems to have a problem with Fiats. But in reality the Fiat Coupe is very good, massively fast and so far very reliable.

I was in my mates coupe last night and we happened upon the Purley Way cruise. We ended up getting behind a Sierra Cosworth who wanted to play. We obliged and from 0-70mph there really was no difference in power and having looked at the performance stats it looks like the Coupe would have had the edge if we had been prepared to go any faster. Not bad for a Fiat

Anh

Don't let some of these people get to you. FIAT's image and reliability is no worse than Ford. And having an old Cosworth engine doesnt change the fact that they all hail from Dagenham @ circa 1986

I'm not surprised that a Fiat Coupe can stick with a Cosworth. Even a Rover with the T16 2 litre turbo engine can give a stage 1 or 2 cossie a scare. Vauxhall's Calibra Turbo with phase 2 or 3 is match. Toyota's MR-2 Turbo and Nissan's Pulsar GTi-R and 200sx are also more than capable of handing a Cosworth it's a** on a plate with just the original 4 cylinders.

rs nuts

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come up against me with 400bhp and i will be in front of that french chicken chasser

simonc

Fiat's are Italian

CRABBY

i must admit i do like the fiat coupes and they are quite cheap i have seen a lot of the 20v turbos going for less than 4k whats the 0-60 top speed etc

ballin

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i quite rate them actually

_Tom_

0-60 is about 6seconds. Its difficult to get less than this. Even the guys running 400lb/ft torque, only get into the low 5seconds. This is simply because it is front wheel drive and in first and second gear its difficult to get the traction down.

Where it comes ito its own is in 3rd gear. It hits 100mph (still in 3rd gear) in 14seconds.

SteveH

I'd like to race one actually, i drove past one at brunters but wouldn't mind a blast against a decent one...... err, one that can out accelerate a 350bhp pulsar to 60................. top 160...............lose traction in 4th..................do 4sec 0-60.................... then he would win.

They are actually quite nice looking though, love the sound aswell!!

_Tom_

Here are a few video links that the Coupe Club have put together.

Please right click on the links below and then save. If you left click they won't work

Video of the South East Meet held on the 24th July 2004

A nice little video clip of my Jetfighter sounding exhaust at full ROAR

A general fast driving coupe video

Street Race between a Coupe, Scooby and a Clio V6

Street Race between a Coupe, Scooby and a Type R

CRABBY

is there a website for the fiat coupes?

Cossiebros

Fiat Coupe's are nice cars. A friend of mine has a nice one with a 270-280 bhp engine. The car is really quick and handles quite good.
Last month we drove with his Fiat on the highway, when a 1990 spec Toyota Supra (with ??? bhp) had a play with us.
From 80 km/h up to 160, the Fiat was slightly faster, above 160 km/h, the Supra was faster.....until his engine blew, leaving us in a nice blue cloud of smoke

My Cossie is faster than my mates Fiat tho

damocosworth

Id go with the cossie anyday mine is 16 years old done 130k stage one and goes well. fiats are made from stella cans lean on one and you leave a imprint of your arse

Rs Gus

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id race any fiat coupe in my cosworth

cossyman

Hi


Had race a short while back with a 20v turbo fiat, and just pulled up behind it and let it go and pulled up to its bumper again and kept doin that till I let it go at 130mph, not bad car I guess but needs some more power


cossyman

Mul@AMS

200+ MPH My arse

JRST

to be honest tom sounds like you have a nice car. but lets see what your cars like with 100k + on it.

race a proper sorted cossie. i would love to see the outcome.

j

Ross Lavery

Nice car, but 500 BHP Through the front wheels 200 MPH

The Gravedigger

What he said

james_birch

what i was thiking tho he did only say 400bhp and 400lb ft ...but front wheels?...thats gotta handle like shit!....to much power and goin in the wrong end!

Karl 3dr

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and how much does it cost to get these fiats to 450bhp? a lot more than a cossie i bet!

glenbat

i must be on the wrong site, is this www.passionfiat.com?
glen

tont2002

LOL,

I had a go against a tuned one in my old S2 ERST, cant see all the hype personally, ripped it apart.

Although everyone to there own.!!

mk5cos

very cheap as well to buy-good cars