The New Fiat 500 Abarth (only) Thread

I love mine, repainted in PpG Bianco Fuji with a handful of TMC and Lester mods. TMC Box and chipped with Forge goodies as well!
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Rear quarter
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Sam I can look around for a set here and contact you if you like. I had 2 sets, 1 for summer and 1 for winter. I wanted the car to always look good!

 

Hi, yes thanks!!

 

They are special order wheels made by a company called compomotive in England, 16" x 6j
Running Yokohama a048 street slicks Lotus Exige size Front tyres all around
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Also don't know if you can order these sabers seats in the US but they look absolutely awesome on the car, although much less comfortable than the stock leather buckets
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Abarth tank
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Abarth vs. 458 (with opening remarks from my son )...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-TtMWvoFfg[/ame]

...during this event, http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/louisiana/419472-french-quarter-classic-2013-oct-25-26-a.html

 

Victory for the Abarth in G Stock at autocross yesterday. We were at Michelin Proving Grounds near Laurens SC on a large lot, and had a ton of fun over 4 runs. I just put some 17 inch wheels on with Dunlop Direzza II tires, and could feel a big difference over the stock Pirellis. I'm a first year autocrosser, so will try to keep learning more. The Abarth is just a lot of fun and has had no issues in 20,000 miles so far.
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Wheels look great. What are they? Also, car is lowered?

 

Wheels are Ciao and bought from Tire Rack. My Abarth is not lowered

 

I would get that eibach lowering kit, it will transform the car in corners and eliminate that back end shift/jump that the car has when pushed to the limit.

 

Any engine oil consumption issues on the us spec multiair engines?

 

Maybe it's more a euro spec engine thing then, mine does require engine oil to pups every few months

 

Very nice.

 

Saw a red one at a show today with a few mods...
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New clown car bumper sticker, stolen from one I saw on a Mini at the Euro Auto Fest last month
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While I also have an Eibach spring kit and feel it improved the looks and handling on my grigio Abarth too, I really feel like it amplified that back-end shift/jump you are talking about. It compresses the rear shocks to nearly nothing, so I feel it skipping quite a bit. I'm just about to do the Koni rears which should take care of that. Just making sure I don't want to just bite the bullet and do the Bilstein coilovers instead.

FX8200, I do like the little touches of black you've added around the car. Looks really great in the Bianco Fuji too!

 

I did spend quite a lot of time and money trying to rid the rear end jump/tread shift whatever condition that was in the car. I suppose this is a little extreme but what I have done so far seems to have done the trick:

Eibach lowering springs
Blistein B14 shocks, rear bump stop removed
Quaife Helical ATB
16" wheels with Sticky Track Tyres
Front rear and mid under carriage beam bars

At the moment mine just grips, but perhaps there is a little bit more understeer than the original setup.

Black bits on my car are actually wrapped in 3M carbon fiber vinyl. Hopefully this new carbon dipping technology will be widely available soon!

 

I hope this is a good spot for this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbQ-MDVDuA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQMELFlXQL38KPm8kM-4Adg]2012 Custom Fiat Abarth - Jay Leno's Garage - YouTube[/ame]

 

Thanks for the video! The Road Race Motorsport guys are very active on the Fiat forum I read too.

 

Screw my puny wheel arches, I am getting those proper bolt on ones from road race ASAP!
Also going to get that front splitter, rear winglet and that carbon hood!

Thanks for the video, you just help me find a great supplier for my abarth!