any questions?? Abuse??

Not yet... But soon...

I look forward to it smokey!!

We are now selling Merchandise for Marcos Project

Giggady

Are they Limited edition Mario

Yep theres only going to be a few made Each one comes with a signed photo of the man himself

Fixed...



I'll take one!

Giggady giggady!!!

hahaha! thats brilliant!

does any one know if there is a how to guide on doing a 20vt head gasket???

if not i will get documenting and taking pics!

What should Marco do........?

Time to help him decide

Whar should Marco do? single choice
	Should he stop moaning and accept that owning an Italian car is a huge..... erm ......... Resposibility?
	Sell out and become a Ricer?
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thanks Bob...

remmebr i said no discount....

No discount, but I remember you once also said FREE Beer

You do know there the wrong way round.

They seem to work bloody well!!!

good work marco!

thanks mate!

once the FMIC is on tonight and the new seats are in i will start on the suspension!

FUN!

did you get the drivers seat sorted?

yep! (kinda) just need to find a push button start and the inside of the car is done!!

Why does your FMIC look bent?

?????

lol it looks like somoene has kicked it in the middle at the bottom

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq120/marco20vturbo/IMG_0726.jpg

i think its probably just the angle the photo has been taken at...

no no, its a little out of shape...

nothing big...

the middle is fine, just the bottom!

Looking good! Very smart with the carbon fibre

thanks mate!
must admit, Neil did some fantastic work with these!!

With that last project post,you really have gone up the ranks in my book.... Ok which ones yours and which ones mine?lol

Nice bodywork

The Coup's looking good too...

Giggidy giggidy goooo!!!

LMFAO!!



mine is the one in the black dress!
lol



GIGGADY!!!

today is the day i fit all the Zender kit!

buzzing!!!

its going to look like a new car!

photos on your project thread needed asap marco...

even though ive already seen them

Looking good mate, well done.

BTW that's some serious amount of speaker you have in your boot

its only a 12" sub...witrh a built in amp..

its only set low... please dont see me as a chav.....

Haha I didn't mean it like that at all, it just caught my eye in the pics with the boot wide open!

Wtf is nick doing in this photo at the back of the car????

he was showing off his impressive break dancing skills!! lol

@ Gamu..its ok mate lol im only messing! ive got every thing likned up so the sub only puts out bass and the speakers are for the treble!

sounds very nice!

Looking good dude. Nice to see someone making some progress

Cars off to Joe's on Wednesday and I've finally unpacked the last few boxes from moving house so should hopefully be able to spend some time on mine!

thanks mate!
im well happy with it!

come month end alot more will happen! then flea map then...its finished pending forged build...

little update..

tomorrow i will be lowering the car..

bit worried on how low it will be..

photos and update will be done by sunday!

How low are you going? From memory i think mine is 35mm and it catches the odd speed bump but i'd like to go a little lower.

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.ph...amp;Search=true

you need to update your sig to show off your new FMIC.

Looks great mate.

did you flare the pipes yourself with the magic he-man tool?

Hi Karl, nar I'm leaving my sig..

I did the fmic... Bloody mission!!
The car is getting ready for a one off re-spray!!

Going to get a lot done while it's on a ramp ready for the re-spray...
Suspension, poly bushes, re-spray and changing loads of nuts and bolts for shiny ones lol

corrected

Joker!!

But to be honest, you did make a mean cup of tea!

you cheeky git!!

Good luck Marco - remember, don't get mad, get even (and punch someone else's car )!

Good to see the work progressing - also good to see so much of my old car being used to good effect - makes me a little less sad about scrapping it

Looking good Marco, yours is another coupe i'm really looking forward to seeing at Spa.

I'm guessing though, that when Mrs Marco sees the overspray all over her step, you might not be allowed to come??

thanks shiny!

ive cleaned the steps so she does not see them

still got a few things to do before the car is back at Joes ready for the re-build!

cant wait to see it!

also, Mrs marco is coming spa with me lol

I am an avid reader.

good work dude.
Atleast you have some nice work to do. HKS and such
i only have

rust removal
rust treatment
painting
degreasing
clear laquering
broken bolt removal

keep it up dude

ps how secure is the slam panel once you cut of its lower support bits to mount your cooler?

cheers

Very secure!!!

The lower part only had 2 bolts that will go once you chop it!!!

It's got a lot of support at the top plus the main bolts that go in the cross member!!!!

Thanks for looking mate!

It's taking longer than I expected and I havent started on the forged build yet....

Well done Marco !! She looks lush mate. I look forward to seeing it at Spa mate.

Tanks Joe!

It has not come easy doing this....

The GT28R didn't fit to it have a 2 bolt intercooler attachment.

So I'm back to the hybrid.

But Joe the legend found the belt was out 1 tooth, there was a sensor not working, he did cracking work.

That looks amazing - can't wait to see it in the flesh

So nice to see so much of my old Sprinty being put to good use

Congratulations on sticking with it AND for doing something just a little bit different

The project thread is looking good Marco, those pictures just don't do that paint justice, it's looks so nice in the sun Looking forward to seeing it again at Brooklands

Has the visco drive stopped leaking

wow mate she looks you must be well chuffed , i can't wait to she her in the flesh , top job Joe

From what I can see....YES IT HAS!!!

Seriously, every one is it for a treat when they see it!!!

Stopped leaking

Yes this paint is very impressive, it's totally unique and still has that lovely Sprinty lustre, looking forward to seeing this parked next to a standard coloured Coupe.

i had a sprinty pop over today.

WOW mine looks the tits!!! :heart:

Now some proper pictures:

Metallic Sprint Blue




Loooks soo sexual in the flesh! Great work Joe!

Meh, it looks okay Marco, nothing special

Lol

Loves it Marco

that looks sssshhhhhiiiii......ney

well done mate you must be chuffed. now stay away from those dreaded car parks - especially metallic!

DOT5 wow, are you going to flush out the DOT 4 or 5.1 to replace it with silicon based fluid? I just read that it's not advisable to use in cars with ABS?

or have you converted to it already?

916..He means DOT 5.1
He will realise this shortly

Phew LOL hate to think he'd order it then findout the hardway that it's not compatible

i was in a rush lol

Mario knows what i mean even if i ont type it correctly lol

Tooooold you!

Oi, this was before I spoke to you!!!

Lol

I found a coil pack was breaking down and causing a misfire when it hit boost!!
So it was a boost leak first, the a faulty coil pack and lastly my plugs where finished!!

Drives sooo nice now

Looking forward to pan it round the sprint track!

Think I'm gonna have to pop by for a butchers at least, but after my cambelt change oh and exhaust lol. She's lookin sweet!

yer, your welcome to come past, drop me a pm and we can sort some thing out!

Marco, what use is it getting your car mapped by Flea, but it's had no bits fitted to make it faster??

It's had the following fitted...

T28 stage 1 (for now)
Live feed to the pump
sip
KnN
FMIC
Heat 7 plugs
PRV set at 0.8bar
Hard pipes for most of the intake system
What else do I need for a stage 2 map lol

God I'm going to kill you!!!
Your getting worse than Proccy.

Stick with it Marco, your wheel bearing will be on route tomorrow so hopefully you'll get all the jobs ticked before your track day

No track tyres Marco ?

No, just road for now.

We all can afford to sleep with R888's

GO buddy, GO!!



Just going outside to fit the horns......

She looks fantastic My favourite colour is Porto. She looks better than Porto.

All I can say is

You have done a great job with her. I look forward to seeing her in the flesh

Did I mention that I love the way she looks?

Arr thanks mate!

Love the comments!!



Just need to give her some more power to make it an actually sexual preditor!!!

She is sex on wheels

Makes me look at my motor differently. Was thinking of going flip purple in the future. You have made me have a rethink here. If she was mine I would be looking out of my window all night long.

Lol

Mate, speak to joe!! He is the man for this stuff!!!

He said quite simply...

"do you trust me"

Then sent me a test plate...
Love at 1st sight!!!!!

It's a bit of a distance for you but trust me, it's worth it!!

I am just starting a long term project. Maybe a never ending project Was thinking of flip purple, but your girl has got me thinking again. From a pic she looks the best I have seen so far.

She looks so good I would be happy to own her as a standard 220bhp

Nice one mate, now all you need is a fully forged engine.

So is there any noticeable difference with the shorter pipework?

YES!

the car sppols up A LOT quicker and i achieve full boost alot sooner.

i havent been able to give it a good amount of abuse as it need to go flea and be touched up in the right way but the difference is chalk and cheese!!

nice knowing that lag is massivley reduced!

omg who's the dodge fella helping you i'v never seen such clean hands before when working on a car

What's with all the dirt,oil and rust under there Marco ? I imagined your coupe to be spotless! I'm depressed now.

Well as I don't have an under tray, it's exposed to the road dirt and crap.

Don't worry... It's going to be transformed before spa!!

I promise it will be mint just for you Joe!!!

Also, there's no oil... Just dirt... More dirt and a bit more dirt...

you can use that extra bit of pipe work as a walking stick

hahaha thanks!

at the time, it was the only thng i had to hand so it was massivley long.

Now its nice and short

Mate, glad you have persevered in this and if anyone says tuning is easy or within a budget, you know what that it will take twice as long and double the budget.

Keep going mate, you're nearly there

Thanks for the support begbie!

im going to show all my cost on this build..

jsut to put it in persective.

its cost SO much more maily becasue of the stupid things.

i.e Block, Crank, oil pump

but im getting there!!

theres still SO much more to happen..

should make the car a perfect track/road car that you can drive to the shops and go crazy on the way home

Good luck with the fitting and mapping.

Be interesting to see what you get powerwise from it with all those lightened parts.

Ross

Lightened parts doesn't equal more power

Out of interest what does lightend and balanced parts equal?

Good luck!

:-)

Quicker spin up (and down) and a smoother engine plus a little bit extra resilience at top end RPM before it goes bang.

No Christmas presents for the misses

charming!! lol



LOL
i would be shot..

Supposedly...

I had an engine built with lightened and balanced materials and don't notice the difference over my current coupe.

Lightened flywheel is always a good idea and will make the biggest difference.

Ross

i drove a mates car that was the same set up as mine bar a stage 3 hybrid and the difference was night and day.

who built that engine?

Ross, no supposedly about it if it's done properly.

It's down to basic physics and engineering.

Argue with Barbz engine building if you wish..

Ross

I'm quite happy that I know what I'm talking about here and I'm guessing all these motorsport companies don't do it just for the fun of it.

So that's a direct quote from Barbz that balancing and lightening is a waste of time?

What quote do you refer to? Or are you arguing with my personal opinion?

Ross

Tbh Ross, if you think lightening and balancing all the engine components is a waste of time...

You must of wasted your money with Barbz.

Why would Barbz build and sell some thing thats pointless??

Barbz - if you read this, share your opinions on a lighten and balanced engine please

Well done Marco, you are one of a kind

Ross, so you mentioned Barbz because....................

Definitely "Special"

Research and development can be hit or miss.

Yes it would have been better than non lightened/balanced, but there was no obvious advantages on our setup's, hence I didn't go the same way this time.



I noticed you didn't answer my question. The answer to yours is on this thread. Read back over it.

Ross

Ahh Ross is doing his usual and talking out an orifice not normally associated with speech!

And you continuing with your "holier than thou" attitude as usual.

Again you've avoided the question.

Please enlighten me with your infinite wisdom with regards to your experiences with balanced and lightened components on the coupe?

You made an issue out of this, I was not having a go at you, I was simply stating my opinion. You on the otherhand are clearly bored on a Friday night. Fortunately I'm getting paid to type this reply to you.

Ross

p.s. sorry Marco, I wasn't having a go at you. Would like to see your results to compare what I found with mine. As I said, all the best.

Put them away chaps,i know its Friday night so a beer and a fight is on the cards but leave that for the younger generation.

In short :-

I have been playing with lightened components for years both at a personal interest and for customers vehicles.

Lightening offers no noticeable advantage for performance in general on the same platform.

Every 20vt i have driven performs differently and no two are comparable from factory.

I have also built numerous engines to the same spec,some have 3 bar oil pressure,some have 1 bar hot.
Some make 300 bhp others make 360 on the same identical setup.
Theres no rule of thumb for expected performance.

In terms of balancing as far as im concerned can be argued both ways.
The first assumption is the less weight a mechanical component in rotation has then the less mechanical resistance.
In the old days turning on aircon and other ancillaries would make a noticeable difference to engine performance.
Mechanical drag/weight is no different so in theory it should make a difference all be it marginal.

The reason i always lightened components is to increase the engines life and the balancing helps against mechanical resonance or frequency at higher rpm.

Ontop of this EVERY little thing in turn add upto alot in the end even if its only a few digits.

So there isnt a yes or no to it.
Yes it should make a difference but i never notice it.

Coming from the person who can't post in the correct place lol

Yes I can (occasionally) act like a grown up!

Ross

Can I take this opportunity to apologise.
Obviously you are right and I am wrong!
Cynicism and trolling frustrate me however
Knowing this should allow me to rise above it!

It will not happen again.

Good for you mate

Fair do's Marco, I'd have thrown in the towel a long time ago and would have retreated to a forest to pretend to be a squirrel. A red one.


PS I think Ross/Duffy are the same person with multiple personality disorder

You're an inspiration mate. Hope it all goes to plan.

I think the words f**king insane is better. Lol

I blame joe.... He did some sort a Jedi mind shit and look now??

I will make a list of every thing that's happened to me and this car... May put people off

Marco you have to blame me, it goes without saying, it's always my fault what ever the issue

What was the reason for the previous engine failure then Marco?

You said it was inspected by fcss?

Ross