I thought it may be interesting for some of you to see what I have done to my 20vt track coupe in order to make it the car it is today.

I am by no means finished with car yet with lots more work & maintenance in the future.

I thought I would start with the current spec,so here goes.

Handling and suspension.

Galvinised and welded front subframe. FCSS.

Sparco top front strut brace.

Engine and gearbox mounts are Vibratech.

Wishbone and drop links are polybushed black series (track) also rear subframe mounts.

Whiteline 22mm rear anti roll bar.

Osrav adjustable suspension along with eibach sport springs.

New oem top mounts.

Brakes are standard with Carbotech xp10 front pads. (this will change to a full calliper upgrade at some point)

Tyres are Toyo 888s

Engine upgrades.

Turbo is a FC Performance Power ultra+.

Stage 3 remap

3inch downpipe (heat wrapped)

3 inch exhaust fitted with sports cat along with mid and rear silencers.

Greddy profec-spec11 boost controller.

Boosts are set by Fc performance low boost is 1.15 bar and high boost is set at 1.35 bar.

Walbro 225 fuel pump along with direct battery feed.

450cc injectors.

Pro alloy FMIC.

Forge 006 dump valve.

Helix organic clutch.

Short shift gear change upgrade.

Battery is fitted into the rear boot space.

A kill switch is installed in the cabin.

TorqueItalia cambelt pully guard.

So that’s about it for the spec although there will be something I have missed.
The interior is stripped out apart from the dash.
Omp roll cage welded in.
Bucket seats along with 4 point harnesses fitted also.

On track the car performs very well although very heavy compaired to all the French lightweight cars around me. If I am on thier rear bumper after a bend then I am past them easy enough on a straight.

I asked Joe at FCSS to help me set up a safe and usable track coupe which can endure heavy track days.
Leighton at FC performance was asked to give me a 300 +hp coupe and set the car within a safe limit due to it being non forged .

I am happy to say both gentlemen have delivered.

Low boost is wonderfull for wet track days with high for those hot summer track days.
The car will spin up coming out of corners in second but its just a matter of reminding mysef its just a track day.

She’s a bit thirsty when given the beans very hard and will drink a tank in about 100 miles on track.

If anyone is thinking about creating a track coupe there is plenty of knowledge here. The more you do yourself the cheaper it will be.

So far I have spent upwards of £7,000 on the project and its money well spent for the fun Gill &I get from the coupe, we are both very proud of it.

I expect to be upgrading a lot more in the next few years and hopefully bring the coupe to a few UK trackdays in the future.

Watch this space!

And pictures.....????

Nice track spec Magoo good to see someone else enjoying some track action.
what brake upgrades where you thinking of moving on to?

Same as Begbies up front,which are Ksport 8 pot with a Carbotech pad and the rears blowed if i know yet!

Did you have to cut the dash in places to get the cage in? I would really like a cage in mine but don't want to affect the dash so am thinking of a rear only one.

Have a look at this Andy. http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=132268#Post132268

Not much dash needs to come out really for an OMP roll cage.

A custom built one would be less intrusive i imagine.

I have looked at that thread before but forgotten about it and hadn't seen your pictures - I know there isn't a lot to cut out but it is a shame to have to cut the dash at all. I guess the solution is to use a second dash and keep on in case of ever returning the car to original spec.

Looks a nice fun track car Joe good job done by fcss and all involved,very clean setup.

Thanks John. Its not to complicated and easy enough to look after.
I wanted a track car that i can pop on the trailor,have a fun day without to much fuss.

I enjoy the maintenance also and am most happy when under the car checking it over.

Better brakes and a quaife should see me right for a good while i reckon.

Always money well spent when they put a smile on your face.
Majority of work is done now though by looks of it,very nice safe setup.

Good luck with brakes,have to update with sme feedback with whatever you choose as its something we all want to Improve on.

Ehi magoo!

Where can I find this????

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Short shift gear change upgrade.
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Am I right you still use std camber settings..?
Or did I miss it.

You forgot one of the main ingredients:

- Nutter installed behind the wheel

Begbie's brakes are amazing!

And the rear tarox squeeked all the way back from Spa!

That was the fronts and they still do

Yep all standard settings Per.

Thanks Jonny! I will happily take that as a compliment from you mate.

You will need to keep a lookout on th parts for sale Gimmo. Or post a wanted add.
Or cut one in half and then weld a bit in to make the remote shift a bit longer

I haven't understand nothing

I think I will post a wanted add when I will have some money to spend

Nice car and nice driver!

But it have weight to lose...

sorry to hijack the thread but are k sports 8 pots better than tarox? As thats the next upgrade on my list and was going with tarox all round but if k sports are better and their also cheaper so win win all round!

Do you have any photos of the short shift

Here you go.

It is so sexy!
I want one!!!

Let sell to me!!

Thanxs

It's a bit hard to quantify that, due to no one running the Tarox (I know of one coupe that does, but don't think the owner posts here). Yes, the K-Sports are 8 pistons, but more pistons doesn't necessarily mean better braking. All I know is that they didn't fade on me at Spa and I was braking from 150mph down to 60mph without any issue, apart from the car squirming when heavily braking.

Friends in Italy that tried Tar-ox say me that they are not the best but.
The best buy are the Alfa Romeo 330mm caliper with 305x32 discs.

Gimmo - the best disc for the Alfa 330mm caliper is prob the 330x30mm split disc from Compbrake, its relatively light and relatively "cheap".
As you know I've been looking recently, this is what I've found out.

Was just about to order a pair when the garage had a big fire. So I'm out of the Coupe-world.

Big fire???????????
Is it your coop ok???

No both Coupe and the 125 Special are dead & gone.

Oh Per! This is very bad news. What happened?

Per, this is the first I've heard of this shocking news, I checked it isn't 1st April so what happened? I hope your insurance covers you?

That is very sad and tragic Your coupe was lovely!

I'm gutted for you

Next weekend i will be visiting another coupe owner Kevin_20vt where we will be removing the air con compressor and fitting a shorter belt.

All part of trying to reduce a bit of wieght up front.

Has he not heard of global warming? The 2days a year it will be above 22 deg c he will regret it

I should have explained a bit better. Its Kevin helping me to remove my air con! Not needed on a track car.
All though where we live we do tend to have slightly better weather than the UK!

Magoo take care about rotarion verse of the alternator.
I think that without air-con it Will work in the contrary. I have to ask to an italian friend that made this work.
You can also change hoses of water making them shorter.

Air-con compressor now removed along with a few other bits and pieces.

We managed to shed nearly 13 kilo's.

Big thanks to Kevin-20vt.

1% of weight distribuction, great! and 1.5 hp save!
Have you got a photo of your engine bay?

The AC is switched off at full power

Yes, but adding lightness is the same to add power, because of less weight to move

Here are some pic's of the coupe as it stands today.


Nowt flashy but gets along well on track.

What I see in the last photo!
A direct intake for air filter!

Great idea!
Did you notice any improvement?

The tube enters direct underneath Gimmo. The original hole is still there,just without the trumpet part.

I cant say i notice any improvement to be honest,but its just something i wanted to try. Allthough it may only be temporary.

You may also notice that i know have a complete silicon hose going from the header tank to water rail.

Just noticed the hose that's a weird one, any reason why you opted for a single?

Just saves having to remove the metal pipe that is joined to the compressor and then join it to the two original hoses.

One piece of pipe is better than 3 i think.

As you live in a `hot country`, your air intake would be better if sited at number plate height or above, as the air temp. will be higher just above the tarmac.

Or by side, maybe with a NACA.
I want to do it when I will find a flexible NACA

oh no, not that car, now I want it all over again...

A high pressure area may improve off-boost performance - once car is doing 70mph and above.

My coupe rarely does less than 70mph!

KBT: The Coupes original intake is a high pressure area already, no need to change it.
(In case you haven't noticed, there's no rubber seal along the hood front opening - hence a very large intake area)

My intake was different when I bought the car. As yet I don`t know what I will use but expect some kind of pressure charged airbox.

i have the standard airbox with a k&n pannel filter. when im on a trac day i remove the passenger side headlight and it makes a noticeable difference

I thought I would update my coupes progress. Still going strong and I'm still striving to improve the car. It's a testament to how good the coupe engine is really. This car only runs on track so that's mostly flat out in all gears.
It's also a testament to how good the support I have had from many other coupe owners from here and Europe.

My FC performance hybrid turbo and mapping is still as good as the day it was installed.

A few additions to the car have been.

Fibre Bonett
Fibre front wings
Fibre boot lid.

Things about to be installed are.
Alfa 320 calipers and discs at the front,along with 17 inch wheels.

I have removed the airbag system along with the passenger glove box.

Fitted an after market momo steering wheel.

Headlights removed leaving just the plastic covers.

Bit lid springs and hinges are gone along with the lid release mechanism and key/lock.

Various pieces of metal are being removed wherever I can find it.

That's about it at the moment.

There are lots more things I want to do to the car but will have to wait until my new workshop is up and running as I fed up crawling about my gravel drive.

Hi Joe
Great to know the car is still going strong. I assume that your car is as popular as ever at the track days?
Hope you get some good runs in over the summer.
Frazer

Don't forget the door mirror spider Joe

[quote=french_coupe]Hi Joe
Great to know the car is still going strong. I assume that your car is as popular as ever at the track days?
Hope you get some good runs in over the summer.
Frazer[/quote





Hello Frazer. Yes still get a few people coming up to me at the track.
I think it's going to be a summer of working on the car rather than driving it.
Hopefully it will get some sort of action. Maybe a hill climb and a track day local.

I have a family of spiders in the mirrors but have been given notice that I'm removing the wing mirrors completely.

What's the story with this boot lid Joe? I've never seen an aftermarket lightweight bootlid so I'm wondering if it was a custom job...

I bought it from a French pal. I will ask him. I'm sure I've seen some for sale though in the past.

I think I saw Composites 2J saying they did one - https://www.facebook.com/composites2j - that might be where yours came from originally.

Yes Andy it was. I've just found out from my pal. Mine has a rear small spoiler lip on it that was added by my pal Tifn Banzai.

Johnny Janvier is the name of the guy that runs Composite 2j.

Trappy give me a shout if you want any help with buying one.

Thanks fellas, found it! Fibreglass Coupé bits./

Seems they also do a bonnet and even doors

What's the quality of their work like compared with Auto DS?



Thanks for the offer, I will do... when the time comes. I'm currently resisting the urge to buy up all the parts for my project now. As tempting as it sounds to have a big heap of bits to work through, I'm several stages away from bodykits at the moment. Car's still over with FCSS having the rebuild and front end restoration. Cage is next along with seats and harnesses etc.