Fiat 131 build

[BlackBII]

Here's a short video of the first real test drive

FIAT 131 - First test drive

youtube.com

 

[Blmpkn]

Bitchin car, beautiful mountains... enjoy it!

 

[Roert42]

Turbo noises.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Here's a short video of the first real test drive

FIAT 131 - First test drive

youtube.com

Where did you get the Campagnolo wheels?

 

[BlackBII]

Where did you get the Campagnolo wheels?

They're actually not - they're Bassett racing wheels, steel, and made in here in the US. But yes the reason I specifically chose them is they look very similar to the original wheels.

There is a company in the UK, Group 4 wheels, they make new castings of the correct wheels but they are 4x the price and I'm not sure they'd fit over the brakes I have. And, I'd have to get them in a custom offset and in 5x4.5 which would make them even more pricey

 

[BlackBII]

Driving it around for the past few days, getting the tune.. tuned. The turbo I chose is a bit small, it hits full boost pretty quickly but it makes it really fun to drive.

 

[rumblecloud]

I cannot imagine how you must feel when you're out driving.
Well done. Enjoy the hell out of it.

 

[BlackBII]

I cannot imagine how you must feel when you're out driving.
Well done. Enjoy the hell out of it.

It's a bit surreal; this car sat in the corner of my garage for 10 years waiting for me to have the skills, confidence and money to build it. Lots of looks and thumbs up which is cool

 

[BlackBII]

A couple things left - carpet, floor mats, trunk carpet, AC system and a little more tuning.

 

[ryan]

The end product is so awesome

 

[BlackBII]

The end product is so awesome

Thanks I'm happy with how it turned out, and it's a riot to drive

 

[CrabGuy]

This has been the best build thread I have ever seen. The progress you made and the final result is just phenomenal. I had a project Porsche 944 Turbo build I did several years ago but nothing like what you've done.

 

[BlackBII]

This has been the best build thread I have ever seen. The progress you made and the final result is just phenomenal. I had a project Porsche 944 Turbo build I did several years ago but nothing like what you've done.

Hey thanks, it's been a on of work but I try to do the best I can on my builds.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Hard to believe that started out as this:

 

[BlackBII]

Yeah it's been a long road from where it started. All of the original rally and stradale cars started as just normal 131 two door sedans as well!