My Strada 130 track car

[mlmotorsport]

Great new forum for Fiat fanciers! Heres my 130....



I have been trying to get it done for the last 2 years! I bought 2 cars from middle barton for quite a good price, the red one as above and a really nice grey one which I got on the road and used as my daily driver for a while, superb tool! Sold the grey one and have regretted it ever since!



I have been collecting bits for the red one over time and am looking forward to getting it done in time for next years sprint season, it is very much a budget project and a lot of the bits have been procurred via an internet auction site and classified ads and a bit of horse trading!, Guy has supplied a few bits as well and has been an invaluable source of knowledge as I am a mini specialist and needed a little insight into the Fiat twincam motor!

Spec:

Lowered front springs and rear leaf spring
Koni Shocks all round
Poly flex bushes
Wilwood 4 piston front brakes
OMP roll cage
Ported cylinder head
Weber 40s
uprated cams
rebuilt bottom end (so i am told!)
Flocked Dash and door cappings

The head and cams where originally fitted on the grey 130, I put it on the rolling road and scored 138 bhp with the c/o off the scale! a leakdown test showed 65% loss on no3 cylinder! the others were not much better so im expecting good results with a head refurb and a sort out of the carbs, I know 45s would be better but the budget says no,

The plan is complete the build up over Jan/Feb next year so will post pics of the completed car then, current project is investigating different wheels i have plenty of 4 spoke pirellis but am looking at something different any suggestions would be welcome.

As I am also a confirmed mini nut here is my other 'hobby' a mini minus fibreglass bodied mini with a self built 1380cc fast road/track day motor.



The body is lower than a stock mini hence the bonnet bulges to cram it all in, its has all the classic mini tuning items such as rally cam, twin HS4 sus roller rockers etc. I am going to change the cam over the winter for one of the more modern profiles which give the same power figures without the 'drama queen' antics of classic fast cams!

[colin barnes]

Hi,

can you tell me where you got the poly bushes and did you fit these to all the suspension?

Also the brakes and the Koni shocks. I am doing a 130TC Strada up and will be at the suspension stage soon.

thank you,

Col

[mlmotorsport]

Sure,

the Konis were a rare new old stock find from my local speed shop, the bushes are just the bottom arms which are Powerflex part no. PFF16-401.

They can do the other bushes if I send them some good condition examples to work from, haven't done it yet!

The brakes are Wilwood Dynalite 4 pots, with an adaption kit supplied by Middle Barton garage, they use the stock disc and fit under the std 14" wheel. Haven't tried them yet as I have no master cylinder! Currently looking at fitting a Lotus Elise pedal box or a bias box, but the choice of pads for Wilwoods is amazing!

[Franco Rosso]

Hi MIMOTORSPORT,
Can you tell me which Dynalite 4 pot caliper you have fitted as there are two different piston sizes available for this caliper.

thanks .

Sure,

the Konis were a rare new old stock find from my local speed shop, the bushes are just the bottom arms which are Powerflex part no. PFF16-401.

They can do the other bushes if I send them some good condition examples to work from, haven't done it yet!

The brakes are Wilwood Dynalite 4 pots, with an adaption kit supplied by Middle Barton garage, they use the stock disc and fit under the std 14" wheel. Haven't tried them yet as I have no master cylinder! Currently looking at fitting a Lotus Elise pedal box or a bias box, but the choice of pads for Wilwoods is amazing!