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Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

From: steve(at)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:20:49 +0100

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Pete M <pete.murray(at)blue-nopressedmeat-yonder.co.uk> wrote:



> > That was also more expensive, less rust resistant, had a nasty engine

> > designed in the 1950s and looked like it was styled by a 5 year old.

> > The

> > Ka may (allegedly) corner better, but it`s just not fun. It`s also

> > loads bigger on the outside but, for some unfathomable reason,

> > smaller on the inside.

>

> Ka`s handle and corner fucking brilliantly though, the Fiats don`t. They

> just feel like they do.



I don`t see the point in that.



I want my car to feel lively. Which is why I`m stealing the 156 tomorrow

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SUBJECT: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:25:20 +0100

From: Douglas Payne <douggie(at)cheerful.com>

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

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Vamp wrote:

> "Douglas Payne" <douggie(at)cheerful.com> wrote in message

> news:42adccc4$0$2999$ed2619ec(at)ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...

>

>>Me wrote:

>>

>>>Took the missus car for an MOT the other day and can anyone tell me how

>>>this car is known as a "Sporting",

>>

>>Well the manufacturers stuck some stickers on that say "Sporting", and

>>hence the Seicento Sporting came into existence. If it was fast they`d

>>probably have called it a Seicento "BLISTERINGLY QUICK".

>>

>>As it happens, they stuck the stickers to a car that has been designed to

>>be driven at full chat everywhere and still be reasonably good fun but not

>>actually very fast.

>>

>>Douglas

>

>

> or very safe! i think i`d have a moped over the crappy death trap fiat`s

> seen there ncap test results? :)



I`ve got a moped. I rode it all over the place when I was 16.



Being mechanically restricted to 30mph isn`t much fun on today`s roads.



Personally, I`d take the Fiat every time.



Douglas






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From: "DervMan" <dervman(at)ntlworld.com>

Subject: Re: Fiat Sceicento Sporting

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:13:13 GMT

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"AstraVanMan" <Peter(at)Whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk> wrote in message

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>> We`re not seriously arguing that the Sei/Cinq Sporting isn`t slow are we?

>> `Cos lets face it, if its fast, then so is Dervy`s Ka, and i for one am

>> NEVER going to say that, unless he gets a 2.0 ZVH Turbo in there ;)

>

> ZVH. What a mad idea that was. You`ve got a Zetec engine, a reasonably

> good, rev-happy engine, so you take the 16 valve head off it, and put a

> CVH head, known for lots of problems like valve guides going, etc etc.

> Okaaay.



Well, the Zetec-E isn`t especially rev happy. It`s arguably better than a

CVH, but not really by much. The Zetec-SE is much rev happier (at least

apart from the detuned 1.4 used in the current Fiesta and older generation

Focus).



> Seriously, what *is* the attraction in doing that? Is it the extra

> low-down torque that the 8-valve CVH head provides? Is it worth the

> sacrifice?



It`s because the CVH is easily tuned, either atmo or turbo, whereas the

Zetec-E isn`t. But the Zetec-E has a very strong bottom end. This means

you can produce more power with greater reliability.



> Having said all that, I`ve had a couple of 1.3CVH Escorts, and I was

> always quite impressed with them, compared to the 1.3 OHVs I`d previously

> had - they had hydraulic tappets for one, and did seem a lot more modern,

> smooth and refined. In comparison, like.



The later CVH engines were much better. Sadly the 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 are not

compatible (as I understand). The 1.8 has a totally different design, but

later CVH 1.8 Sierras are much better than earlier machines.



They`re also cheap to fix.



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