[V8] RE: Fiats!(NAC)

[Maurice Greven]

I'm sorry butI must add my 2/100th of a cent here as well !!  I had a
'68 Fiat 850 Sports Coupe, which was able to make you feel as if you
were going 70+MPH at an actual speed of about 15. Low Gearing, BIG 850cc
motor.. Low to the ground...WOW...

The best part aout the FIAT was parts availability. When she broke down
on the road, I wouldn't have to walk but 1 mile or less before I would
find another Fiat on the side of the road....for parts!!!  How
consideriate of them to stategically place cars all over the highways
for the benefit of us Fiat owners..... 

Enough Said,,,,

Maurice (Ex-Fiat owner)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Stafford, Kenneth A.
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:57 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] RE: Fiats!
> 
> 
> Ouch--gotta come in here!  My first new car was a '73 Fiat 
> 124 Spt Cp (not be to confused with the Spider)--as a newly 
> minted Mech Engr, my crieria was: 1) must carry 4 people, 
> 2)must be twin-cam, 3) must have 4-wh disk brakes, 4) must 
> have 5-sp, 5) must be able to go 100+, 6) must be able to average
> 25mpg+, 7)must feel and sound like a sports car, and 8) must sell for 
> 25mpg+under
> $4000.  You were left with exactly 2 choices: the Fiat or BMW 
> 1600.  The Beemer was much too sedanish.  Paid $3600 for the 
> Spt Cp (which today are MUCH rarer than our V8s); in original 
> condition would go 105, avg 32 mpg. The car has never been at 
> a repair shop and only needed major maintenance at 160K when 
> the oil pump let go (polish crank journals, install new oil 
> pump, put in new std size bearings, 1st over-bore and 
> hi-compression pistons, and good to go--I think it cost me 
> $200).  Today she has 300,000, sports the euro twin 
> dual-throat Weber IDF-40s, free-flow exhaust, will do about 
> 120 at 7000, gets about 30 mpg on trips (18 in town!).  While 
> I lost the functionality of the hand throttle (right next to 
> the hand choke!), nothing sounds quite like the intake roar 
> of 4 40mm throats opening simultaneously into a dry 4 runner 
> manifold. 1608ccs of sqirt in a 2200lb coupe...  (off my soap box)
> 
> Ken
> 91 V8Q     
> 
> 
> > The Fiats of the era also had the "hand throttle", what it
> > was REALLY for was to tweak the idle up to keep engine 
> > running, depending on the problem of the day.  On the Fiats I 
> > think most owners used it to hold the throttle open for 
> > launching the car off of docks, cliffs and into old rock 
> > quarries.  BTDT-statute of limitation expired long ago ;-p
> > 
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