Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo

[Daniel]

never seen one at a trackday or on the strip.

i was up against one at Santapod, it was pretty much neck and neck, but he beat me by about half a second, which tbh for a car with a turbo was a bit crap.

[drifter]

I followed Jamie round Snetterton on my first track night. It seemed pretty stable, maybe a bit of understeer when the lead foot took over

I was driving like a girl though

[jamie3]

They are as good as you look after them. If you check out the last few years of ten of the best you will see somme good figures. I think a coop won the handling course two years in a row and the drag and top speed run wa pretty close in the front wheel class. I think there was also a 200sx/coop drag day which i think the coops over all won. The thing with owning a coop i find is when you are on a track day like when ive been to the bigpower ones people who own jap cars snub you a bit, but once you go past them afew times and they relise its not shit, they then give you a little respect afterwards.
When you look at reliability the last bigpower day i done at snetterton my 90000miles engine was going strong all the way through all three sessions, but when i came in after each session there was alot of jap cars with problems including i think you Drifter, so it happpens to every one at some point.

[Stuart]

so it happpens to every one at some point.

Certainly does Jamie

I have no blinded brand loyalty and having soundly thrashed all drivetrains, most engines and a fair few brands, I'd say that there is much to be sad for keeping an open mind about anything performance related until you've driven it.

I have some of those DVD's Jamie, and you're right, the Coupe's defend Fiat's pride very well. I love the five cylinder warble, the block seems tough and it's a well specified car; a bloody bargain for the money!

Well worth a look I think.......we'll just have to see what matey reckons after he's test driven one.

[drifter]

I think there was also a 200sx/coop drag day which i think the coops over all won.

They've done it for a few years afaik, the SXOC did indeed get trounced, but the tides changed at the last one Horses for courses really, both and very capable cars

When you look at reliability the last bigpower day i done at snetterton my 90000miles engine was going strong all the way through all three sessions, but when i came in after each session there was alot of jap cars with problems including i think you Drifter, so it happpens to every one at some point.

Absolutely mate, I destroyed all the turbo gaskets. They're gone now, no issues anymore except keeping temps down.