Turbo rotary Fiat 600 project

[Grant Monkhouse]

Top work, how much has this cost so far? Iv got a bit of cash at the moment but don\'t think I could justify spending it on my car to the gf:(

What work are you doing at the front? Chop the standard stuff and tube it?

[600gaz]

The front end is keeping the Fiat inner wings etc but i\'m junking all the other stock parts and getting a tubed front housing the new suspension and new steering design .
Prices differ from job to job and mine\'s had custom made wishbones , a roll cage/saftey cell and custom designed space framed rear end all complete with body fabrication (rear floor , turrets , inner tubs , wheelie bars etc) .
I could have used off the shelf bits (wishbones , hub carriers , shocks etc) and used cheaper CDS tube and saved quite a bit of cash .
On mine he\'s redesigned the whole car on a motorsport CAD program too take the new power level so a fair bit of the cost is in R+D . No point having the power and then just wobbling all over the place wheelspinnng whilst dodging the armco at 140mph !!!! lol .
I\'ll probably have a complete rolling lightweight one off race car tube chassis for under 7 grand (and no rust as that all got chopped out at the same time) .
A normal RX7 type car would cost less as they are already set up for rotary turbo power and won\'t need everything redesigned but as mine was a 1960\'s 600cc 50mph town car everything was scrap .
The only advantage i had was that it only cost £200 for the Fiat and not £5000+ so mine should still work out cheap in the end . Plus it will be alot more mental compared to normal cars as it\'s rear engined and very small , this helps traction and ups the power to weight ratio/acceleration . :cool

[600gaz]

Picked the car up today as my timeslot at the chassis shop was up . It\'s going back around December time hopefully to get the front end done , exhaust , wheelie bars , inner rear sheet metal work etc etc .
The rear coil over shocks were custom made too suit the car and the springs are 220ibls . Rotary power fits in the back a treat and is very low in the chassis so should be great for the handling .
It\'s fooooooookin light so far , i can push it with one finger so with 500+bhp pushing it should be rapido . :Thumbsup!

 

 

 
 

 


 

 

[Grant Monkhouse]

Wtf where\'s the rest Of the car? I have tonka toys bIgger than that from when I was kid:D looks good dude

[600gaz]

lol , it\'s about the size of a classic Mini . The battered outside bodywork looks quite cool so it\'s staying like that even when it\'s finished i think . Plus looking rough on the outside should upset the supercars more when it blasts past with the wheels in the air !!! Ha Ha :Giggle

[Will66]

That looks very cool, it\'s going to be mental when it runs on the strip.

[600gaz]

Cheers mate . It will look alot cooler when the front\'s done and it\'s not sticking up in the air .

[Grant Monkhouse]

Hoping you embarrass a few rotards with FDs with your beast. Going to be funny seeing it wheel stand!!

[600gaz]

Yes , not sure if anyone will be expecting a rusty/patchy looking Noddy car to lift it\'s wheels in 2x gears , lol . Will be a laugh on the street when the supercars try it on down the bypass . :Thumbsup!

[Will66]

I think it\'ll go something like this.

Link to Sleeper Video

Particularly Rich Christensen\'s reaction at 02:10 into the video.

[600gaz]

Love the farm truck in the video , lol .

[Dirt]

Beautiful project!! Any updates?
I have started a very similar project with my own 600, but with another engine though. Very interesting to follow your progress.

[600gaz]

No updates for a while as i\'m waiting in the queue for the chassis shop . Probably be early next year now before the front end gets done . I might order the charge cooler set up and the front wheels next month if funds allow .

[Dirt]

Great, im really lookin forward to any updates

Hope its okay that i post a pic here?
Here is where i stopped cutting yesterday... not sure if i should just remove everything and make a new fender, or just cut it clean and make a wider fender from there. Tires will be 26x6-15".



Edit:  it looks like you cut it all off on your car, but im keeping the stock look from the outside (no abarth fender), do you think i could still cut away everything on the inside as long as i take it easy on last part of it?

[600gaz]

If you don\'t want wider arches but alot wider rear wheels then the wheels will need to move inwards so the extra wheel width can be fitted . This is ok for drag racing but will probably :censored::censored::censored::censored: up the cornering ability so you have too decide from day 1 .
You could get a cardboard template of the wheel width you want and then just extend the inner wheel arch tub off the original so that it covers the tyre etc . Don\'t forget to allow for the proposed ride height and suspension movement or else the tyres will fould the tub .