I have had nothing go wrong with the car as of yet. This is a true 60's icon sportster uprated for the 90's.
Compared to the MGF & MX5, this is a leader. The styling is first class and with an engine that can be tweaked up to 290 bhp it's great.
290 BHP? From an engine with a 130 BHP standard? I doubt you could get that with a new Chip, a Supercharger and a NOS system.
Even if you could, if you increase a factory spec output by a factor of 2.5 you'll melt a piston/blow every gasket on the engine. Also at 290 BHP the chassis would render the car undriveable and scuttle shake would be awful.
Can you imagine a 290 BHP mark 1 Punto, because that's what chassis the barchetta has (tweaked admittedly)
No way can you put 290 BHP in a barchetta without changing virtually every part of the car, in which case it is no longer a barchetta.
They are beautiful cars though!
It's possible to fit the 4 cyl 16v engine from the original Fiat Coupe, ex Integrale block. Gives approx 150Hp. Might be possible to fit the turbo unit as well (with modification, space is very tight, 190hp standard. These are often tuned to 250-300hp, see the Fiat coupe website, but I'm not sure what this would do to the car's handling.
Nicest would be the 5 cyl 20v turbo (Later Fiat Coupe & 220Hp) but no room unless major surgery to the engine bay.
No its not! The front chassis rail will stop the engine going in and the 16vt driveshafts & gearbox don't fit. Where did you get your hp figures from..MaxPower?? Fiat Coupe 16VT makes 190Hp in standard form, 20vt makes 220. To get 300Hp is possible on a coupe, but only with major mods like FMIC, induction kits different turbo, re-map etc. On B no chance. Serious tuners have taken the coupe to 400hp+. That would turn a light car like a B into a missile and probably terminate the driver.
There is however a turbo kit available for it (NovoTech?) which produces 160hp after middling engine work.
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