Abarth news

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 12/04/2014 at 17:58 • Filed to: Abarth

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Some time ago Fiat announced the Abarth 695 biposto which is a 500 on quite a lot of steroids. For an unfeasible amount of money (twice and more what a basic 500 will cost you) you get 190 bhp and all kinds of go faster goodies. You lose out on half of the seats (that's what the biposto bit means). And it doesn't stop there. You can get one of these. And you would. Oh yes you would. Just look at it. It's attached to a dog ring 'box which adds the price of a (very cheap) new car to the price. Tick enough boxes and your biposto can cost Cayman money.

But just look at it.

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:00

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I must have that shifter for my car.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/04/2014 at 18:02

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If I had the money I would buy this car just for that shifter.

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/04/2014 at 18:04

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Have you seen what the gearbox costs??

£8,500 for only five gears. Yes, really. There's no reason why they couldn't fit the lever to any old box of course, or indeed fit the fancy box with the standard lever.

Saoul-Virage > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:05

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It is so mad : LSD, straight cut gear, sequential gearbox, rollcage, carbon seat, all the rally stuff... in a road legal car ! How not to love it?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:07

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Wow that's high. I'm sure I could get the shifter working with a stock box, although the shifter itself probably costs hundreds if not thousands.

Cé hé sin > Saoul-Virage 12/04/2014 at 18:10

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They've apparently taken orders for much more than the first year's production already.

It's not a sequential box though - look at the first image. It's a conventional H pattern.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:10

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This is dangerously sexual.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:14

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Exposed billet shift linkages make me feel faint. I need this in my life.

Anon > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:18

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something inside me says it woukd be stupid to spend 45k on a hopped up 500 but I'm going to ignore that part.

Saracen > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 18:19

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NSFW

desertdog5051 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/04/2014 at 18:26

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Grab me the key ring while you are in there, please.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > desertdog5051 12/04/2014 at 18:32

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Na tis mine.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/04/2014 at 18:35

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it will take around 200 dollars of material and labor for this. It's all CNC'd aluminum and a cast piece of metal.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 12/04/2014 at 18:39

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Which means they very well could charge 1k for it.

Makoyouidiot > Cé hé sin 12/04/2014 at 22:23

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Waaaaaant

Saoul-Virage > Cé hé sin 12/05/2014 at 08:34

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You're right, it's a weird choice to me.

Cé hé sin > Saoul-Virage 12/05/2014 at 10:19

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To me too. It's made by a company called Bacci Romano who offer a sequential box right here for a spectacular price.

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 12/05/2014 at 10:24

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See it in use here and note that the exposed gate is below the pivot point of the lever so it seems to operate the wrong way around.

uofime > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 12/05/2014 at 10:29

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and bearings, and rod ends, and push pull cables. that cast part is not small or simple either. probably 600$ though who know's what they'd charge at a dealer

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 12/05/2014 at 10:47

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It is a strange set up. Very cool though.

Saoul-Virage > Cé hé sin 12/05/2014 at 10:57

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Oh thanks, I didn't know this company existed. And the price isn't so much spectacular, that's the right price for a sequential gearbox. I think Sadev gearboxes (French motorsport gearboxes manufacturer) are in these range of price.
I browse their website and now I want a Limited Slip Diff and a short final gear for my Fiat Panda !