PROJECT FIAT 124, Testing, Measurements, Dyno, etc

[Chuck H]

Another shot with our new higher rate 300 front, 200 rear springs on KONI Sport shocks.

Really falling in love with this combo, the ride is amazing. I assumed the ride would be stiffer than our Progress springs which are less than half the spring rate but it did not work out that way. What actually happens is that higher rate springs mean you do not get into the bumpstops near as often and the ride feels actually more subtle than the lighter rate Progress Springs, yet car is even more flat in the turns. The only downside to this choice is that while the Progress Springs are made to work with stock shocks, these really need KONI SPORT shocks for adequate damping.

Not exactly 124-related, but didn't know where else to put it.

I know that you had an unsucessful attempt to get Swift to do some NC springs a couple of years ago, but any chance you could convince Progress to do higher rate springs for the NC like these? Seems like the same 300/250 specs you were looking at on the Swift ones would be awesome on the NC for folks who want a bit more than regular Progress, but don't necessarily want to jump to coilovers. Not sure if the NC1/NC2 front geometry difference would mean two different designs, which might complicate things, though.

[Brian]

I really like the 300/200 setup we have now finished for ND/Fiat124.

I like it so much we will look at going back and doing similar to NC. Only issue there is that we just sold our "Project Blue" NC and that leaves just our supercharged 2007 for the project fitment testing. So, I cannot promise the NC setup will happen.

[Chuck H]

I really like the 300/200 setup we have now finished for ND/Fiat124.

I like it so much we will look at going back and doing similar to NC. Only issue there is that we just sold our "Project Blue" NC and that leaves just our supercharged 2007 for the project fitment testing. So, I cannot promise the NC setup will happen.

I might be willing to trade my 30,000 mile 2012 NC straight up for your brand new 124 if you need another NC to test fit parts on.

Just kidding. Hopefully there's a local NC owner that can help you out, because I'm all the way on the other side of the country, otherwise I'd jump at the chance to be a beta tester. Keeping my fingers crossed that you come up with something.

[Brian]

Great day for our Project Fiat 124...TOP TIME OF DAY AT LAST AUTOCROSS EVENT OF THE SEASON!

Thanks to Buddy Patrick Sanford for great pics!

Used this last event to test some sway bar settings. Currently on our car is just a mild setup, full list below, and it was enough to lay down the fastest time today with about 200 competitors. Thanks to our buddy Patrick Sanford for great pics!

RoadsterSport Springs
Koni Sport Shocks
Our Short BumpStops for Koni
Our Sway Bars
17x9 6UL wheels
Complete RoadsterSport Exhaust System (2.5 inch Crosspipe, 2.5 inch Midpipe, Quad Outlet Muffler Delete).

[sleepingdogs]

Do you still have the EuroCompulsion ECU piggyback on board?

[Brian]

Nope...

[jpwfz6]

Hi Brian,
Just this weekend I made a deal to trade in my 06 Winning Blue GT that had a number of your upgrades.
My new vehicle coming this week is a red 124 ABARTH. On my miata I had your street header, midpide and super Q exhaust and was very extremely happy with the sound levels. I understand that the turbo in the Abarth makes it a very different vehicle in terms of exhaust acoustics, but I am looking for a similiar sound level in my Abarth. Obviously want to maximize the early turbo spoolup so am looking for a complete package but would like to hear your suggestions for a middle of the road exhaust volume. ( dual tip vs quad, resonated versus non, baffles etc)

"Small World" note here,....I bought my abarth from the same dealership ( Fiat Victoria) that had pics and video of your muffler delete package. I saw the car at the dealership last week. Unfortunately perhaps your muffler added too much torque and HP as the car had an unexpected off-road excursion. No one hurt, but I am not convinced that it will make it back on the road.

Thanks,

[Brian]

Sounds like they were having too much fun with our exhaust setup, sorry to hear they crashed it....but at least they were loving it!

For the Abarth our new Abarth Quad setup will be on the site for pre-orders in a few days. My suggestion would be get the Crosspipe with Resonated Midpipe and the new Abarth Quad. That will enable you to add up to FOUR additional little resonator baffles in that setup, which will give you a pretty wide range of sound choice. Pics of the new setup should post to this thread by end of this week.

[Ryan @ GWR]

Ohlins coilovers going on the project Fiat 124 for some upcoming fun!

[Brian]

First Pics of BIGGER Quad setup for Abarth Only!

On request we made version of our QUAD WITH BIGGER TIPS that fits Abarth only. The Abarth version has a bigger exhaust cut-out in rear bumper, our standard Quad fits as noted in prior pics but this version FILLS the cutout. Not everyone will want setup this aggressive looking but for those who do, it is going live on the site by tomorrow for 'prepay' and starts to ship to customers in about 30 da