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Jayson Woodruff wrote:Craig Way in San Diego has the GP 850 spyder. He might be a source, I think he's chimed into LA a few time and you might be able to use 'find other users'.

Jay W

The wheels are for Craig's car. I will be co-driving @ Nationals w/him.

Thanx...

JE...

You're killing me here, Larry!!!!! :barf:

Howdy from Costa Mesa, I'm looking for another set of wheels for the little Fiat 850 Sedan w/4x98 bolt pattern and 6"-7" wide. My guess is that there are some closet Fiat people out there who may have something that's not being used and needs a new home. Gimme a call and let me know what y...

Aaron,

Glad to see you and a bunch of other 914 gearheads at Cars & Coffee this last weekend!

BTW, what did the guy say when you asked about trading straight across for the 300mph Bugatti? Ha..... }:)

John...

My Pro Solo 2009, or More Adventures with the Fiat 850 Sedan… It’s Thursday night and the car is still on the trailer from the National Tour. Car ran well and didn’t miss a beat. Friday morning, engine starts and revs freely, installed the electric water pump and it finally stopped leaking. I left t...

This video is of the Fiat 850 Sedan running Sunday in GP at this years National Tour. Our group got caught in most of the rain - lotsa fun! Event w/street tyres, the Fiat nearly got away from me several times on the first run. Oh yeah, I only had 1 wiper on the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL...

Thanks for this post, it certainly brought back some memories. I ran Solo 1 in an Abarth Allemano in the early 80's and miss it dearly. Was always a lot of fun and, just like today, a great bunch of people to race with.

JE...

Have been going to Cars & Coffee (Ford building @ 405 & 5 near Spectrum) a little more frequently since our group outing to stir up interest in Solo. Every time I go out I always run out of fliers and I talk to a good number of people while I'm there. I hope that more of you can attend this ...

Nice course once the Fiat got running, sorry about the game delay. :oops: The throttle cable stop slipped on my first stop and the jesus clip that holds the throttle rod to the bellcarnk fell off later in the run. Lots of 3rd gear action for the little Sedan. With the new head I was able to reach ri...

All 903cc's of the Fiat 850 Sedan will be there too.

Okay, here's the front seat video from the Fiat 850 Sedan...

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Great course Tom!!!


New head ready to install if it stops raining.

I have made a few of these for friends and now it's time to supply the rest of the group. I have put together a log book that has room for lots of info for each event that you run and it will allow you to refer back to specific events and how you set up your car. I find this a hand way to keep track...

I use OIl Eater here in the shop for cleaning my machines and oil spills. I found that OE can also remove aviation permatex from your hands, which there's not much else out there that even comes close. For driveways, use it 100%, for everything else I use 40%-50% solution, however you can dilute it ...

What fun is that? Oh wait... you're not driving a Fiat are you? Darn!!

Very quickly, here's a link to see a Shelby GT500 engine on the Simtester, I knew that you would ask "what is a Simtester".

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I wrote an article for Sand Sports Magazine about modern oils in the July/August 2007 issue (still available) and discussed how zinc and phosphorous percentages have gone from 0.12-0.14 down to 0.08 and the problems that we have seen in the engine rebuilding industry regarding flat cams, etc. I use ...

You's guys w/big rims have it easy to find a wide variety of tyre combinations. The Fiat 850 Sedan has 13" wheels and I need something in the 20" to 21" diameter range, this led me to getting a set of 175-50/13 Sumitomo HTR 200 (20") and installing them on 6" Panasports, the...

If you are talking about aluminum wheels, if they are straight, and if they are dismounted, I should be able to remove the 2mm, or what ever you think, at my shop. I'm in Costa Mesa. Will need to look at what you have to see what the options are. Send me some pix of the backside. John @ Costa Mesa R...

The Fiat 850 may not be as fast as a 240, but it's a blast to drive all the same! Here's my last run and recap from Sunday's event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goPJgeEB6NY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Thanks to everyone for making my freshman year so much fun and enter...

The car that I co-drove in Topeka is for sale. David has decided to build a B-Mod car to feed his need for speed. If you, or if you know of anyone interested, please let me know. I have a CD-ROM with a complete listing of what all goes w/sale - a bunch of stuff (engines, wheels, new tyres, etc). The...

I'm gonna try and be there this weekend. I sucked another retainer yesterday in San Diego, engine runs okay under acceleration, but sound slike crap at idle. It's a known Fiat problem on several models, espeically when you are cruising around 8000+ rpms. This is the second time this year for the pro...

Hey Aaron, Glad you finally got the 914 on the road. Sorry I didn't come over and look to see who the car belonged to last Sunday. I was in the Fiat 850 Sedan, also histeric... uh, Historic! class. I think you may find us old farts, sorry Doug - you don't qualify yet! ha - a pretty friendly bunch to...

Hmmm, as I remember, Fiat's run pretty well in wet conditions. Mind you, it's been nearly 30 years since I drove the Abarth @ Willow in the rain. Never mind the tyres, don't forget to bring your rain gear. SCCA was kind enough to giver everyone a ran poncho when we went to Topeka, mine is now in my ...

A Newbies Topeka Experience... By John Edwards (#903) This story begins with an internet connection and ends up with me driving my first National event in Topeka. It all started with a contact in a Yahoo Group that I started for us Fiat drivers who race our cars. I had several correspondences with o...

Okay, here'ya go. Drove a Fiat Abarth from Austin TX at the Nats. This is my first run on the East course. The car is setup way different than my Sedan, but it was a blast to drive, especially with new sticky tyres!!! More vids to follow as I get'm posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko5cyv9qUVg&...