Punto GT turbo

A little write up on one of fiats best hot hatches!

The Fiat punto GT turbo was a big hit back when it was first released, the lightweight chassis combined with a 1.4 turbocharged and intercooled engine meant performance was great giving 0 -60 in 7.4 seconds, top speed was claimed to be 127mph!
handling was good with a full indipendent suspension setup and due to being a relitivly lighweight car it takes only a few modifications to make this car fly! a simple chip, exhaust and airfilter along with an uprated actuator would give 170bhp,,,,,plenty enough to cause most fast 2 litre turbos a problem. And with an intercooler upagrade 180bhp plus is easyly possible.

One of the great hot hatches of past years, still capable of running rings around alot of todays fast hot hatches!

What are your views???

I love this car sooo much! it looks mint and it is pritty fast to lol! just wish mine was as fast as this lol! i think it is the best fiat hot hatch but thats just me, i love my punto's

fishy

FISHYGT wrote:I love this car sooo much! it looks mint and it is pritty fast to lol! just wish mine was as fast as this lol! i think it is the best fiat hot hatch but thats just me, i love my punto's

fishy

Thats another sign mate

jason

do u think so lol! the list is gettin massive now

Awesome car really liking them and it's by far the best punto made invest matty

The punto GT is a fast hot hatch and tunes upto 180bhp rather easy but the old cast iron engine weights a ton and runs a very old air flow meter setup and ecu, its reknown for breaking down and bits are harder to come by,,,and exspensive! If people have the money the best investment would be a punto HGT 1.8 16v - 130bhp, its 10bhp down on the GT but on the road its no slower.
Plus there are some HGT turbo'd punto's out there with well in excess of 200bhp which sadly the GT cant handle very well,,,,,,,,id have a GT turbo because im used to problems with fiat and i do all the work myself with trade parts but for anybody else,,,,,,,,,,,,possible big mistake,,,plus i no who would be spending all his time looking after it for matt haha.

jason

i think it is to and would love to invest in 1! but the only thing is i have had a fair though problems with mine and i think it would be same with the gt lol! Yeah thats probley true jay lol but i recon i could at least keep it top up with everything it needs or could i.... lol

fishy

well at least we no one thing matt,,,,you undersatand your car needs antifreeze when temps drop below 0, and not to top up with neat water in the winter haha. But again youd no better if the water were to freeze not to try and start the engine snapping the cambelt on the frozen water pump lol,,,,,,on no i may have got that wrong

Matt is cheif car destroyer of the year haha

jason

i think i do know better now lol! carnt believe i did that but in my defence i didnt know it was frozen lol! but i
still shudnt have turned it over that last couple of times ! least its a lesson learnt now

Fishy

FISHYGT wrote:i think i do know better now lol! carnt believe i did that but in my defence i didnt know it was frozen lol! but i
still shudnt have turned it over that last couple of times ! least its a lesson learnt now

Fishy

Your lucky that your engine is a clearance engine new belt, tensioner and water pump on and your on your way again unlike some of us that have interference engines

Thats what i like about the fiat f.i.r.e range, cheap and cheerful. The broken cambelt is a 1000 quid job on most cars nowdays,,,think of top off my head matt got this all done by me for about 40-50 quid haha

jason

Ahhh i will just go over here with my timming chain big yawn........................never mind


you will be paying on the GT alot,,,stick with the 60 Beast even if stuff goes wrong its cheaper for that thana GT

ahhh you, katie and dad all have timing chains!!! all reliable and safe with the trusty fords,,,,but i can play with my timing using the adjustable cam pulley to give better mid range torque or better top end power hehehe,,, suckers lol

snappy cambelts rule haha

jason

Has my car got a Chain ?

Yes its the same as mine so you dont have to worry like your 307