danielsydney
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How is your 88 Croma? There is one for sale on the Internet for nearly 10K!!!
How is your 88 Croma? There is one for sale on the Internet for nearly 10K!!!
General Just picked up my Fiat Ritmo this arvo :D
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General Just picked up my Fiat Ritmo this arvo :D
Lol, when Ritmo was used on the continent last time around...people used to say it stood for Rusty ITalian MOtor.
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Its coming along really nicely... its had its brakes rebuilt, transmission rebuilt, engine has been rebuilt... the only thing that hasnt had to be touched up so far is the body work, no rust anywhere! Still tryin to find some interior parts, needs some dash panels and also door panels.
Had her running the other day and my god she sounded beefy... mind you i upgraded the exhaust. I will post some pix up shortly.
As for my Ritmo, she is purrin like a kitten! 15,000ks and running super smooth as can be. Rear shelf still rattles a bit... but not as bad.
I nearly brought myself an old 85 regatta a few weeks back, saw an old red one for sale but couldnt remember the mobile #. I loved my Regata back in the day, she was a blast to drive to sydney in.
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Those old Lampredi twin cam engines always sounded great. Whacking a beefy exhaust generally just improved things.
I miss the engine and exhaust note of my Superbrava.
Troy.
danielsydney
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Norc,
How is the 1.4 actually. Its a pretty big car for that engine? The dualogic gearbox is coming out in the Ritmo this year and Im waiting for it to see if its any good?
How is the 1.4 actually. Its a pretty big car for that engine? The dualogic gearbox is coming out in the Ritmo this year and Im waiting for it to see if its any good?
Strange, Ritmo is what the Strada was called in Italy ???
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1.4 is great... pleanty power enough and theres a sport button if you really need it. I think ive only used sport mode about 5 times for short distances in the hills.. and even then it was only for the hell of it.
I dont see a need for the dualogic ... its just one thing more that could go wrong. Not that ive had any problems with my Ritmo. But after going back to Manual from an auto i will never drive auto again. I lurrrrrve manual gear boxes. They just work as they are told.
I dont see a need for the dualogic ... its just one thing more that could go wrong. Not that ive had any problems with my Ritmo. But after going back to Manual from an auto i will never drive auto again. I lurrrrrve manual gear boxes. They just work as they are told.
Yeh.. only losers drive Dualogics...
