14 X1 9 Autocross
Custom roll cage and springs with koni struts.
X1 9 autocross. 1980 fiat x 1 9 race car for sale. One of my clean laps at the autocross track. When looking for an x1 9 buy the car in the best condition regardless of year. The car is not running.
It s been a while since i ve said anything about my fiat x1 9. The x1 9 rolls a bit then quickly settles into the turn giving you the confidence to bury the throttle and ring the bells of your italian 4 cylinder x wing starfighter. This 1974 fiat x1 9 chassis 128as0019062 has a long history as a top flight scca autocrosser. Was one of the hardest courses to follow.
Amazing fiat x1 9 onboard external cameras ascoli 2017 duration. Steve hoelscher fiat x1 9 autocross national champion. Last year i got it out of storage did some work to it did one autocross with it in march did some more work to it and at my next autocross in june began having problems with it. Very fast car custom stroked 1 6l with programmable f i.
There are secondary criteria but generally one could start with a chassis from almost any production year and build up the car as desired. Here s an article i wrote a long time ago on home wheel alignment and one on flaring the fenders on a fiat x1 9. Great handling car at both low and high speed. Or see colibri charging up into turn 2 at an autocross at sears point.
Quickly hitting 6 500 rpm you coax it into second gear just to hit redline again. Third gear a long curve and you dare take the chance to hit it like the road owes you money. Custom roll cage and springs with koni struts. Hershey centre in mississauga on canada.
Great handling car at both low and high speed. And lightened body components. One class g prepared will keep the fiat engine running against old british roadsters and newer honda crxs. Competed in mcscc autocross and high speed autocross hpde track day events in the c race class.
It was hard to get it running and keep running and there were a few things at fault but at that point i was out of patience and didn t have any. The fiat x1 9 is a two seater mid engined sports car designed by bertone and manufactured by fiat from 1972 1982 and subsequently by bertone from 1982 1989. This is my first x1 9 colibri italian for hummingbird at an autocross at crow s landing. It may need head work and the cam timed.
With a transverse engine and gearbox in a mid mounted rear wheel drive configuration the x1 9 was noted for its balanced handling retractable headlights lightweight removable hardtop front and rear storage compartments and. 1980 fiat x 1 9 race car for sale.