Gearbox Refitting & Intake Mods - Fiat X1/9 [Ep 3]

[@lauriecostabile3595]

Well Son, I've got to hand it to you. This is some machine you've put together. Great work, keep it up little buddy.

[@antonyarnanova]

Watching theses vids makes me want to buy a 1/9!!

[@markymedia]

Nice work Dom, Your videos are great.

[@fjnagle2nd]

Having owned a 74 X1/9, some things to remember. the engine is a zero clearance motor, don't go past recommended interval for timing belt. You'll eat valves. Back in the day the interval was 20k miles. Check with your replacement belt manufacturer. Also, tire pressures are critical to good handling. The x1/9 is almost perfectly balanced front to rear. Being a mid engine, tire pressures must be within 2 PSI front to rear. the further off, the handling really goes to sh!t. With the rear storage floor removed, have you thought about dropping a small turbo in it? Hope you enjoy yours as much as I did mine. Cheers

[@RevTek]

I don't want to get hopes up as this is a long term project and a long way off, but engine work will happen one day. Undecided between forced induction, or a completely different engine from across the pond... ;)

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Are you not cooling the intake at all? I believe the X1/9 won't thank you for that -- it gets very hot under there, due to the cramped space, and the heat causes all sorts of fuelling issues if you don't cool the intake and the carburettor (later models had an air cooling fan for the carb). My X1/9 had no end of issues because the coolant passageways to the intake were blocked by a careless previous owner trying to fix a leak with RadWeld. Still, the video is from 2016, so either there were no problems or you already discovered and fixed them!

[@RevTek]

You know what you could be onto something there... I've been having some random driveability issues where the car will start spluttering. Diagnosed to fueling issues so replaced the mechanical pump with an electronic unit, swapped out the carb, cleaned out the tank, problem persists! Letting the car sit for a few minutes allowed it to be driveable for a while longer. Hasn't happened recently (likely due to cooler ambient temps and engine bay cooking modifications) but I may have to add the carb cooling fan back in. Thanks for the insight!

[@antonyarnanova]

Any new vids coming?

[@RevTek]

Many more on the way!

[@dee106ful]

Whats going on in episode2 you had ceramic coated headers now its old cast iron manifold.

[@RevTek]

In the previous video I was test fitting the new extractors, however I still haven't had a chance to make up the rest of my exhaust so I'm using the stock one for now. Definitely a job and future video :)

[@riccardogatti4038]

1300/1500!?