We Fix The Turdbo Fiat For $600!! Brakes, Timing Belt, Driveshaft!! Let See What It Can Do!!

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[@ya472]

Awesome editing, just hitting the highlights, which makes a concise and informative, and interesting video. Thanks.

[@jfs6545]

Excellent editing on this one. Starting to look pretty awesome....

[@thedrickel]

Dang 25k subs! Congrats

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Brilliant videos Daniel, always enjoy them 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@johngaither9263]

The 124 was a fun car to drive in its stock form. The light weight, suspension and capably performing engine made it fast and tight in the turns. A comparison against its stock performance and what it will do after the modifications will be interesting.

[@Flies2FLL]

I owned one in 1995 for about 9 months down in San Juan. That thing was an utter beater, it had 82 hp, no air cleaner, it had two alloy wheels on the passenger side and two steel wheels on the drivers side, it had a broken sway bar connection, and a stupid GM Turbo 200 transmission straight from a Chevette. That thing was great! I look at David's videos about convertibles with power tops. How stupid can you get? My Spyder: Unlatch two latches at the top of the windshield, flip the roof over your head, and down the road you go, it was awesome! Me with my Wayfarers and airline pilot uniform on, the Puertorriquenas noticed me.... -AND there was almost NOTHING that could keep up with that car on the clover-leaf curves into the airport in San Juan! Kids in hopped up Honda Civics would come roaring up behind me and I would just floor the thing, and look down the curve the way you do with a motorcycle. I could hear them braking and flooring it and braking....To no avail. That stupid rusted old Fiat just left them in the dust! Of COURSE they made a point of flying past me when the road got straight. Mmm hmm.... How you doing?

[@jeffgriffith7003]

That car wasquicker than I expected

[@tjroelsma]

Fiat's of that time had relatively small engines because of Italian fiscal rules. To still get a decent topspeed, they came equipped with pretty tall geared gearboxes and a tall final drive. The result was cars that didn't win any redlight drags, but were pretty fast when driven in anger on the road.

[@alpine1600s]

124 were the Miatas before the Miata. But MUCH BETTER LOOKING.

[@usergonemad]

Having owned and loved both, I can agree. The Miata was utterly care-free but my Fiat was prettier and never let me down either.

[@SydneyCrowe]

I agree! Being in the military in the early 80's in Europe, these things were great fun to drive.

[@redbarchetta8782]

That would be the MGB, the Fiat didn't sell quite as well.

[@leonarddaneman810]

I drove one back in the 70's, and drove it hard. You needed seatbelts not just for safety, but keeping you strapped in during turns. It is a driver's car, body by Bertone . . . worth 'derustification' if you know what I mean. Interior parts are still being made, last I checked.

[@rocketscientist007]

Designed by Pininfarina not Bertone.

[@moritzhummel9747]

@@rocketscientist007 Tom Tjaarda, American - to be precise.

[@paulm3538]

New Pininfarina badges add at least 5hp…

[@leonarddaneman810]

@@rocketscientist007 Thanks. I was going to say that and then saw the badge and got that wrong too. I stand corrected.

[@leonarddaneman810]

@@paulm3538 You can add another 10 hp with pinstripes.

[@jimcondray4632]

This looks like a fun little project.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Don't need a lot of power with a light car; that is the mantra of Lotus, McLaren and...old Fiats? 😆 Looking forward to the next video - cheers!

[@dennisfahey2379]

The Fiat 130 Coupe with its 2.8L V6 was considered the epitome of Fiat Engineering. The engine was designed by a Ferrari Formula One engineer. Very light car - very strong torquey engine. Sadly too few were made.

[@romanpaladino]

@@dennisfahey2379 - The Twin Cam in this car was also designed by the same man, Aurelio Lampredi. It is a good engine and did very well in motorsport. Especially World Rally Championship, where it powered Fiats and Lancias to 10 championships from '77 to '92. Including the Lancia Delta HF (like the one at 10:27) which won 6 consecutive times from '87-'92. The Lampredi Twin Cam still holds the record as the most successful engine in WRC.

[@dbevit]

@@dennisfahey2379 That engine had one problem: it needed an oil tanker following the car, i.e. it was very thirsty.

[@topher9671]

Fantastic video! Daniel-san was such an awesome addition to Omega and I can’t wait to see what kind of exciting projects come in the future!!

[@trwsandford]

You aren't going to want to sell that.

[@DominicCerisano]

I actually like the fast forward repairs with the voice over. Also throwing in a few satisfying live action bits like resurfacing the brake rotors was very pro. Hope you paint it, or maybe wrap it. That baby blue doesn't suit it. Maybe even cut off the ugly North American bumpers and go full Abarth rally mode! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gni6m5xupph4i6s I am guessing you are going to hide a NOX unit in there somewhere?

[@nigelcox7477]

You’ve just restored her Fiatissimo! She’s coming back… with your help. Bravo! 👍❤️😎✅

[@loneproxy]

Welcome to the wonderful world of 124's. They put a smile on your face. Restore it 🙂

[@DonFarmer-hq5sw]

Great build ! She looks like a fun ride ❤. You are definitely not wasting your time on this one 😊

[@realbogus]

I love the traditional Italian car driving position. Steering wheel is at a bus driver angle!!!

[@chassegallerie2910]

The rust problem doesn't seems too bad. Someone that like this car will most likely get to restore it.

[@RobertYonng]

Run valvoline restore and protect. 😉

[@TheNismo777]

Its a healthy engine for sure! ready to chase delta integrales any day!

[@nickayivor8432]

Enjoy your evening with all your family around you,Daniel-San Can't wait for the next video 👍 INSIGHTFUL,Daniel-San Daniel-San,take care From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 18:30pm Good Evening

[@Chuck59ish]

The brakes were usually AP or Girling depending on the market.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

They certainly aren’t 4-pot Brembos ! 😅

[@dennisfahey2379]

The Spider is a really fun car. It's well balanced and responds nicely. I had to laugh because driving a Fiat of this vintage was like driving in your dining room chair - you are pretty much straight upright. Also the rack and pinion steering is foreign to anyone who has only driven a post 2010 car. Its a bit of a workout on U-turns. These cars, fully restored, are very sought after and as Daniel-San noted - parts are readily available even after almost 50 years. The modern Abarth 124 Spider is a blast to drive.

[@DugatDizzyLizzys]

And it spun the tyres when you gave it a "little" gas. 👍 Watching you do the work on the brakes takes me back decades. Skimming discs was part of my training at college, but TBH, I've never had to do it. Easier if you don't have access to lathes and grinders to just replace them, if you can, as I bet finding those rotors might be difficult and expensive due to it's age. It goes', it stops. Get that carb cleaned, tuned and dyno it 😄

[@wushock92]

This has been interesting to watch. My uncle had a 1974 124 Spyder and as a mid-teen, I thought that was one cool car.

[@CarlosCeballos56]

Yep, you have the thing for wrenching videos, keep going men. Congrats for the 25K subs🎉🎉🎉

[@stealthg35infiniti94]

Would De Carbonizing the the piston rings with a chemical oil flush additive help in this case?

[@thegadgetmann1]

Great job!! Wonderful content. Maybe this old girl can be saved??

[@TissTime4Tea]

I rebuilt a 78 completely over the pandemic. I rebuilt the engine, made a new wiring harness, big brake kit, custom half roll cage, interior, etc. it is a fun car!

[@RichieRouge206]

You have done a great job there Daniel. What a pleasure it is to work on the little Fiat. It's already got some pep so it will fly with that turbo! Really enjoy your style and enthusiasm!

[@georgealvarez8967]

Great video, edit and progress. Good series and thanks to you and the wizard!

[@RobertYonng]

Old ford design calipers. Good sign break fluid dripping. 👍

[@mikeceli]

As I mentioned in your first Fiat 124 video, I was a Fiat service manager, for about 9 years. In that time we did LOT of Valve jobs due to customers allowing their Timing Belts to fail and bend valves. REMARKABLY, only once I recall, seeing a Fiat with bad cylinder walls! The cars rust away but the cylinder walls and pistons hang in their for over 100,000 miles, or more! I THINK, as you stated, the Rings might be your cause of blowby. I RECOMMEND adding a carbon busting solvent to each cylinder and let soak for a few days. That may very well free up said rings.

[@dankingsbury9971]

Yup on the timing belt, "interference design" before it was popular. I botched a new belt install on one due to not checking after tensioning the belt, but saved time after fixing the bent valves since I'd done the teardown before! I loved the valve shims, the Fiat dealer would loan out the set and just count the total when you brought it back.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Fiat were pioneers of mass-market timing belt engines. Right through to the 90s they were quoting a 72,000 mile replacement interval !

[@Bugholeexcalibur]

This is the way. A bit of context, and then wrenching :)

[@KM-bs1gf]

Sir, will you say that you are Italian Station Specialist? You're knowledgeable for all Italian automotive products. THANK YOU

[@JMgmkh]

Steering wheel a little BIG ? haha

[@gregmcable]

When I had mine, I was surprised to see the callers were aluminum; (4wheel disks, uncommon at the price point) a nice touch for an “affordable” sports car. The problem was the steel bleeder screws would freeze inside the aluminum caliper, (galvanic corrosion) the only solution was replacing the caliper. The manual specified periodic loosening and tightening of the bleeder valve, which Americans were unaccustomed too, contributing to reputation that Fiats, were cheap or badly engineered, but deferred maintained wascreall the culprit.

[@jriveraaustralia]

You make it look easy, great mechanic, credit to your skills mate. The Wizard is lucky to have you working for him. Watching from Brisbane Australia.🔥👍

[@Flies2FLL]

I'm from Orlando, but older. In 1999 I used cruise Orange Avenue downtown and then hang with a bunch of guys in the parking lot of the Greek restaurant at Orange and Colonial. We all had Volkswagens and the "leader" was this guy about 20 at the time named Brad. I found out about this one day in traffic. I'm in my '92 Corrado SLC and I see this MK2 Jetta doing all kinds of crazy stuff to catch up with me in my mirror; He got along side finally and told me about the group so I hung out with them Friday nights if I was in town. It was tons of fun, and afterwards I would go to the clubs on Orange. Orlando has an AMAZING car community! -The very best mechanics I have ever seen where 20-something Puerto Rican kids in Orlando. One of them took a $1200 RX-7 and put it in the 9's for less than $2000....

[@mikeceli]

After draining and refilling the cooling system, you MUST open the Heater valve and bleed the air, at the coolant aluminum "T" Fitting. (IFO the Timing belt) This may be why your rans did not come on.

[@marionstorm9004]

Sixteen minues flew by in what seemed like six minutes! Excellent video! Waiting for the next one!

[@bobbybabsonjr787]

My first car was a 78 124 spider same color, my father showed me how to replace the starter , and clutch cable / throw out bearing , had it painted midnight metallic blue put a white top on . That was a fun car to drive , the next car was an x19

[@dbevit]

That engine is the famous "bialbero Lampredi", sounds and runs nice. FIAT, mechanically speaking, was second to noone. Body work maybe rusted in certain climates, but the cars could run. The "c" in Lancia is pronounced like the "c" in "champion"... so it's not Lansia, but Lancha.

[@braxtonnelson5375]

Really enjoying this build... good mix of talking and wrenching, and the car seems to appreciate the attention! Keep up the good work Daniel-san.

[@gunnarlandin3258]

10:25 that's a 1987-88 Delta HF Integrale 8V with the wrong hood, wheels, seats, gearknob, rear badge and instrument cluster to name a few things.

[@BrianGould-n9r]

The Lampredi twin-cam engines made 124 and 131s worth owning, especially if you learned enough Italian to read wiring diagrams.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

I actually love the old 124s. I remember when they could be had all day long for a few hundred bucks. To an American shadetree mechanic in the 1970s, these things looked like the work of the Evil one.

[@meddlesome9252]

You can't just tell us you visited Grimes without giving us Grimes! We need his comments shitting on your car 😂😊😉. That's his super power!

[@kimnorrgren9468]

Yeah quick run on work is great and instructive. Simplicity construction makes its much effortless to get a standstill car going again. Looking forward to the next episode

[@robertomercado8311]

That little Fiat's engine and tranny are healthy as hell. Most problems with these cars were due to bad grounds and their tendency to rust out quickly due to poor metal sheets. Other than that, old Fiats are a delight to drive and have fun with. They are easy to work on as well. I own a 1979 and I do love my "Sofia the Fiat" very much!

[@oliverolsen620]

Great content from a real pro - keep'em coming and show us how the ""Turdbo" can perform

[@OnTourWithPattiSmith]

Nobody ever drove a FIAT Spider called it “amazing” … fun is an apt description. 💯

[@kerrylewis2581]

The Turdbo moves again after fifteen years. I'll bet that was a fun car to drive when new. Nice work Daniel-San

[@dB_944]

I had about 4-5 videos on my list to watch today. I chose yours first. 👍 I like this series. I remember seeing several of these 124s at a local car lot back in the 80’s. There was a steel-blue one I wanted so bad.

[@wadiaabushanab9607]

Sweet! I’m excited to see you finish this project. I plan on building a turbo version of the same car so I might use your videos for ideas haha.

[@billtodd6509]

Its great to see professional mechanics getting the job done. Wizzard has a knack for getting top hands to work there. My neighbor had a Fiat the same color and it would really run. He bought it new.

[@mds2465]

If memory serves me correctly, I believe that some of these cars were equipped with an idle air control valve, and I’ve been told that sometimes they will cause the exact same issues you are experiencing here. I’m not sure if this car has one of those, but that’s always something to check on an older car if it has one.

[@midwestlee-iw8nl]

your doing great

[@thatguy6111]

I rebuilt a set of those calipers on my 124 spyder and almost lost a finger when I used shop air to push the piston out….at Mach Jesus. Better lucky than good that day.

[@JohnMcCullough-wr9hj]

The 124 is such an easy engine and suspension to work on. Timing belt pretty easy once you have done a time or two. Very interested in seeing the FI system and turbo. There are so many of these and very cheap. Of course in California would not want to do anything on a 1976 or newer as needs to be smogged.

[@Sabrinahuskydog]

Like the other people have commented I like your editing style on this one. Do more videos like this! Perfect. ❤❤❤

[@ryanh4889]

Great work! My second car was a 1973 124 Spider. In around 1987.

[@dandel351]

This thing seems to have some potential. I look forward to see how this rig turns out. I was having Vice Grip Garage vibes once you started tearing into the rusty stuff. You might have a modern style rat rod on your hands at the end.👍

[@rktrumble]

The steering wheel position looks dreadful. Also, was the entire steering column moving while you were driving?

[@treystone1993]

Great to see your channel picking up steam. Gave a sub months ago hoping to see you get some love. You have improved soooo much dude! It's awesome to see. Now I have to watch more.

[@SpaceTech54]

Great Video - excellent chapter by chapter coverage - Thanks.

[@jdw242b]

grew up with three of these as transport (between ages 8 and 11); would've never guessed they were four wheel disc. Great job on the vid!

[@shortvidz9576]

The chassis is actually in decent condition I thought the bottom would be rusted lol a bit of metal work to the lower section will save that thing

[@michaeldmckenzie]

It's a shame there isn't money in the budget to do a full resto-mod. These were very fun to drive. Hope you enjoy!

[@grahamr1234]

Might be interesting to compare compression ratio between the fiat and the lancia, usually when an engine uses forced induction the compression ratio is lower than the normally aspirated version of the same engine. This is definitely the case on the normally aspirated engine in my car, it has a supercharged version and the compression ratio is definitely lower

[@Czechbound]

I like this small, lightweight, cheap old things. More of things like this please :)

[@X_theOracle]

WOW! This channel will blow up if you keep this up. Nice work sir.

[@ProtoType99468]

great car ! ( is that a FEMA emergency blanket seat wrap)

[@mrCarbon212]

I wanna see how it will drive after the upgrades, because it looks like light chassi allready.

[@logansplaces728]

Okay, doing burn outs off rip is what I’m talking about🤣

[@GoosSlotegraaf]

Dump the (American) bumpers. It looks a whole lot more pretty without them

[@EvilEndz]

A nice upgrade would be a faster steering rack so that big old steering wheel is easier to use, and it allows the car to keep its character.

[@RS-oy7uh]

New sub ,,, watching from the Philippines 🌴

[@tedzehnder961]

Hope you don`t have too much blow by. Turbo might complicate that.

[@paulbegemann4308]

These cars are super simple but actually the basics are well engineered brakes and suspension

[@tatialo37]

Very cool 😎 I can't wait for a Honda Civic build!!!

[@lesklower7281]

You are doing everything right you got the Fiat running properly and stopping

[@meofnz2320]

Nicely put together, video pacing is just right.

[@JohnWaldron-cm7ce]

You make it look so easy-great video-John in Texas

[@DevinNerison]

Restore her if you can. Rust may be to deep but those cars were so fun!

[@stoveguy2133]

I want to see a water to air intercooler. Like a brick on intake pipe near top of motor.

[@wurly164]

Thank you for showing the work. Let's get this boy more subscribers

[@milqueto]

I applaud you for showing the shake test.

[@wingingit9493]

I learned to drive as a kid in a 1967 Fiat 850 Sport Coupe and 1969 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe in the same blue. My Dad autocross, hill climbed and tracked them for years. And never lost his class in Arkansas and Oklahoma and sometimes took fastest time of the day. He even took the 124 to the Tulsa speedway back when it was at the fairgrounds and won all the run what you bring races he entered. I had a great childhood in Fiats. Yeah there were Mustangs, Jags, Porsche, BMW, muscle cars. But the Fiats cornered like they were on rails with a bit of setup work. The little ovhc mini hemi is a work of art in the 124. I remember dads 124 had a engraving from the factory on the front wing windows. " Do Not Open Above 115 MPH "

[@dankingsbury9971]

I watched a gymkana in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in the early 70's, with American GI's driving muscle cars (Mustang, Corvette) and German's driving Euro cars (BMW, Porsche, etc). Not sure how they decided the sequence to run them (biggest first?), but the 2d fastest car was a Fiat 500 Abarth, and the fastest was an NSU Wankel.

[@ThomasKuhar]

Great series! I like you showing the wrenching!

[@charliecliche6155]

I drive a school bus with a steering wheel that size.

[@Vladitorius]

that thing with efi and 200hp track weapon i reckon

[@Flies2FLL]

"Whatever the heck that is" What does the word "heck" mean?

[@Jim-fp3kt]

These look good without the bumpers

[@jamescampbell3558]

Hello from Nova Scotia, Canada!

[@diysecuritygear9594]

😃 yeah, rings aren't good and the turbo isn't going to help them.. Let's go ahead and go full Cleetus with the boost!

[@diysecuritygear9594]

* actually it would be awesome to see you in one of his events like danger ranger or le mullets.

[@hamishcruden7623]

How many microns did you take off disk?

[@golletim]

Scramble button for hidden feature😅

[@LilYeshua]

It's called dead paint/oxidized paint..

[@nipperdawg1865]

😅that's a tired engine comp should be 140 ish

[@katywalker8322]

Wonder if the compression test was done with the throttle closed.

[@dankingsbury9971]

You want to do it hot, too, but my bet's on the rings

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Maybe with US low compression…. my 90s European Fiat Tipo SOHC 1400 engine ran 175 -180 PSI….