Thinking about trading in the CR-Z for a Fiat 500 Abarth, thoughts?

You can always put it up on the market if you don't like the mod, and since you've scored maybe make a little profit on top.

Also, if you get the opportunity to do a road tune, do it. It is worth the additional cost. Dyno is good, but nothing beats real world loads while dialing it in.
 
Not sure if a tune like that is available for my car but there's a hand held tuner for it that really kicks was but because of my ported TB it's not comparable with it, weird. I'm happy with the performance right now but the 200 cell DP will make a difference without a doubt, not to mention make the car a bit louder and have more snap, crackle and pop🇮🇹

The GoPedal was bought tonight, so I wait for it to arrive from FLA and hopefully take it over to my buddy Hectours house to have him install it, might even wait till he changes the oil to do it. Speaking of that It's getting a European oil change, which in this case is Motul oil and a Mann oil filter.

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Road tunes are great but hard to get people to do them (at least that's my experience).

GoPedal? What did I miss? What is this Roger? Inquiring minds want to know :)
 
It's basically a throttle enhancer, makes the gas pedal very sensitive

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DetailKitty said:
Road tunes are great but hard to get people to do them (at least that's my experience).
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Yeah, most won't for legal reasons, which is understandable. Some do go for a quick test drive to finalize the tune, but even then only but a short few minutes.

If you get the opportunity, go for it. It's worth the extra $150-$200.
 
With the Dragon run approaching its time to get some things done before hand:

-Tomorrow morning, tire rotation.

-Once I get home, clean the K&N and re-oil

-Next Saturday...take the car over to my buddy Hectour's and do a European oil change.
 
Had every intention of driving over a 100 miles, one way, to South Bend Indiana to visit Tire Rack so I could see the new 45th anniversary OZ wheels in person. I wanted to do this because they show 2 different gray finishes when you do a Google search, can't make any mistakes this time around.

So when I started out it was overcast and very light sprinkles but as I got along it came down very hard, so hard in fact there was standing water on the freeway. Well that's a bad thing for little car, even though my tires are at 7/32nds I could feel it moving about, so I got off the expressway and stopped at McDonald's for some breakfast. I will make the trip in a couple weeks and report back, thanks for following what has turn into my build thread/review/recommendation thread. It has also netted some new friends and new adventures 🇮🇹🏁👍

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Getting oil changed at a dealership right now, $12.00 labor👍👍 The rain isn't looking like it's going to let up so I had to do what I had to do. They have screens so you can see your car being worked on, mine is off to the side of the screen

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there was standing water on the freeway. Well that's a bad thing for little car, even though my tires are at 7/32nds I could feel it moving about, so I got off the expressway and stopped at McDonald's for some breakfast.
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Standing water is no joke. Always trust your instincts. You did the right thing.

Saw a Ram ripped its bumper cleaned off while trying to part a standing water on the freeway when it rained hard a few months back. A few hours later a convertible BMW hydroplane and smashed into the guardrail just a few hundred yards from where the truck suffered. People need to recognize the danger and slow down to negotiate instead of trying to muscle their way through.
 
So the European oil change was done yesterday as well as the GoPedal install. My buddy Hectour came over, in the rain, while I was washing my car, to install the GoPedal. While I didn't drive it to test it out, as it was still raining, we did start it up, adjust to the most sensitive setting and revved it up to see how much resistance was on the gas pedal. It made a HUGE difference, so much in fact that the exhaust was doing it's snap, crackle and pop right there, I can't wait to see what it's like when we head out in an hour and a half to the Cars and Coffee.

Speaking of that, the first Evora S400 sold in the US IS going to be there, along with an Ultima GTR and rounding out the highlights is a Jaguar C-type, can't wait to go but it's going to be bitter sweet as it's the last one of these shows of the year and there's only 1 more big cars and Coffee left and that's on Oct 30th.

Here's to the GoPedal ==========

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This is from the last cars and coffee of the year at the Collectors Car Garage, I usually don't take a pic of my car there but I did today.

So about the GoPedal...O M G! I couldn't have been MORE wrong about this mod! I had it in my head to do mods that actually power instead of one that just enhances things. Now it may just enhance the throttle but without this mod the car just feels like it's chained down. I have it on the sport + setting with sensitivity all the way up, gotta actually relearn how to take off now....IT THAT MUCH FUN

I paid 1/3 of the cost but to be honest it's worth full price (I paid $100.00) My buddy couldn't get it to stick on the lower dash area but actually installed it on the carpet next to the console, great spot for it actually. The rest of the install was easy, plug and play, only needing to disconnect and reconnect the battery, done!

If one of these throttle enhancers is available for your car...GET IT!

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...from the Skyway!

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After my 3rd time in a row with the Abarth, going down to the Dragon, it's time to stiffen up the rear of the car. I was directed to a link on Fiat Tech where a guy used KYB shocks for an 84-87 Corvette, along with some bushings for the shocks and it works. The said he could compress the stock Abarth tuned shocks with his arms and hands, not so much with the KYB's. The total cost here is $80.00, which pales in comparison to what adjustable Koni yellows cost for my car which is about $350.

Further enhancements come with swapping out the rear coils and rear coils only. You see the car sits up pretty high in the rear and under hard braking situations, well let's just say things feel a little "light" in the rear. One of the shops I deal with, 500 Madness, has been known to sell just rear lowering springs to some people, I'm going to check into this over the winter.

Now that the car makes really good power it's time to direct some attention to the suspension, well besides the 28 mm rear bar I had added last year. A new set of tires and wheels will be added but that's just long overdue, stay "tuned" 🇮🇹

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...future look, what does everyone think?

More pics coming down the road but a new look is coming spring of 2017 as I will have the car for 3 years at that point. I will be getting new wheels then as well, so it's going to be an entirely new look. I'm actually going to Tire Rack in South Bend Indiana next Saturday to inspect the new wheels in person. I plan on buying 1 wheel and taking it home and placing it in our living room so I can stay motivated through the winter

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Klasse Act said:
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...future look, what does everyone think?

More pics coming down the road but a new look is coming spring of 2017 as I will have the car for 3 years at that point. I will be getting new wheels then as well, so it's going to be an entirely new look. I'm actually going to Tire Rack in South Bend Indiana next Saturday to inspect the new wheels in person. I plan on buying 1 wheel and taking it home and placing it in our living room so I can stay motivated through the winter

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I like the look. Here's another that I came across recently.
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I do prefer the tri color in your picture.
 
The stripe is upside down, green at the top and then white and red👈

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custmsprty said:
I'm partial to the current red strip you have.
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Although I'm geared towards the Italian stripe on the car it's possible it stays. I will have the hood and front bumper done first and really look at it, time will tell.

My buddy, Derek0609, is going to Photoshop the front and rear for me, that's going to really help as well.

I'm thinking about going with matte finish rather than glossy.

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