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

Klasse Act said:
Had to clean it up after the drive there and back and from the repair to the side skirt. New mods, fresh oil and almost 50 degrees and an outdoor rinseless, life is good🇮🇹
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Awesome! Enjoy Roger! :dblthumb2:
 
Just ordered a set of Yokahama S-drives for the Abarth. I went up to the 215-40's which are .3" taller and 10mm wider. I know they get good reviews and are not as expensive as the Michelin AS3's I wanted but didn't make them in the size I wanted. At the end of the of the day it was only $100 difference but I wanted/needed the upgrade in size any who😎

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Klasse Act said:
Just ordered a set of Yokahama S-drives for the Abarth. I went up to the 215-40's which are .3" taller and 10mm wider. I know they get good reviews and are not as expensive as the Michelin AS3's I wanted but didn't make them in the size I wanted. At the end of the of the day it was only $100 difference but I wanted/needed the upgrade in size any who😎

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Where's the like button??????? Im the MAN
 
redline said:
good luck keeping a front end alignment on a fiat
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I had the alignment checked at about 10,000 miles and it was within spec. The reason I did that is cuz the stupid Pirelli tires they come on the car horrible and there were wearing prematurely on the inner shoulder. I do plan on having another alignment done cuz I don't want to put a brand new set of tires on the car and have them be out of spec I'd rather be safe than sorry!

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Talk to txt😳

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i have a friend that has one and with 60000 miles he has put on 3 sets of tires.
 
redline said:
i have a friend that has one and with 60000 miles he has put on 3 sets of tires.
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If he's got an Abarth and/or drives "spiritedly" then that's not bad at all.

I'm guilty of driving my Si like I stole it, and I eat through a set of tires every 20k or so. I'm expecting to get a little less out of the more performance-oriented (compared to stock) Michelin Pilot Sports that I have on there now.

My wife's Accord has 34,000 miles on it and the factory Goodyears are still going strong. We'll easily squeeze another 4-5 thousand miles before they need replacing.

There's a lot of variables at play. :)
 
Nick@Autogeek said:
If he's got an Abarth and/or drives "spiritedly" then that's not bad at all.

I'm guilty of driving my Si like I stole it, and I eat through a set of tires every 20k or so. I'm expecting to get a little less out of the more performance-oriented (compared to stock) Michelin Pilot Sports that I have on there now.

My wife's Accord has 34,000 miles on it and the factory Goodyears are still going strong. We'll easily squeeze another 4-5 thousand miles before they need replacing.

There's a lot of variables at play. :)
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And if the Fiats are anything like Mini Coopers and BMWs, the camber is very aggressive for handling reasons, and decent tire life is non-existent for this reason alone.
 
redline said:
i have a friend that has one and with 60000 miles he has put on 3 sets of tires.
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Most perf tires are 200 treadwear number, give or take and A for both temp and traction, so it's basically pay to play🚦

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With a little less than a 100 miles on my car while coming home from work Monday night since getting my latest mods installed (ported OEM TB and lightened crank pulley) I had a flashing CEL come on while messing around with a WRX. It flashed for about 10-15 seconds and went away. I never really got into it with the WRX and when I got off of the freeway I found a straight away and stood on the gas and had NO issues.

Then yesterday while going to work, about 10 minutes into my trip, driving normal, the CEL came back but it wasn't flashing, it stayed solid. The road was wet so I wasn't really able to "get on it" but the perf seemed fine to me when I got on the gas as good as I could. After work, the night supervisor plugged in our Snap-On scan tool in and it came up as P0300B (multiple misfire) and we cleared it out.

I plan on driving the car "normal" for a while to give the computer time to maybe learn the new parts. Any thoughts by you guys/gals in the know?
 
Nick@Autogeek said:
Did you get the car tuned after completing said mods?
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I did not Nick. Last year around this time I had the tuning box and SRI installed but with those mods it was suggested to drive the car "normal" so the computer learns, which I did and NO issues at all. The next thing installed was the axle-back in the fall, so issues there either. So now it was the lightened crank pulley and the ported TB which is a factory unit FWIW.

I have 17.3K on the car and the plugs are original and require replacement @30K/
 
Hmmmm, if the code comes back, since you cleared it already, I would go back to the dealer. Hopefully it's the not the new parts..........Fix It Again Tony!
 
Klasse Act said:
I did not Nick. Last year around this time I had the tuning box and SRI installed but with those mods it was suggested to drive the car "normal" so the computer learns, which I did and NO issues at all. The next thing installed was the axle-back in the fall, so issues there either. So now it was the lightened crank pulley and the ported TB which is a factory unit FWIW.

I have 17.3K on the car and the plugs are original and require replacement @30K/
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Remember the computer can only compensate for so much. I would have your tuner take a look at it. I bet he/she can find the culprit and fix it.
 
Nick@Autogeek said:
Remember the computer can only compensate for so much. I would have your tuner take a look at it. I bet he/she can find the culprit and fix it.
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I don't think there was a TUNER involved, it's a piggy back system with certain settings or levels built in if I remember right.
 
derek0609 said:
I don't think there was a TUNER involved, it's a piggy back system with certain settings or levels built in if I remember right.
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Oh I see, kind of like those systems you see advertised for diesel trucks.

I have a Hondata FlashPro for my Civic Si and I had to have the tune done by a professional.
 
Talked to my buddy who's the service advisor at the FCA dealership and he said to drive it like normal and to let him know if it comes back...🙏

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Oh and btw Nick Derek is right, it's a piggy back system, a 3 wife set-up. For that they say to wait at least 100 miles so the ECU learns everything again and we also had to unplug the battery when doing that as well.

I'll be leaving work in about 30 mins, we'll see how it goes, 26 miles since the clearing of the code for misfire.

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