Abarth 500 esseesse from Norway

I've been on a small shoppingspree and ordered some stuff for my car. A Christmas present for my self of sorts. So headed my way from TMC Motorsport in the UK there was the following:

695 Tributo Ferrari style aluminum mats. These were seen in the pressphotos of the 695 Tributo Ferrari, I've posted one below but I don't think they were ever delivered with the cars. But TMC has made some that looks like them

Here they are IRL

I got the Tributo Ferrari badges on ebay.

I've also treated myself and the car to a GTT Cold Ram Induction kit
In this kit is also a grenade style pop off filter I also bought a GTT/SFS Silicon Induction Hose to replace the restrictive original part.

In addition to this I have gotten a battery cover, turbo heatshield and expansion tank cover in polished aluminum. So now my engine room is shiny! I've also bought some 695 badges to put under the Abarth logo on the rear fenders

I received the Cold Ram kit and the other bits in the post a few days ago and it got put on the car ASAP. Gives my engine bay a whole other look. And that induction sound is epic

I didn't put the silicone intake hose on as it seemed a bit fiddly. I'll leave that for when I get the rest of my GTT 190 kit put in. Didn't get any in progress pics as I was a bit eager, but a few afters. The scorpion badge was bought on ebay and put on for decoration. One can never have too many scorpions IMO

Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, combination of iPhone and poor lighting is not a good one First the parts were inventoried on my dining table

Engine before:

After:

Details:

The kit gives the car a bit more omph as the turbo spools up faster, it produces more pops and bangs from the exhaust and the suction noise is great. It also has a pop off filter so you get a nice understated sneeze when you let off the trottle.

On a dyno the kit should give between 8 and 15 hp ekstra depending on other mods etc.

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Original von ben_der
Totally diggin' that mats!
Guess there are none on the market for the Grande Punto?!

Looks like your new "cold intake" just makes sense with a fresh air hole in your hood?
That way it just soaks up more hot air, I'd say.

The mats look brilliant, and I am very happy with them. Don't theink they have made them for the GP.

The scuttle area is a high pressure zone so it does get cold air. It was tested in the development of the kit and this was the best area to get cold air from. The Simota kit gets it's air from the same place. I have drilled a 5 cm hole in the plastic of the scuttle panel area just in front of the filter. It gives more induction noise.

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Original von _ASeppi
Pretty neat car, congrats

A video of you cleaning the 500 would be awesome, as you seem to be an expert in cleaning a car especially the 500 abarth.

cheers

Thanks. I do have a bit of OCD when it comes to car cleaning I'll see what I can do about a video. Won't be until spring, because there is nowhere to do a proper clean now that winter has arrived in Norway

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Original von corsa
Good to see you here too Cyberdog

Nice to see you too corsa

TMC tuning box added

The next step in tuning my Abarth is in place

As the mechanical novice I am I have to say it was surprisingly easy. The most stressful part was holding on to a nut that holds the battery tray. Is there a magnetic socket set out there? But my GF has small hands and assisted me so all was well. Since I have the GTT Cold Ram kit I didn't have to remove the airbox to get to the MAP sensor. When putting the battery tray back in we used some gum to hold the troublesome nut in place in the socket

I managed to mount the connector for the Boost sensor upside down (a common mistake according to the soothing voice of Daron from TMC Motorsport on the phone when a rather stressed out norwegian called him after starting a spluttering and coughing car with no boost...)

Removed the battery to gain access, swopped the boost connector over and voila. The car is noticeably faster. More bottom end grunt, and holds the boost longer. On the road it is definately noticeably faster.

"The mechanic" at work:

Here are some pics of my engine bay

The next planned mod is an uprated GTT actuator, 200 cell kat and bigger bore downpipe.
I got Polly Motorsport standing by to fit and adjust when and if I decide to get it done

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Nice and a very clean Engine bay!!! I am impressed!
How satisfied are you with TMC? We don't hear alot from his tuning here in Germany.
Is Polly Motorsport not tthe company of that crazy guy who got a very fast Pontiac!? How does he make that road legal?

nardoo

Thank you Nardoo

I am very happy with TMC. He is also highly regarded on the UK Abarth forum. His online store has a lot of Abarth goodies and I have bought a lot of nice stuff from there.

Pollly Motorsport is the crazy guy with the Pontiac How he has done it I have no idea.. 407 kmh is his record..

C