looking to buy a fiat and need help

[jalpa024]

Hi I’m looking at buying a 68 fiat 124 spider with the 1.6L engine but is there and advantage with a newer one, with the 1.8L or 2.0L engine? I like the looks of the older car with the bumpers and the marker lights, but I don’t wont a Fuel injection car. will all the after market engine stuff still fit the 1.6L?

Thanks
Christopher

[kmead]

It will be hard to find a '68. They came with a 1438 (which doesn't mean it still would have one).

When you say after market engine parts, headers, carbs, intake manifolds and so on all can work with an earlier engine. Cams vary as do the HC pistons.

I prefer the older cars as well. Fuel injection isn't such a bad thing, there can be advantages to the newer cars and they can be made to look more like an older car by changing out bumpers and so on. Newer cars are easier to find as they sold more and being somewhat better cars seem to have survived in larger numbers.

[jalpa024]

oh ok well the last thing I wont is a problem car. if the new cars a better car then that what I wont, what years would you perfer buying? and can or how hard would it be to put dual Crabs on a new fuel injection car?

Thanks agen
Christopher

[baltobernie]

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... 354#p93354
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... 204#p92204

etc.

[jalpa024]

Thanks for posting the links, But can you put Crabs on a new fuel injection car?

[SLOSpider]

You could put crabs on the new or older cars but be sure to warp them in foil and eat after about 1 hour driving time, yummy. But if that was a typo then yes you can also but a carb on it but it would not be smog legal. You would need to install a lower pressure pump and source an intake and carb setup.

[Exit98]

You can put dual crabs on a fuel injection car, pretty much any car actually.

You want to be sure that two crabs are of the same variety, if you mix them up they tend to fight with each other.

King Crabs look the best in my opinion, but I've found the Blue Crabs hang on better at high speeds.

[wikkid]

It also is best to stay with local varieties. Stone crabs are best in Miami, King crabs in Alaska, but in the Chesapeake Bay area, blue crabs are best.

I sure hope that's the kind of crabs you are talking about

[jalpa024]

LOL, well I can find lots of blue crabs, I live up river from the chesapeake bay in VA, yeah typo im look for carbs not crabs. In VA we don't smog test so ill be ok there, cool I was hopeing I could put duel carburetors on a 124 spider, now all I have to do is sell my other car so i can get one

[karhawk]

Actually Dungeness are the BEST crabs in the whole country right here in the SF/Bay area they are just coming into market now.

Chris
Oakland, Ca.