Tuning tips for the Fiat 1300
We look at the latest Fiat 1300 tuning parts and recommend the best mods. Read our complete 1300 tuning guide.
Available in standard form with power of upto 66bhp (depending on the year), so this goes to show the tuning potential of the 1300. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 72.6bhp to 112.2bhp but this depends on how deep your pockets are and how much fairy dust you want to use! You will almost certainly need to look at turbo or supercharger mods to get near that maximum power figure and your engines internals would need to be a fair bit stronger!
The Car Tuning Guide suggest that if you have a lower powered version you should do an engine swap with a ’66bhp 1500s’. On practically all cars from Fiat, you will see performance gains from some weight reduction. If you can shed a few hundred KG’s off your 1300 you will get a much better return on your tuning investment. Top of your list for tuning mods will be a fuel boost valve (for a snappy throttle response) and a good quality panel air filter. FASTROAD CAMS should be next up on your tuning list and will offer reasonable power gains on the 1300.
NOTE: The more you power that you start with the better your gain will be. POWER GAINS ARE PROPORTIONAL TO YOUR BASE POWER. Rather than try to hit big power figures on a small engine try and do an engine swap instead. Internal engine modifications that should be high up on your list would be polishing and porting the head. Some 1300 owners report increased MPG with a flowed head. Suspension improvements can dramatically increase the road holding and cornering of your 1300. A drop of 35mm will work well on most cars, any lower and you will hit other problems.
We will be covering 1300 modifications in more detail in the future so plase bookmark this site and check back for regular updates.
For further reading on any of the topics we have discussed we suggest you visit some of these links:
Car Tuning Forums A really friendly chat forum aimed at car modders.
Car Tuning News A news site dealing with motoring related topics.
Car Styling A really good modified car show with a picture gallery.
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