New to the forum, Been away from Fiat/Lancia's for about 30 years just now getting back into the cars. I have a 1976 Scorpion picked up on bringatrailer a while back.
The Scorpion is my daily driver. It however is not my only car so it can be torn down when I need to.
The Scorpion has 95K on it, I am the third owner. The second owner rebuilt the engine with hotter cams and 9.3-1 pistons then over the next 30 years put only 7K on it and garage kept it so it is 100% rust free and solid. I have replaced tires, brake calipers, rotors, hoses, struts front and rear, wheel bearings, cv boots, engine mounts and more just replacing old rubber. I have added TMH roof straps and hard top as well as the 5th gear ratio change. They tell me that I got the last set of these gears and that they do not intend to make more. FYI they were made by bacci romanao www.bacciromano.com should any one want to see if they could get them to make another production run. The car came with a state of the art 1976 Blaupunkt radio which sucked. It now has a modern flip up touch screen with GPS and a back up camera and a 1500 watt Blaupunkt amp hidden under the carpet on the passenger side where the styrofoam was and is running a 4 speaker stet up. This weekend it is also getting a sub woffer that will be mounted between the seats up high, only place I could find. Then a custom enclosure for it will be made and upholstered. I own a small factory and one of the department in the factory does upholstery so I had the seats done in a red vinyl that matches the interior much better then the original leather. We also sand blasted the wheels and powder coated them silver (nice to own a factory that does these things) Next up is the engine. I use to manage a company called Performance Apex in Renton WA, Ray the owner long since moved the company to his home, while there I also had a Scorpion and learned a lot about what can be done. I will be working with Ray on this. The plan is to start with a Fiat 2.0 punch it out to 2.1 drop the compression ratio down to about 7-1, flow the head, add a turbo and intercooler, "O" ring the block, eliminate the distributor, add FI and while the engine is out install a new modern AC compressor. The goal is more power all across the RPM range but not so much power that reliability is an issue. BTW while I have let all of my certs expire I was a mechanic, factory trained on many new cars, shop foreman at a new car dealership and held double master ASE certifications so while I have not done this sort of thing in 20 years, I do have a bit of a clue as to what I am doing. Many of the parts such as the manifolds will be made by my employee's using CNC equipment as such I could be persuaded once I know it all works well to make additional parts.
Jay
The Scorpion is my daily driver. It however is not my only car so it can be torn down when I need to.
The Scorpion has 95K on it, I am the third owner. The second owner rebuilt the engine with hotter cams and 9.3-1 pistons then over the next 30 years put only 7K on it and garage kept it so it is 100% rust free and solid. I have replaced tires, brake calipers, rotors, hoses, struts front and rear, wheel bearings, cv boots, engine mounts and more just replacing old rubber. I have added TMH roof straps and hard top as well as the 5th gear ratio change. They tell me that I got the last set of these gears and that they do not intend to make more. FYI they were made by bacci romanao www.bacciromano.com should any one want to see if they could get them to make another production run. The car came with a state of the art 1976 Blaupunkt radio which sucked. It now has a modern flip up touch screen with GPS and a back up camera and a 1500 watt Blaupunkt amp hidden under the carpet on the passenger side where the styrofoam was and is running a 4 speaker stet up. This weekend it is also getting a sub woffer that will be mounted between the seats up high, only place I could find. Then a custom enclosure for it will be made and upholstered. I own a small factory and one of the department in the factory does upholstery so I had the seats done in a red vinyl that matches the interior much better then the original leather. We also sand blasted the wheels and powder coated them silver (nice to own a factory that does these things) Next up is the engine. I use to manage a company called Performance Apex in Renton WA, Ray the owner long since moved the company to his home, while there I also had a Scorpion and learned a lot about what can be done. I will be working with Ray on this. The plan is to start with a Fiat 2.0 punch it out to 2.1 drop the compression ratio down to about 7-1, flow the head, add a turbo and intercooler, "O" ring the block, eliminate the distributor, add FI and while the engine is out install a new modern AC compressor. The goal is more power all across the RPM range but not so much power that reliability is an issue. BTW while I have let all of my certs expire I was a mechanic, factory trained on many new cars, shop foreman at a new car dealership and held double master ASE certifications so while I have not done this sort of thing in 20 years, I do have a bit of a clue as to what I am doing. Many of the parts such as the manifolds will be made by my employee's using CNC equipment as such I could be persuaded once I know it all works well to make additional parts.
Jay
I am also building a Fiat 600 that is getting a 903 bored to 962 and super charged, That car will have a carb and electronic ignition. The 600 I get started on once the mondial service is done. It is the next car to go into the small area in my garage that I have insolated and heat and is also set up as a make shift paint booth with good air filtration. The Lancia gets started once Ray has a chance as he will be supplying many of the parts so that I can keep the car on the road until the engine is ready.
