Even better, there are some Fiat people who use Yugo bits as low-budget speed
parts. The cylinder head from a Yugo will drop right on to an X1-9, and raise
the compression about a point. Vroom!
Or, vice-versa, you could put a 1500 cc Fiat motor in a Yugo. Plop the Yugo
head back on, and you've got a good sized motor, running 10:1 compression and
revving all day.
Quality issues aside (between me&my girlfriend we've got 3 lbcs, so don't talk
to me about cars with bad reputations, deserved or not), I think they're kinda
neat little cars. If I ever wanted to get a little FWD box, for utility and a
bit of fun, the Yugo seems more tempting (and yeah, more silly) than something
like a Rabbit or a Civic.
Call me crazy. Well, everybody else does...
Have a good weekend, all.
Matt
Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com> wrote:
>
> What most people don't know is that the Yugo is a Fiat, built under
> license in the part of the former Yugoslavia which is now Serbia. There
> are piles of high performance Fiat parts and assemblies that bolt right
> in, as well as new Yugo parts. My wife doesn't want to part with hers.
> We still agree that while her '88 GV is a nice little car it just isn't
> the fun that our MGB is.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
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