1975 124 Spider build

[cr250rgio]

Hello all, so im finally posting my build after lurking on the forums for a while. I will post pictures this weekend when I go home from my apt at college.

Started off with a 1975 spider that was pretty trashed except for a very straight body and minimal rust. It was painted and driven for a while untouched until it kept overheating and leaking oil from every possible gasket. At this point I parked it and pulled the engine and began the rebuild of the car.

engine/drive-train-

bored out .4mm
balanced crank, con rods, pistons, pulley and flywheel
vicks high comp 4 mm dome pistons
IAP billet performance cams
IAP 4-2-1 header
machined head and new guides and cleaned valves
polished crank
new clutch
dual Weber DCNF 42~~~ hopefully will be changed to dual idf's

suspension-

Plated crossmember
new control arm bushings
new sway bar bushings
new balljoints
cut springs~~~ hopefully to be changed out for lowering springs

At this point I have some finishing touches on the engine before I put it back in, and dealing with the wiring which is a mess on this car. I cant find a good wiring diagram for the 1975 which has some slight differences compared to the good and clear 1974 and 76 wiring diagrams that I found off of artigue.com.

anyways thats all and pictures of the whole car will be up soon but here is one off my phone

[124JOE]

nice rims

looks clean

[WYSpider]

It will turn heads.

[cr250rgio]

[thechadzone]

Nice build! The motor looks damn nice. Don't count out the DCNF carbs. Despite their orientation, I know some 124 people swear by them.

[vandor]

It will scream

How many coils did you cut the springs? I ask, because 2 coils is too much
I did that to my first Spider, and the a-arms touched the bump stops. Not good...

[cr250rgio]

I haven't cut the coils yet, but i was thinking 1/1/2 front and 2 in the rear. I still have to do some research to see what will work for me. I am looking for a pretty low stance like this one. Also does anyone know where I can find a front spoiler/ air dam like this.

[Exit98]

Here is one on Ebay, and I know I saw at least one other one on there today:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FIAT-124 ... 4cf79bb49d

[azygoustoyou]

That one is by So Cal Mark. You can go to Allison's Automotive to get it too.
http://stores.infinityfrp.com/-strse-CA ... gories.bok

[gwb]

Hi cr250rgio, I too have a yellow '75 with dual DCNFs! If you are willing to sell the carbs and/or manifold, let me know. I could use spares. Looking forward to more progress and pictures!

[lanciahf]

I can't tell by the photos but you are going to need adjustable cam pullies to dial in the IAP cams properly.

Jason at Millers Mule sells them.

[cr250rgio]

Just got done with school so here are some updates on the car

The motor is in the car and runs just need to tune the carbs,throw a carb spacer in there, and install the adjustable cam pulleys. Its so close i'm going crazy, the wiring is definitely a nightmare even after getting a service manual with the schematics blown up. There isn't much left to do but its a lot of little things adding up.

[fiat218]

Are you still around. I was just reading and wonder how them carbs worked for u