Fiat Punto 1.4 GT Turbo Review

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Fiat Punto 1.4 GT Turbo
3.6 stars
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bunny1111's Review of Fiat Punto 1.4 GT Turbo

7th Nov 2005

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    3 years
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    1.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1998
  • Doors
    2
  • Practicality
    3 stars
Good Points

Was quick and looked good.


Bad Points

The power that I was running. Standard gearboxes couldn't take any power putting through them.


General Comments

My last car was a Fiat Punto GT. I had T25 turbo,ported and polished head, piper 285cam, low comp pistons, gas flowed manifolds, front mounted intercooler, superchip re-map and low comp bottom end.

After doing all of this work I was able to drive it about 3 months until the problems started happening. I went through about 4 gearbox rebuilds in under a year. The standard gearbox for a Punto GT just can't take any sort of power.
When the car was running it was a road eater. I beat a Pulsar GTIR at MK cruise. I ran a 5.6 0-60 at Trax. Just always praying it would get me where i was going. I now have a Toyota Starlet GT turbo and a Renault 5 GT turbo. Spend the same money on the 5 and it runs and handles so much better.

Punto's are ok if you keep them standard.

Pay and get a custom gearbox 'straight cut'

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