Your favourite litlle GTi :)

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

Has to be the CRX. Always wanted one as a kid, owned one for a short time and it felt great. Friend had one with a frankenstein B20vtec engine, was more fun then his current 250whp NA ITR. Guess its nostalgia.

Itsuki Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Berlin

Always liked the Proton Satria GTi. Sure, it's basically just a Mitsubishi Colt but it comes with bolt-on arch flares, a rear hatch spoiler and the handling was tuned by Lotus. How can you go wrong?

- J

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

The Satria is cool,there is only one Satria GTi in Croatia AFAIK.
I personally don't like French cars so much,but 106 Rallye,Clio Williams,205 GTi,309.R19,R5... The proof they can make good cars. Puh

I always loved the Autobianchi A112 Abarth,since i was a 10 year old kid and driven one.

Especially the 70HP version.
Small 1050cc engine,with one twin carb,abarth machine work and not so bad stock suspension are the reasons most of them got in the hand of auto-slalom crew in Croatia.

The Good RWD Compact could've bin the Kadett C City ,but the only stock engine in that car was standard 1200cc engine with 55-60hp(N or S model).

They are often gifted with C20XE or 20S CIH swaps,producing about 150hp+ for XE and about 100-150hp with CIH engines(depends on mods) on their 750-800 kg.

Also one of my favorite Italian hot hatches at the time is the Fiat Ritmo/Strada TC(105hp in 1600cc edition and 125 or 130hp in 2000cc DOHC edition) equipped with 4 Dellorto carbs in 125 or 130hp edition.
Too bad the cars suffered too much of corrosion problems,and the fact that the cars were first cars ever built by robotized manufacturing.

I always adored the EE9 Civic,in fact,i even more like the EF Sedan with B16 engine swap.

Also honorable mention,Daihatsu Charade GTti.
Small FWD Turbo car,with 3cyl DOHC 12V engine and LSD producing around 103hp if i remember correctly.

Takumi Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 460 Location: Greece

Forgot to mention the Nissan Micra March or Superturbo... Thumbsup

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

Yes, the Ritmo / Strada TC is brilliant input! If only they where not Italian Wink

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject:

What????? You got Satria gti in europe????????

Itsuki Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Berlin

They came to Germany as the "318 GTi." I've seen a few of them in the classifieds.

- J

Takumi Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 200 Location: Zg, CRO