Cool little Ixsunove in a hill climb

[tommyt654]

http://www.wimp.com/hillclimb/ , as I used to work as a Fiat mech. Ixsunove is Italian for X 1/9 and this one really moves ,neat little car ,makes me long for my racing days in a 124 SS

[cabinetman]

I used to do a lot of autocrossing, and they were a popular car...handled well. That guy was pretty good.

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[BobSch]

http://www.wimp.com/hillclimb/ , as I used to work as a Fiat mech. Ixsunove is Italian for X 1/9 and this one really moves ,neat little car ,makes me long for my racing days in a 124 SS

Make me long for my old Fiat 124 ragtop. Only had it on a track once, but what a blast!

[atgcpaul]

I know nothing about racing (except that time matters) and Fiats. What is the purpose of that little backwards exhaust pipe looking thing that extends up and over the back of the cockpit? Scoop in extra air for the engine or for extra cooling?

[tommyt654]

Yes the motors in the rear of that car thats the reason for the vent, extra air for the motor, kinda like a ram air scoop,those nasa style vents on the hood are for downforce on the front end to keep it steering in the right direction as you can see he has a lot of power to the rear wheels and literally power slides or drifts that rear end around flawlessly,He does an excellent job at the wheel of that carWhen I was working as a mech. they used to refer them to me as Fix It Again Tommy, FIAT

[luteman]

Fiats Rule!

I wish I had kept all of the four Fiats I've owned over the past years!!!

1950 Topolino,1952 Topolino,1960 600,and an 1100 Station Wagon.
Easy,cheap thrills(kinda like the girls I dated in college!).

[dbhost]

That reminds me of the cars a friend in high school had. Particularly a yellow early X-1/9. Not the fastest thing on the planet, but no slouch either. And it handled like it was on rails...