Fiat Spider 2000 Legend Turbo PininFarina (1981)
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| Used |
| “Excellent, registered and driven on nice days” |
| Year: | 1981 | VIN : | ZFAAS00B7B8187409 |
| Mileage: | 79905 | Engine: | 2.0L I4 |
| Transmission: | Manual | Model: | Spider 2000 Legend Turbo |
| Fuel Type: | Gasoline | Interior Color: | Blue |
| For Sale By: | Private Seller | Make: | Fiat |
| Exterior Color: | Blue | Drive Type: | 2dr Convertible |
| Vehicle Title: | Clean | Body Type: | Convertible |
| Warranty: | Unspecified | Options: | CD Player, Convertible |
Edgewater, Florida, United States
Vehicle description
Solid car and great easy driver. New tires and rebuild Turbo 2020. Needs nothing. Tan cloth top hardly used. 5 speed, 4 cylinder with Bosch Fuel Injection, Legend Turbo charger results in more torque. Super rare car and for sure Collectible. The Turbo Fiat 2000 cars were low production. From April 1981 to November 1982 only 700 cars were made I have 9 cars and reducing collection due to my age. History: When Fiat found themselves in the midst of a turbo revolution in the late 1970s going into the Eighties, the automaker was in the unfortunate position of having done some changes to their traditional sport car model. The old stand by Fiat Spider 2000 had just undergone a nice little Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection swap in 1980 in order to add some modern juice to the rag top. The year before that Fiat decided to install the DOHC two liter engine from their sedan along with a five speed transmission. These successive upgrades bumped the car up from 80 horsepower with the 2.0 liter DOHC, to 102 horsepower using fuel injection. These were nice improvements, but baby steps compared to some of the other cars coming out of Europe. Turbo power was all the rage. Everyone from Lotus to Pontiac was making some sort of turbo powered car. It just wouldn"t do to have Fiat sit on the sidelines without a power adder special for sale.
So in the Spring of 1981, Fiat went to work promoting their latest addition; a Turbo Spider 2000. By this time the Spider was only sold in North America as a competitor to Alfa Romeo"s own Graduate Spider model. This idea got rolling back in late 1979 when the switch to the 2 liter engine was underway for 1980.Fiat had to figure out who could do the turbo system. An Florida East Coast outfit called Legend Industries got the call. They settled on an IHI RHB6 turbocharger which was modified to work with the two liter engine. It was very small, weighing less than 13 pounds including the wastegate. The twin turbine wheels were small as well allowing them to reduce turbo lag time. The turbo unit has its own intake manifold but still uses the Bosch Lambda Jet Tronic fuel injection system. The turbo two liter Spider was aimed at increasing low end torque instead of top end horsepower. In that way, it"s similar to the Pontiac 4.9 setup which starts boost just off idle and is spooling virtually the whole time. There"s no kick in point or sudden whine. She"s on right from off idle all the way up to road speed. The horsepower of a Turbo Spider is rated at 120 @6000 rpm and torque is 130 lbs ft at 3600 rpm. Fiat claimed at the time this model could do 0-60 mph in 8.8 seconds which is right up where the Porsche 924 Turbo ran
So in the Spring of 1981, Fiat went to work promoting their latest addition; a Turbo Spider 2000. By this time the Spider was only sold in North America as a competitor to Alfa Romeo"s own Graduate Spider model. This idea got rolling back in late 1979 when the switch to the 2 liter engine was underway for 1980.Fiat had to figure out who could do the turbo system. An Florida East Coast outfit called Legend Industries got the call. They settled on an IHI RHB6 turbocharger which was modified to work with the two liter engine. It was very small, weighing less than 13 pounds including the wastegate. The twin turbine wheels were small as well allowing them to reduce turbo lag time. The turbo unit has its own intake manifold but still uses the Bosch Lambda Jet Tronic fuel injection system. The turbo two liter Spider was aimed at increasing low end torque instead of top end horsepower. In that way, it"s similar to the Pontiac 4.9 setup which starts boost just off idle and is spooling virtually the whole time. There"s no kick in point or sudden whine. She"s on right from off idle all the way up to road speed. The horsepower of a Turbo Spider is rated at 120 @6000 rpm and torque is 130 lbs ft at 3600 rpm. Fiat claimed at the time this model could do 0-60 mph in 8.8 seconds which is right up where the Porsche 924 Turbo ran