Yes, ou heard it right Subaru ea8i engine that the use on light aircraft.. Definitely heads turner fast and beautiful! The Kit engine frame is available in UK England from Zcars Performance Engineering! Keep on eye on UK eBay sometimes the pop for sale for $30k US dollar and the not better than this one! Please look the picture to see all the update that this fiat has, ire light weight alloy wheels with normal tires size 165 60 r 12, he original tires was 135 40 r 12 also update to front low and up arms suspension Conversion kit, pdate to front disco calipers brakes conversion kit, pdate to adjustable front and rear coil over the Shocks conversion kit, nd also update to 5 speed transmission! Forget the weak 18hp original engine, his has an 1800cc with 100hp water-cooled flat four perfect fit and low maintenance require, emember this is Subaru engine that will run forever! Forget about not being able to get on the highway you'll be pulling away from everyone effortlessly at the traffic light. It's fun to see peoples faces as they get passed by the old tiny 500! Read up on the Subaru EA81, amp; you'll see they are bullet proof & used in light air craft! This car has so much torque you don't even need to use 1st gear, always start in 2nd gear! The previous owner mention to me that the 500 itself before doing anything was $12k just for the car alone take look the picture underneath is rust free car! All the recipes are available, in meantime I will give you some figure for what was done! The paint job alone was $4,500 that included removing all glass, he doors, he lights, he bumpers & handmade front rear custom wheels fenders archers above the tire that they use in Europe! The Subaru engine ea81 rebuilt was $3,850 including the Weber carburetors & the adopter that you can only buy from Zcars in UK. Also from Zcars the engine frame, he oil pan protector and the adopter for the fiat trans to the Subaru engine was $2,800 with the shipping! Also from mrfiatcom
the new Fiat 650 syncro transmission $1500.00
5 speed conversion kit $1320.00
Black Diamond clutch kit $500.00
Fiat 500 Leafspring Conversion Kit $1185.00
Fiat 500 Rear Coil Over Shocks Kit $650.00
Front Disc brakes conversion kit $798.00
12" cast aluminum Silver Ray wheels $740.00
Falken 165/60 12" tires $520.00 front headlight rear light $160
The complete labor minus the paint job was 70 hours plus...approximately $6,000! Car still all new only has about 7,500 thousand miles since it was built & driven only in the summer & always garage kept! Insurance appraised this fiat for $35k! All the leather interior is in excellent condition no rips no and no damaged. All the harness remain original whit no modification all the electric system works properly front light low and hig, ear light, rakes light,tag light, ipers, orn, uel gauge, emp gauge, il pressure gauge, lternator gauge, urn single light, arking light. Nothing wrong with this car you buy cheap because aim motivate to sell! Please don't confuse this fiat 500 like the other that some people sell on eBay for $8 or $10, his is total different car and even if you buy one for $8k and you want to make a dreamer like this one will cost you easy over $30k!