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The red turtleneck and brown paints option was
available on the 1970 model year only.
Table of Contents
Publications
Wiring Diagrams
Transmission Guide
Painless Wiring
Carburetor Diagrams
Projects
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These
pages deal with convertibles made by FIAT SpA between 1966 and
1985. The cars were based on the FIAT 124 series and sold as the
124 Sport Spider (1966-1978), Spider 2000 (1979-1983), and Pininfarina
Azzura/Spidereuropa (1984-1985). I have been working on FIAT 124
Spiders since 1992. I am a member of The FIAT Page (www.mirafiori.com),
FIAT/Lancia Unlimited (www.flu.org),
and FiatSpider.com (www.fiatspider.com).
I am happy to help anyone acquire, restore, discuss, tune, or
sell their car.
This website is the official home of a number
of writings I have on the cars. Most of them appear on this page
if you scroll down. The most popular is a book on engine modification
and maintenance. I also run a project converting the hand-drawn
FIAT wiring diagrams to CAD drawings, which appear to be helping
people sort out their wiring issues. Almost everything I publish
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, available from http://www.adobe.com.
In case you are wondering about these wonderful
cars, here is some technical background:
FIAT 124 Spiders have front mounted, water-cooled,
in-line four cylinder engines in a cast iron block. The cylinder
head is aluminum with two overhead camshafts controlling four
valves each. A cogged timing belt is used; the FIAT 124 DOHC was
the first motor produced using this reinforced rubber belt - a
practice followed by many manufacturers today. All U.S. vehicles
had Weber dual barrel downdraft carburetors. Horsepower ranged
from a low of 81 (1979) to a high of 120 (1985 VX Spider). The
same basic design was used in displacements of 1438cc, 1608cc,
1592cc, 1756cc, and 2000cc. The final version of the Spider was
in 1985 and had a factory supercharger "Volumex" option
on the 2000cc powerplant.
Spiders have a five speed synchromesh transmission
coupled to the engine with a mechanical dry plate clutch. Some
late model Spiders had an automatic transmission option. The vehicle
has a two piece drive shaft connected to a live differential anchored
by leading and trailing arms and a panhard rod. The front end
has wishbone control arms. All four corners have hydraulic shocks
and coil springs with disc brakes on all wheels.
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