Yeah, I see what you mean and man is that a beautiful bay....very clean, shiney and colorful....I love it.
I was thinking about you the other day because there is a BP between work and home that my dad was telling me had cheap gas so I stopped to check it out and there was a Fiat that looked to be the same year and model as yours but it is more of an orange color that is just sitting there. I will see if I can get a pic and some info on it for you.

 

what kinda gains on the RD2 from the 1.8L cam?

 

I will give you a seat of the pants estimate later this week when I put mine in and the UD pulley. I was going to do it this last sunday, but the snow kind of nixed those plans

I also WISH that was my fiat.. My spider is currently all done in primer and awaiting a little more welding. I was in the process of seam welding the body when I moved and left the car in storage. I still have to finish up the firewall where I noticed it to fit the Lancia Intergrale head, and I have yet to fit the suspension that I stole from a mazda miata.

 

Must have been tired when I looked at that pic the first time....lol, that car is black.

Interested to see what difference you feel in the RD2...I have an RD so can't really do that mod. 02.gif

 

Mine is an Rd also.. but being a 88 it came with the 2.0 instead of the 1.8. Maybe what you need is a 2.0 block to slide under you 1.8 head?

 

Well, I have 35,000 on my xd cam with my beta 1(2001 tib). No probs as of yet. I don't even get any hla ticking. I have 55,000 on my motor total. As Random stated, there haven't been any problems reported. If I do have a massive failure, all the message boards will be one of the first to know. I have never seen/felt/heard any adverse effects from the cam, but I can't give you any proof of improvements either. I guess I will take my chances. Oh, Mad-machine, I think you got ripped. I paid well under 125 for mine, but I am not exactly sure how much. I'll have to take a look through my receipts.

Here is the GT cam from SR:
http://www.sharkracing.com/en/hyundai/cam-gt.html

 

Would not surprise me.. I am intending on the GT rear sway bar next.. I want to see what my local (Sport Hyundai Dodge) quotes for a price and then I am going to call the one up by Philly. If I have to take my car in for the wiper repair.. it is the one up by philly it is going to. I have been ripped off once to many times by the local dealer.

 

That is actually very possible. Dweet is doing a swap and I am probably going to pick up his old 2.0 after he gets his new one in. I am not sure yet though because I would have to swap the ECU but maybe I could just swap the block..hmmmm

 

It all depends on if the increase in displacement is from the stroke and not the bore.. Longer stroke and it should be a simple matter of bolting and unbolting.. however, you might also get an increase in compression too.

 

True, I just started thinking about all of this yesterday. I still have a lot of research to do on it.