Isuzu Piazza Turbo - 1988 x2

cracked exhaust manifold which someone had tried to repair with epoxy putty ;D Need to get some cast rods and then I will weld it up and keep as a spare



still cant believe it has all the bits needed to repair it plus a spare car for the price of a night out.

Great find. These are quite thin on the ground now too, these weren't common when new neither. Build her up and make it smooth...




Looks a bit like the b@stard brother of the scirocco mk2....Giorgio Giugiaro did them both.

oi rich, get that mower out!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Cool...where do ya find cars lik tat these days.......all i can find is expensive stuff now

YO!!!!1111ONEONE111!!!1212!!!

i'm in the club too now! for 25 quid!

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I don't want it though (it sounds like a right sh1tpile!) just the axle! So, i'm gonna find a local manc scrapyard to take it away for us, chop the axle off and put it to one side for me, they can keep the rest! go-faster proj here we come!

I am not sure that those rules about manifold primary pipe lengths etc are so critical when feeding a turbocharger. Saying that, the existing manifold is clearly a crummy design, due to the fact that every one you see is fugging cracked! almost!

I'm not sure about this bedford van engine carry on. I know that the Bedford Midi used this engine in non-turbo form, but thats because it was a rebadged japanese Isuzu van. I think this is where this story comes from. I don't think the Pizza engine has anything at all in common with any european GM products.

Thats my long term project. I have had it for just over 9 years. When I lived at my parents it spent most of its time in their garage. I bought it with roll cage, 2.1 pinto, 5 speed and atlas axle fitted but all had been done badly. I would normally do a bit of work with it in the summertime get sick of all the problems then park it up again till the following year. Then when I got my house 4 years ago brought it over here and started sorting it properely. Started using it for autotesting with a welded diff. Then got hold of a cheap LSD rebuilt that and fitted it. By this time rust was trying to eat it away. So I started collecting parts for a rebuild .Then during an autotest at whitby last year I managed to stuff it into a fence/hedge/tree ;D and it has been parked up since. I am waiting till I finsh my garage (as funds/time allow) before I rebuild it fully. But basically the floorpan needs replacing both front wings slam panel, radiator panel,front panel and bonnet. I have a big valve head and twin dellortos to go on to it. Planning on turreting the back end and fitting discs. One day ;D

Plan for today had been welding the Monza but thanks to the weather I decided to start stripping the spare Piazza when I got back from work. I would have preferred to keep it until the other one was on the road but don't have the room at the minute so idea is to strip pretty much everything I can and then weigh the shell in during the week.
Since it was already on the trailer decided just to strip it on there otherwise I wouldnt be able to get it back on.



Best £80 I spent that engine lift means I could get it to a decent height to get the subframe off.



One hour later job done ;D

Hopefully tomorrow I will have a full day at it and get the rest off

Yes I was surprised how heavy those are I am sure its a fair bit heavier than an atlas. Admittedly it was complete with brakes calipers and suspension arms but still a heavy fugga