No one else notices the central driving position? That's awesome! I also love that you can see the actual throttle pedal move on the automatic downshift blips. Really cool car this!
If you watch, the down shift is violent and I think that's just slop in the pedal your seeing. It seems a bit much to put a rev match system in a engine and trans that see 8k rpm as often as this thing. You can see the driver heel toe the crap out of the car . this car is a motorcycle engine and trans most likely( seems to run out of gear on some parts of the track) no need for a sequential shift and air solenoid like on a rally car. I would guess the tech in this rig is in the suspension and down force .
@@robsorgdrager8477 What ,what ,what, did you watch? it is rev matching on the down blips,the gear box is sequential,air powered with paddles.Not once did he heel and toe.(Show us the time stamps you claimed he heeled and toed the crap out if it) A lot of tech in this from the ECU's to the electric power steering,and shifting system.
No they didn't, It's not central , if it was his helmet would be in the centre with bars on left and right.its still left hand drive, it's just spread a little wider to accommodate, the floor mounted race pedals,and seat.X19 are tiny inside,
@@HillClimbMonsters My most watched video has had many people asking the same question or making the same observation and I make a point of responding to them all. Hi from NZ, Anthony.
What a Monster. Such a great build. Shame for the crash. From the onboard it looks like it is equipped with a motorsport electric powersteering. Thank you for another great video
I had a 1974 X 1/9 added a 4 pipe Ansa exhaust with headers, dual Webber carbs, new cam, new larger intake /exhaust heads, pistons,connecting rods and a balanced crank car dyno tested at 126BHP, Koni shocks, Pirelli P7, BWA wheels and was a blast to brive
Your channel is the best. I love the in depth descriptions of the cars aswell weight bhp per tonne etc. Incredible effort your literally doing gods work for serious car lovers like me
@@HillClimbMonsters More people need to be aware of such machines. My fave car of all time you've introduced me too is Georg Plasa's Judd V8 powered BMW. RIP Georg Plasa. There's soo many amazing machines on this channel it was very very hard to pick a favourite.
@@carljones7992 After knowingabout some of them even before this channel came to be,and some new ones introduced by Hillclimb Monsters,i still have a hard time choosing.Too many awesome cars to pick the favorite.
@@hillclimbracingfan5821 I just remember hearing the sound of plasa's screaming Judd engined Beemer and thought my ears were deceiving me as it sounding like a f1 car on full chat. But yeah to choose one is very hard agreed mate
I still remember Polini as one of THE go-to brands for 2-stroke tuning parts, especially cylinders and clutch components but also their matching exhausts. They always delivered high quality and unique designs that would challenge the limits of the possible. Interesting to see they are heading in this direction too.
I had built a Fiat Dallara Replica back in the 90’s using ditching the 1.5 na for a turbocharged Fiat 124’s 1.8 that was bored and stroked to just over 2L that despite all that work and money cost me way more than it would have cost me to retrofit a Busa into it. If only I had thought of this then.
Ahhh... the old Italian Doorstop...... did an SCCA Club Racing course at Pocono in 1 many years ago. The bugger handled like it was on rails but was so underpowered that it couldn’t get out of its own way. Would love to drive THIS monster with that lovely ‘Busa power!
Fantastic and brilliantly enginereed,planted and very fast,along with top quality final touch-what a monster.Shame for the crash at the end,but there's no doubt that it'll be back sooner than we think.Thanks for sharing this fantastic machine.This is what X1/9 was made for.
WOW that was BADASS. I had a X1/9 but UNFORTUNATELY mine was not nearly as as DECKED OUT as much as that ONE. I put NICE RIMS with 185/60s and headers on mine and still had a BLAST DRIVING IT. IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A GO-CART without a lot of POWER. 😉😩😁😎
Nel 1972, Fiat X1/9 una macchina quasi utilitaria, anche perchè direttamente derivata dalla Fiat 128, monta di serie il motore centrale !!!! Ci rendiamo conto che cosa c'era in Fiat a quei tempi ?!?!?!? Mica quelle marmellate di materiale grigio, in scatola cranica semi-vuota come oggi!!! A quei tempi in Italia c'erano progettisti e ingegneri con le palle ottagonali !!!!🇮🇹💪
@Almerich !APO statt AfD! even the best drivers make mistakes sometimes. and in hillclimb, mistake often means a crash, on a racetrack, a spin or going wide.
@Almerich !APO statt AfD! hes braking very hard, hitting pretty much all the apexes, countersteering very fast without losing much time when he has to, and getting on throttle at or before the apex... hes a great driver. you can be great while not being F1 material, which you really cant say if he is or not at a hillclimb like this..
Es un auto muy estable que va bien agarrado al piso, sin sobre o subviraje bastante facil de llevar. Y con el peso bien repartido, no rola, ese auto es una maravilla.
this must be real twitchy to drive. It would scare the living shed out of me having snap oversteer due to short wheelbase and mid engine placement. I'm not surprised it crashed but it saddens me. I hope theycan rebuilt it to former glory - a truely astonishing mashine!
@@MrDAVO1234567 awesome I should've kept mine haha Was a fun car tho Love your hillclimb scene in Europe I work at Loton Park here in UK but we don't get that exciting stuff there
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No one else notices the central driving position? That's awesome! I also love that you can see the actual throttle pedal move on the automatic downshift blips. Really cool car this!
There´s some very ingenious engineering behind this little machine ;)
@@HillClimbMonsters that's an understatement.
If you watch, the down shift is violent and I think that's just slop in the pedal your seeing. It seems a bit much to put a rev match system in a engine and trans that see 8k rpm as often as this thing. You can see the driver heel toe the crap out of the car . this car is a motorcycle engine and trans most likely( seems to run out of gear on some parts of the track) no need for a sequential shift and air solenoid like on a rally car. I would guess the tech in this rig is in the suspension and down force .
@@robsorgdrager8477 What ,what ,what, did you watch? it is rev matching on the down blips,the gear box is sequential,air powered with paddles.Not once did he heel and toe.(Show us the time stamps you claimed he heeled and toed the crap out if it) A lot of tech in this from the ECU's to the electric power steering,and shifting system.
No they didn't, It's not central , if it was his helmet would be in the centre with bars on left and right.its still left hand drive, it's just spread a little wider to accommodate, the floor mounted race pedals,and seat.X19 are tiny inside,
A genuinely interesting car. Folks should make sure to read the description.
I forgott on that all times...desc. need be more visible:)
Whish everyone always did it. Would spare a lot of unnecessary questions in the comments to start...
@@HillClimbMonsters Put READ DESCRIPTION in caps for the title, people never miss that
Felix F very nice list and expensive!!! Lol
@@HillClimbMonsters My most watched video has had many people asking the same question or making the same observation and I make a point of responding to them all.
Hi from NZ,
Anthony.
Now THAT's a 'BUILD' !!
The fantastic x1/9 along with the legendary Hayabusa engine and the genius engineers/craftsmen at Polini...Outstanding.
What a Monster. Such a great build. Shame for the crash.
From the onboard it looks like it is equipped with a motorsport electric powersteering.
Thank you for another great video
Always our pleasure ;)
Just
This thing is so much more than the sum of its parts. There be mighty magic in the Polini bits too,no doubt.
Beautiful.
I hope it can be repaired quickly. This is an amazing little car which we want to see again on this channel.
I had a 1974 X 1/9 added a 4 pipe Ansa exhaust with headers, dual Webber carbs, new cam, new larger intake /exhaust heads, pistons,connecting rods and a balanced crank car dyno tested at 126BHP, Koni shocks, Pirelli P7, BWA wheels and was a blast to brive
Your channel is the best. I love the in depth descriptions of the cars aswell weight bhp per tonne etc. Incredible effort your literally doing gods work for serious car lovers like me
Thank you Carl. We just do our best and hope there´s an audience that appreciates these machines as much as we do. That is all ;)
@@HillClimbMonsters More people need to be aware of such machines. My fave car of all time you've introduced me too is Georg Plasa's Judd V8 powered BMW. RIP Georg Plasa. There's soo many amazing machines on this channel it was very very hard to pick a favourite.
@@carljones7992 After knowingabout some of them even before this channel came to be,and some new ones introduced by Hillclimb Monsters,i still have a hard time choosing.Too many awesome cars to pick the favorite.
@@hillclimbracingfan5821 I just remember hearing the sound of plasa's screaming Judd engined Beemer and thought my ears were deceiving me as it sounding like a f1 car on full chat. But yeah to choose one is very hard agreed mate
@@carljones7992 Which is why i have many favorites instead of single one-too many awesome cars to choose a single one out of them.
They made the wedge look cool. Amazing
11,000 rpm ,Space framed, carbon fibre .You had me at 11,000 rpm.
Only thing missing is a turbo.
Brian Jacobsen Twin turbo & a supercharger
Engineering masterpiece 👍
My X 1/9 was not my first car, but it is the only car I ever gave a name to and it will be remembered forever.
I still remember Polini as one of THE go-to brands for 2-stroke tuning parts, especially cylinders and clutch components but also their matching exhausts. They always delivered high quality and unique designs that would challenge the limits of the possible. Interesting to see they are heading in this direction too.
Reminds me of when my wife would drive us down to the shops🙏🇬🇧
Wonderful! Many thanks for the video.
Our pleasure Roberto 👍
Fabulous onboard footage, keep it coming.
Sucked to see this thing crashed. What an amazing little machine
I had built a Fiat Dallara Replica back in the 90’s using ditching the 1.5 na for a turbocharged Fiat 124’s 1.8 that was bored and stroked to just over 2L that despite all that work and money cost me way more than it would have cost me to retrofit a Busa into it. If only I had thought of this then.
Uaaaaa che MOSTRO 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
i can only upvote this one time... and that upsets me
Ahhh... the old Italian Doorstop...... did an SCCA Club Racing course at Pocono in 1 many years ago. The bugger handled like it was on rails but was so underpowered that it couldn’t get out of its own way. Would love to drive THIS monster with that lovely ‘Busa power!
What a screamer! Looks like its glued to the road (well, mostly), amazing driving by Christian.
When I was 16 my girlfriend’s dad bought an X1/9 and let me drive it all summer anytime, anywhere. Too much fun!
I've always loved those lil fiats. That1 just looks perfect
X1/9 is always an exciting car. At least at hillclimb
Yes but as design..well:)
Not much x1/9 left here.
Fantastic and brilliantly enginereed,planted and very fast,along with top quality final touch-what a monster.Shame for the crash at the end,but there's no doubt that it'll be back sooner than we think.Thanks for sharing this fantastic machine.This is what X1/9 was made for.
Very cool car looks like this one can break the speed limit.
IT'S LIKE A CHONK F1 CAR. AWESOME SAUCE
Thank you for all your effort, really really appreciated. Australia.
cool parking at the end really natural
Center seating is awesome an the car sounds amazing
Suona da Dio!😎🤩💪💪😁 Super!
What a ride and what a driver, fantastic!
Meraviglia
That car look SICK!
Spettacolare
Insane car man
That's one hell of a Go-kart !!
WOW that was BADASS. I had a X1/9 but UNFORTUNATELY mine was not nearly as as DECKED OUT as much as that ONE. I put NICE RIMS with 185/60s and headers on mine and still had a BLAST DRIVING IT. IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A GO-CART without a lot of POWER. 😉😩😁😎
Nice build, great noise.
Watching the accelerator pedal auto blip and move on it's own on down shifts makes me happier than it probably should.
Electronic "doppietta" downshift combo parameters ....
I just popped up out in the country where I live. Its in decent shape for the year.
What a car and nice driving!
WOW
Nel 1972, Fiat X1/9 una macchina quasi utilitaria, anche perchè direttamente derivata dalla Fiat 128, monta di serie il motore centrale !!!! Ci rendiamo conto che cosa c'era in Fiat a quei tempi ?!?!?!? Mica quelle marmellate di materiale grigio, in scatola cranica semi-vuota come oggi!!! A quei tempi in Italia c'erano progettisti e ingegneri con le palle ottagonali !!!!🇮🇹💪
This looks like a blast to drive.
What a savage car
We bad we know it, we bad we show it🔥
one of my favourite looking cars, shame they didn't come like this from factory xD
that was awesome next run turbo+ big bore kit + sticker rubber
The insanity! I wanna drive it!
Daaaamn! Dude is On a Mission!
this is what i want to build in forza this looks amazing
Long Live the BUSA!!!
Super mašina i pilot👍
Truly wild
Italian Prestige 🇮🇹 👑
I want one.! That's bad ass.!
This is so cool, I hope the rebuild goes well
One of the best incar videos I have ever seen 👍👌
Well, we have some others in store that can compete, you just wait ;)
BELLISSIMA
4:06 nearly shit my pants from oversteer
Phenomenal build, very, very good driver.
@Almerich !APO statt AfD! even the best drivers make mistakes sometimes. and in hillclimb, mistake often means a crash, on a racetrack, a spin or going wide.
@Almerich !APO statt AfD! hes braking very hard, hitting pretty much all the apexes, countersteering very fast without losing much time when he has to, and getting on throttle at or before the apex... hes a great driver. you can be great while not being F1 material, which you really cant say if he is or not at a hillclimb like this..
FIAT X1/9 nata per le corse in salita !!!🇮🇹💪🤙💓
Es un auto muy estable que va bien agarrado al piso, sin sobre o subviraje bastante facil de llevar. Y con el peso bien repartido, no rola, ese auto es una maravilla.
sounds better than todays F1 cars
Edit:Wow that crash on end looks horrible!What happend?
Is drive and engine ok?
Everyhting alright. Bodywork was destroyed but the chassis is so rigid that pretty much nothing bad happened to driver and mechanical parts 👍
@@HillClimbMonsters Pheewww!!!Thx!
@@HillClimbMonsters Top quality of the build goes a long way.
Like watching someone play a computer game simulator with the steering wheel in the middle of the dashboard lol !!!
233hp from a 1.4 is impressive
Impresionante...!!
Pocket Rocket!
beautiful sound!
Impressive!
Too Faaassstt!!!!!!
Need nerf:)
Reminds me of my wife’s driving when she finds out new sale on
Rapid or what !....Great driver to .
Has literally 2X shorter braking points than usual 1000-1200 kg cars.
Awesome.
In this event it was Outperforming pretty much everyone (lots of 500-600Hp Monsters). Low weight goes a long way...
@HillClimb Monsters Dondi agrees 🙂
Really hot
this must be real twitchy to drive. It would scare the living shed out of me having snap oversteer due to short wheelbase and mid engine placement. I'm not surprised it crashed but it saddens me. I hope theycan rebuilt it to former glory - a truely astonishing mashine!
Very nice video amigo 😀👍
Fantastica !!! altro che Honda s 2000. Fiat Lancia grande storia sportiva e grande passione agonistica💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Questa é un proto tubolare , della x1/9 eredita il calco delle carene in resina ...😀
Would have liked to see video of the crash. Curious as to what happened.
Complimenti 👍 li 11/09/2022 cronoscalata di Erice Trapani non mancare👋
I'd assume a tire broke loose by the looks of the corner he lost it on.
J ai trop envie de faire pareille sur une 4cv renault sa serait koooool
Cool project, but why bother with the X1/9 silhouette? It's neither an X1/9 nor a fast as it could be with a bespoke body shape?
Which one is faster?
1/9 Hayabusa or 1/9 320HP Alfa???
This one is certainly louder...
1/9 with an 3.2 V8 RPX engine, a 95 kg Judd V8 or a Kawasaki H2R supercharged 300hp engine.
All of those would be way lighter than the Alfa engine.
my Entrance
Oh my god, this sound is incredible right?
Ugly crash is the driver ok?
Driver´s alright. the bodywork was totally destroyed but the chassis in itself is so rigid that very little happened to it ;)
HillClimb Monsters glad to hear that thanks
A pissed off bumble bee right there.
more like pissed of mosquitto lol
dima hohlov No...
it’s like a bumblebee, or I would have said mosquito.
Nothing like the 1300cc I had back in 80's Haha
Its 1400cc..
@@MrDAVO1234567 awesome I should've kept mine haha Was a fun car tho Love your hillclimb scene in Europe I work at Loton Park here in UK but we don't get that exciting stuff there
@@MrDAVO1234567 no, it's 1300cc
@@elgorriongordo6528 Look in the discription....1400cc
@@MrDAVO1234567 the hayabusa motor is 1400cc.. the X1/9 is 1290cc (so 1300)
This is car is the one that apears in Davide Cironi channel?
Baby NSX
I'd love to see some telemetry for this car. It sounds incredible, but how fast is it really?
They should rebuild it and take it to pikes peak i think it would do very well
It would porbably loose a lot of power towards the top thought
Too bad the last 15 seconds of the video ads obliterate anything to be seen. Thanks TH-cam.
550 kilograms! That's only like 5 million grams!!! 🤯
Robert D Errr no, that's only like 550,000 grammes!
@@K1lostream lies!
I wonder how faster it'd be with a turbo
I think the hyabusa motors come supercharged stock
@@jbrennan381 They're N/A, just like almost all motorcycles.
@@GarageRacer253 Oh gotcha. I must be thinking of something else.
@@jbrennan381 Kawasaki h2 is factory supercharged. And there's a few factory turbo bikes from the 80's.
@@GarageRacer253 Oh okay. That's what I was thinking of. My bad! Hey thanks for the correction 😁
super light weight! who needs more power?