So an '87 Yugo is now sitting in my garage.
It is a bit dirty but nothing more then surface rust. The plan is to swap in a 1290 which I got from a guy who has had it sitting in his shop for $25. Add camshaft, header and Weber carb from a '74 X1/9. Lose weight where ever possible. For the suspension, the plan is X1/9 rear struts on the front and add 205/60-13 R-comps. Not sure about the rest of the suspension yet. Tomorrow I am going to clean and starting stripping it down.
Any one know where to sell Yugo interior and trim pieces?
Good luck with that.
This will be cool...I know NOTHING about Yugos, but I always enjoy an obscure grocery-getter build thread! 
i hate you for many reasons. a) you own a car i want badly b) your making a challenge car out of said car c) ill think of something haha
Sweet project. Good luck.
Ill help if i can. I had a 1.5/1.1 swap Yugo
As far as paint, I am thinking about a Abarth styled paint job. Light grey with red stripes but instead of saying Abarth on the side I was thinking about putting Yugo like below. Then putting a Yugoslavian flag on the roof.
God I miss playing with Yugos......
93EXCivic wrote: Any one know where to sell Yugo interior and trim pieces?
PM me your info and I will pass it onto my boss. He maybe interested in extra interior parts.
canoe
JThw8 wrote: God I miss playing with Yugos......
Only on this forum will you read something like this.
I know the OP already has a motor, and it's probably not challenge-budget friendly, but I've always thought it would be cool to drop one of the big superbike motors in one of those. Sure, the lack of torque would suck for a street car, but it would be a blast in a track-only challenger.
No one would expect the sound either.
I cleaned the car yesterday and got a massive amount of the grime of sitting outside for a number of years off. I have also noticed that Yugos seem to be made with the world's thinnest sheet metal.
Does anyone know how to get the rear wiper assembly off?
93EXCivic wrote: Does anyone know how to get the rear wiper assembly off?
Pop the hatch, it unbolts from the inside.
In reply to 93EXCivic: The Yugo is made from some of the thickest sheet metal:( It is the hevest car in its class. As for how to. I dont know ill go look at it today. Or just take the arm off and add a wind up key.
914Driver wrote:93EXCivic wrote: Does anyone know how to get the rear wiper assembly off?Pop the hatch, it unbolts from the inside.
I unbolted the one bolt on the inside but I couldn't figure out how to get it loose from the arm.
Guess I'm not much help without seeing it.
So I have cleaned the outside and I am stripping it out. I will add pictures at some point later. Does anyone know of a bolt in roll bar that will fit in a Yugo?
I don't think "bolt in" and "yugo" go in the same sentence. Kinda like "reliable" and "italian car"
I like where this thread is going.
GRM--where Yugos go to be admired and be awesome. 
I want to do this.
Saturday I picked up X1/9 suspension parts, a Weber 32 DMTRA carb and manifold, Delta camshaft and Isky valve springs, a set of Yoko A-0008 and a three Fiat wheels. Work on the car has been fairly limited because of my lungs doing their best to escape my body.
Remind me to get my shim kit when I dig out the wheels. You will need it when you change the cam.
GVX19 wrote: Remind me to get my shim kit when I dig out the wheels. You will need it when you change the cam.
Speaking of, bring the shim kit and cam over and let's make this X1/9 a bit happier.
You going to pick up the floor jack today?
Where can I find a header which will fit the Yugo?
http://www.fiatplus.com/stainless-exhaust-header-pr-303120.html
Yowza!!!
Maybe this one could be modded
http://www.fiatplus.com/no-a-c-exhaust-header-pr-285257.html
Learned something new about the Yugo today:
The Yugo initially failed the front-end collision test that it was required to pass before it could be imported. Reason? The testers removed the spare tire. When they put it back, it passed. Barely.
Any new progress to report?
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