BEST Sounding V6 Engine EVER? Alfa Romeo Spider! 

Hi Steve, how are you doing mate? Yes the rears only have spacers to fill the arches a little more. Good quality hubcentric forged alloy ones, 15mm. I would never use spacers on the front. The wheels are standard 17” teles.

@@TheAlfaNut Thanks Chris, I'm good mate, just about to put my teles on my spider due to finding a set of blacklines for my gtv so looking at yours I might go down the spacer route myself. They do fill the arch nicely with the spacers.

@@steverichmond3903 Yes, I've never had any issues with mine - keep them fairly slim and they are fine.

Thanks Chrissy - appreciate it! Nice to win something for once! 😁

Couldn’t agree more Joe, Alfas are for everyone, not just the rich. Zoe yellow Spider you say? Very nice too - hope you have a great Summer in it mate 👍🏻

Thanks a lot, its a noise I never get tired of! (Not sure that all my neighbours would agree with me though...😉)

Thanks a lot Mark - glad you enjoyed a bit of straightforward escapism! I am working on another new vid now. 👍🏻

Haha thanks for watching Stephen - it really does move around quite a bit under acceleration / deceleration.

Guten tag! Thanks for watching, a great choice. 2005? So is your car a phase 3? Or the last of the phase 2?

@@TheAlfaNut Hej, phase 3 was from 2003 till 2005 - so it is a phase 3-car ✌ The model is named "Medio".

It is exactly like this one here: suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=274288732&Ad&

Looks good - I like the GTV in black! 😍

So are you a Swede living in Germany? 🤔

Hi Reinhardt, thanks for watching! Yes indeed, that pesky Alfa Virus is hard to get rid of for sure! 😉🍀

Ciao Paolo! Nice to hear from you mate - how are things for you? I hope life is getting better 🙂

Haha, a good choice mate - the 2.4 is a cracking engine. Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate it. 👍🏻

Yes

Makes me want to go tax my spider and take it for a run! Mine sounds a lot like yours and the wife was confused why my car was on the telly! Lol Great video Chris, we all need a shot of Alfa stress relief!

Thanks Mark - not many of them left now. It sounds like you need to get your car out immediately before it rains again! Thanks a lot for watching.

Sounds beautiful! From a Golf R32 driver✌🏼

@@88tmilko Cheers Frank! R32 also sounds great - 3.2 litre crazy V6 in a hatchback?? Yes please.

Thanks for watching Richard - the Ragazzon sounds more to my taste than a Wizard (excellently made though the Wizard is), although I still had to experiment a bit to get the sound right. (Straight through rear section with a small cherry bomb type silencer welded in.)

Thanks a lot for watching Jason - I agree completely!

I grin like a complete idiot driving my 159!

Yes ..so true...alfas are life

Hi mate, thanks for watching. Yes it was one of those memorable Summer days - no wind, hot sun, English countryside and a Busso singing under the bonnet!

Hi Stanislas - thanks for watching. I prefer a more bassy exhaust note than the raspy, high pitched sound of some pipes, so I experimented with a few exhaust setups until I found one that I loved.

Thanks very much! No luck involved, just lots of time and effort! Never driving it in wet or salty conditions either.

110 years of pleasure! Thanks for watching mate 👍🏻

Hi Paul - thanks a lot for watching and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated. Are you an Alfa driver yourself?

Hi Nicholas, couldn’t agree more. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Hi Andre - congratulations on your Spider, they are a rare car now. Around 25 left in the UK and some of those are off the road. A great investment 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut Thank you so much! I told my wife that we made a good investment. But really, we were both mostly happy with the wonderful sound and good handling of this beautiful spider! We are going to keep this car for the rest of our lives, really great :)

Hi Michael, thanks for watching! Strange that I should bump into a Mito-owning Alfisti on my test drive!

Hi Martyn, hows things? It was a great day thanks and the initial annoyance of the road being closed, led to my meeting another Alfisti! How nice.🙂

Great thanks Chris! Still a bit messed up here in America, lost my job due to some cutbacks due to the virus but staying well. Luckily my Giulia is paid for 😊

Sorry to hear that Martyn, we are in for a rocky couple years I think financially. I try to focus on positive things and keep looking forward, as thats the only direction we can go in! 😉

Hi Doc, thanks for watching and also thanks for the kind words! Its funny - that video did ok but my latest one about my GTV rebuild has got hardly any views! Its difficult to know what people want to see? 🤔 What do you like to watch?

Chris , your last video is great 👍 Keep up with the good work. I think the reason it doesn't have so many views is because there are fewer GTV fans. However this makes it even more precious and a gem for GTV lovers like me on RU-vid. Be certain it will be much treasured soon. I'd love to see a review of Alfa Romeo 146. I used to drive one with the 1.6 TS engine, lusso sportivo version when I was at the uni. There are quite rare and not really popular but just amazing to drive. If you could do a video with one of these it would be simply amazing! Cheers mate🙌

Thanks mate, my friend Gary had a couple of 146’s and I really like the 145 too so maybe I will feature them both? They are pretty rare in the UK now too.

Thanks for watching Tony - I don’t take days like that for granted! 😉

Thanks a lot for watching - I'm happy you enjoyed it!

Thanks a lot for watching Randall. A little bit of witchcraft with the exhaust and anything's possible! ;0)

Thanks bro 👍

Thanks for watching - I will never sell mine, the kids will inherit her!

Thanks mate, it gets plenty of pampering and never driven in the wet of course. 😉

Enrico Fumia just liked my Spider video. Amazing.

Thanks for watching Downsey! It took a fair bit of experimentation to get the exhaust right but it was worth it 😉

The Alfa Nut I currently own a 159 Sportwagon with the 2.4 diesel which I love. I’m hoping to add a V6 GT to my garage and if I can get it sounding like your Spider I’d be very happy. Some of the exhausts I’ve heard are too raucous but yours is just perfect.

Yes good choice - the 2.4 is probably the best all round engine for the 159. V6 GT’s are still low in price for some reason but buy an early 05 one if you can as the road tax is cheaper! 😉

I’m in Australia where the GT is a rare beast. There’s only ever a handful for sale in the whole country at any given time and most of those are the 2 litre, so finding a good V6 is a challenge. No real bargains to be had.

@@downesy68 Ah shame. You could always import one from the UK? Right hand drive and quite compatible?? In the UK at the moment you can pick up a decent GT V6 for as little as £3,500. Add another Grand for shipping and you're golden!

Gruss Gott! My Wife’s family are from Wien! I love Austria ❤️

@@TheAlfaNut cool 😁😁

Hey mate, thanks for watching! I think it sounds a bit “muscle car” on the overrun?

Help yourself Carlos!

Or a Fiat X1/9. I have owned 2 of those as well. :0)

@@TheAlfaNut A guy I know, until few years ago, was used to racing with one of that, together with some friends of his. Funny car.

@@pile333 Great to drive too! (Another Marcello Gandini design.)

Thanks Lucas, mine too - I always wanted a 916 Spider and I won’t be parting with this one. They will have to bury me in it 😉

Glad you enjoyed - luckily there’s no charge! 😉

The Alfa Nut after watching some of these videos, I bought an Mint Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6. Only 70k km on it. The sound it makes, the curves on the body make me go weak on the knees.

Haha, I’m glad to hear it! Are you a former Honda Civic man? (Your avatar looks like a Honda). Great choice - the 156 V6 is going up in value very quickly now. I will be making another 156 video very soon, so watch out for that! 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut In my younger, more brash years, I drove a '00 Honda Civic Vti. The engine was also the main party piece of that car. Did about 500 laps on the Nordschleife in the naughties with that. And since then I never drove an atainable car that had that much gusto towards the redline. In the Alfa V6 I found that eagernes to rev again but now combined with a creamy rumbling character at low to mid revs. The Alfa V6 engine is nice in all the powerband.

Excellent! What is the current Alfa?

The Alfa Nut .. Giulietta veloce.. 2017 model with same engine as the 4c, my next model! Way hey!

Great engine! I’d love a 4c myself! 😍

The Alfa Nut thanks, it’s such a fun car, I’m going to keep it and have the 4c for even more fun... just got to wait for the perfect 4c to come along!

Hey Dekio - thanks for watching!

Ciao Luca! Thanks for watching - yes the Spider (and GTV) are great cars and handle very well for fwd. 👍🏻

This was all your idea and a great idea it was too! Cheers 👍🏻

Hi Yordan, thanks for your message! I was doing some work to the 156 today in fact! It needs some difficult welding before I can get it back on the road but I will be featuring it in a couple of videos very soon 👍🏻

Thanks for watching - I’ve had the Spider for almost 6 years and don’t take it for granted. Every drive is an event!

Hi mate, thanks for watching. Yes it was a pretty good day all things considered 🙂

Hi Tomaz - thanks for watching and commenting. I like the 166 - is it good to drive?

@@TheAlfaNut Hi! 166 is not a sport car, but it turns very nice - quite neutral even with V6 in front. She's also very comfortable, great car for highway :)

Probably has lots of space in the boot too? 🙂

@@TheAlfaNut oh yessss, 490dm3, a lot of space 😁

Hi Fred, thanks for your observations - I think it is actually illegal to drive without shoes in the UK! 🙂

@@TheAlfaNut Hi, thanks for the reply. I have checked now, and as I assumed, driving barefoot in the UK is perfectly legal, so much so that I have some Facebook contacts and also sy RU-vid, where they usually drive barefoot. If I can, I will send you one of the internet links where this topic is discussed.

Hi mate, hows things? Yes I think you’re right about that. The Brera isn’t quite as nice to drive due to the weight but it looks amazing and is built better.

Hi Marco - its great, I love it 😍

Hi Willy, how are you? Yes, a Busso with the right exhaust will make you smile very wide!

Not bad, thanks for asking...sweating my ass in my new/ used GT Blackline leather seats 😀, just instal them and now they need just a little TLC with cleaner/ conditioner

@@willyzcro110 Good job! Its a little too hot for working though ;0)

Yes, but I was to unpatient for waiting good wather conditions...to big upgrade for puting on hold. GT seats in 147 are must have in my opinion

Grazie per la visione e per averci dato dei veicoli cosi fantastici! Domani compro una Ducati 🙂

@@TheAlfaNut Noi Italiani e voi Inglesi, abbiamo creato le migliori automobili del mondo, poco da dire. Le auto tedesche, nonostante la loro affidabilità le reputo un passo indietro.

Io ho un'Alfa Romeo GT, non è la stessa macchina, ma è molto bella da guidare anche questa.

Haha, well you could try Dave at “GTV City” for some Teledials but they won’t be cheap!

😄😂🤣

Keep your kidney and sell your soul.

Yeah, you’ll get more money for that - the Devil is quite rich!

Ciao Edo! Thanks for watching 🙂

Ciao Alberto! Grazie per la visione: dovevo essere al museo Alfa Romeo la scorsa settimana per l'evento del 110 ° compleanno. Ero molto triste di non poter andare.

@@TheAlfaNut tranquillo avrai occasione in futuro, vedrai che si sistema tutto, grazie per la risposta. Saluti

@@TheAlfaNut avrai occasione per i 120 anni, tranquillo. Alfa Romeo vivrà per sempre!

@@albertocerrato8346 Grazie, lo spero. Abbi cura di te in Italia.

@@sagaramille993 Si hai ragione! Forse potrò fare il viaggio l'anno prossimo. Stai attento.

Hi mate, thanks for watching - yeah what a great engine, especially in the Spider with the top down!

You are a lucky man - your car will probably feel lighter around corners than mine! 😉

The Alfa Nut i don’t now, but i think it is no so big difference about the handling

Hi Chris, thanks for watching mate, hopefully a GTV rebuild update will be coming along shortly - I need to release more videos! 😉

Thanks for watching and commenting mate, yes a Zoe Spider is an eye catching sports car for sure! I think the 916 Spider is one of the most successful Alfa designs ever and Enrico Fumia doesn’t get enough credit for his work. Are you in the Zoe Spider club by any chance?

@@TheAlfaNut , absolutely agree. It's a timeless design. I'll keep my eyes open around Devon for you and yours.

Sorry dude - for the best chance of RU-vid promoting new videos, it's best to release them when people are watching. People are at work now! Hope you enjoy it anyway ;0)

@@TheAlfaNut I completely understand, I was just sad I couldnt watch it straight away hahaha Great video tho! Well worth the wait :)

Hi James, thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

I’m trying! Lockdown hasn’t helped the process I’m afraid 😉

Hi Max, danke for watching! I also love Lancias (my first car was a 1.6 Beta coupe). The 156 is a beautiful car - I am restoring a 2.5 v6 version at the moment. 👍🏻

Hi Philip - thanks for watching! 👍🏻

Thanks for watching! Yes the interiors do rattle and squeak!

@@TheAlfaNut thx for answering. Did buy the Spider 3.2 ... off goes the old P car. Did you mount a strut bar in your spider? Seams to be the best way to cure some the squeaks. Cheers from Denmark.

Hej Karsten - congratulations on your purchase! The phase 3 Spider 3.2 is super rare and will go up in value. Yes, my Spider has a Weichars strut bar and a thicker rear anti roll bar, (Whiteline) which helps to counter the extra weight of the V6. I am also fitting wing braces from www.totallyalfa.com. These help to reduce scuttle shake and help rigidity. (I hope!). Enjoy your Spider quickly before the snow arrives! 😉

Working on it 😉👍🏻

Hi Leo - many people don’t like QV badges on non QV cars but I’m not precious about it - its your car so if you like it then do it!

Thanks for watching Zoltan! 👍🏻

But we are together in spirit mate! ;0)

RWD is always better but I have to say it handles brilliantly with no torque steer. Rumour has it that Alfa copied the FWD Elans suspension for the Spider!

Anch’io! 🙂👍🏻

It’s still an Alfa Mikey! 😉👍🏻🍀🇮🇪

Good morning Mr Agent! Yes Teledials will fit your car - they should be the same fitment and tyre size as your ph3 wheels. Just make sure you buy a 17” set which are straight and have no cracks! They can always be refinished but if they are buckled or damaged then not so good. They are also quite expensive now but try Nathan at Cloverbreakers or keep an eye out on the Alfabook selling page in Facebook. Good luck 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut Thank you Mr A.Nut, will very much keep your info. in mind. Now....will keep on looking in the ads for a nice Spider 🕷

Good luck! 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut I just snagged a Spider! Not the phase 3 (916) variant But a 2.4 JTDM (939) Looks very nice in that Alfa Red. & the hood still works! Mind you am taking it to the Alfaman in Harrow on Monday, the car is by no means perfect 😕 when about halfway through lowering the hood it makes a loud ‘crack’ sound, enough almost to give me another heart 💔 attack 🙃

I’m not so keen on the 939’s as they are quite heavy but still very pretty! Good luck with it, at least it will be economical and the 2.4 is a great reliable engine

Thanks for watching Philip - no lowering at all, the Spider has standard struts & springs. Just poly bushes, uprated rear anti roll bar and uprated discs & pads. Handles great! Do you have a Spider?

@@TheAlfaNut Yes I do have one. Year 99. Grey one. 2.0 TS. All is standard on it. Ok my mistake but It very look like it's been lowered, good thing for you. I actually wonder if I will lower mine but it's still a question because that demands a lot of effort for a little viewing impact (but so much for me..)

@philippeg632 Hi Philippe, lowering does make the car harder to get into! 😉😂 Looks cool though 👍🏻

Hi Gary, sorry for throwing you off your game! A GTV with the Busso will still be a great car and you can make it sound amazing quite easily. 👍🏻

Yes, they are similar cars in many respects, apart from the BMW is rear wheel drive. Both are bone fide modern classics. 👍🏻

Thanks for watching Jacopo! 🙂👍🏻🍀

Yes, I’ve owned it for almost 6 years and was lucky enough to buy it for £5k from a wealthy fan who had spent lots of time and money on it. You could daily drive it, as its very easy to live with. I only drive it on dry days however and its always garaged. The lack of a tin roof does affect handling but this is reduced to a bit of scuttle shake over bumps on my car, as it has strut brace, new suspension & poly bushes, uprated anti roll bars and wing braces from Totallyalfa.com. It handles very well without the usual understeer from the heavy Busso. I agree about the open top being a great platform for the Busso - it just sounds so fantastic through tunnels and in narrow streets etc! 😄

The GTV Spider is rare! There's none for sale right now across all the big online car market platforms. I did see a very late facelift 3.2 one awhile back but that was priced way up there. If you ask me, ultimate handling isn't needed. Busso engined cars are cruisers and GTs I feel. Perhaps the 147 GTA handles hot hatch like if money is spent on upgrades but I wouldn't know.

@@Negativvv True - not many about these days and most people won't be advertising theirs in Summertime anyway! I found a lovely low mileage Spider TS for my Brother in Law recently but there's not much choice. There are only 23 V6 Spiders on the road right now in the UK.

That era of Alfa is moving into rarity now yes. There are somewhere in the region of 150 156 2.5s left which is the same as the GTA. Considering only a few hundred were ever sold that's a reasonable percentage still around. I'd imagine they never sold many V6 Spiders in the first place!

Don't be sad Mike - the TS is a great sounding engine, perhaps lose a silencer to let it sing? This isn't my composition but I'll be using some more of my own tunes soon.

@@TheAlfaNut incidentally I still have your CD that you sent me in the 147, it gets a bit of airtime from time to time :D The upside of the TS engine is that I regularly get around 7.5l/100km which is much better for commuting purposes.

Haha yes, swings and roundabouts isn’t it? Hows the situation in NZ? Your prime minister seems to be very switched on in managing it?

@@TheAlfaNut while it's fair to say things aren't perfect, at least we currently have freedom of movement within our borders, albeit with a level of contact tracing so movements can be tracked if there's any community transmission. Jacinda and the director general of health, Dr Bloomfield have kind of become cult icons to some for the way they've approached i, Whereas the minister of health has been a total idiot. Anyone entering the borders has to be quarantined for two weeks; of course fierce debate is now raging over who foots the bill for this. But in spite of a less than ideal situation, I think we're all glad we're not Brazil or the USA right now.

Yes it sounds (to the outside world at least), that NZ has applied some sensible joined-up thinking to the pandemic, whilst places like the USA have heavy political battles going on instead! 🙄. We are out of lockdown properly with freedom to go and stay wherever you like from Saturday onwards. At last

😂 yes they are a bit aren’t they? I like the Jag but it’s a bit too loud all the time!

I know - it handles great despite the FWD (Alfa nicked some ideas off the Lotus Elan for the GTV) but RWD would be awesome!

Hi Claudio! That is a very rare car now, especially in green. Are you in Italy or UK?

@@TheAlfaNut I'm in Germany ☘️😀👋

@@TheAlfaNut I'm in Germany ☘️😀👋

oh, Entschuldigung! 😁. Do you have snow?

oh, Entschuldigung! 😁. Do you have snow?

Sorry Donal! 🤣. Thanks for watching

LOL! I take longer these days! ;0)

The Alfa Nut .....I was able to go 2 and 2/3rds times.the clip is 8 minutes long.on a serious note,I’ve been following you from the start as I’ve had the virus(Alfa virus not covid)20 year with a 156 and a gtv.love to hate them.thanks for the entertainment and looking forward to some more top quality clips.love from ireland.

Haha thanks a lot mate, appreciate your support. Where are you in Ireland? I had a crazy 24 hour business trip to Athlone a few years back, which involved a trip to a local distillery and subsequently missing my plane flight home! 😂

I’m in Belfast mate.that seems to happen a lot over here,looking forward to more videos on your gtv

Ah right - different Ireland! 😉. I really want to drive the N.I. Coast road soon, it looks amazing 👍🏻

Haha! Thanks for watching Jonathan - I like your style, get out there and blow those HMRC cobwebs away! (I finished my accounts at 10pm last night) Glad to be of service & hope to feature an XK8 in the near future on my about to be launched, 2nd channel: "The Classic Nut". Keep 'em peeled.

Hi Alessio! Cybox equal length downpipes, Ragazzon small silencer middle section and a custom straight through rear section with a small silencer welded in. 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut thanks👍🏻

Hi Steve, thanks for watching! Yes the wipers are a bit prominent and they have the bizarre pipes attached for washer fluid instead of concealed jets. I need to review the previous generation Spider soon 👍🏻

@@TheAlfaNut I guess these were ment to not spray over the windscreen but on it. Ok for the Spider but the GTV got that thing too, also the ugly antenna which it would have not needed because it has a full rear window... So i guess the Spider was the base design.

Hi Tim, I think the Boxster (unless its pretty new) has a bit of a bad rep. for costing a lot to maintain? They handle amazingly well though.

Hi Olivier - they are both great!

@@TheAlfaNut 24v because of 6 speed gearbox, tanned leather with blue body 17' teledial wheels on GTV ...

Sounds good - I love blue with tan leather. Very classy!

Its a great noise isn’t it? 😍

Haha, ja vielleicht eine schöne Flasche Gruner Veltliner? (Die Familie meiner Frau ist Österreicherin!) Der Spider ist mit Sicherheit ein solides kleines Auto! Ich denke, es hilft dem Körper, steif zu bleiben, was in Ordnung ist, da ich es hauptsächlich für Kreuzfahrten benutze. Danke fürs zuschauen!

Thanks a lot Lorenzo, it certainly looks good in front of a camera!

Cheers for watching Ady - I agree!

Good shout - the VR6 does sound epic too! 👍🏻

@TheAlfaNut I'm currently restoring my 89 Corrado storm, it did sound sweet last time she turned over. Here's hoping she will be back on the road before Christmas. I loved my Cup it's one of those cars I regret selling, All the best

Ooh a Corrado VR6 is one of the cars I always fancied too! Good luck with the resto 👍🏻 I recently launched a 2nd channel - “The Classic Nut” which will be featuring all sorts of cool cars. My first video was on my mates 500bhp TT RS but a VR6 feature would make a nice episode too. Maybe yours when it’s finished? 🤔🙂

youtube.com/@theclassicnut

@TheAlfaNut why not when it's complete, cheers I will be in touch

😂 Sure.