In no world does the 24v Busso sound bad (I've owned one for 6 years and may it live forever) but somehow the 12v ones sound even better. The engine note is clearer in the 12v engines whereas it becomes a slight drone on the later ones. Alas the earlier engines are almost non existent now, I think I've only ever seen one in recent times; was a SZ parked up at the garage I take my car to...
Remember these coming out. And Eon de Vos giving motivational talk at work. He drove in in one of these. Was chatting in the bat afterwards.... He said it was an animal. Good work!
Beautiful ❤ So awesome to see Alfas appreciated like this! No matter their flaws... And flaws they have.. If anything it makes Alfisti love them even MORE! What other car can boast this? There is none. They have a certain magic all other brands just don't. Plain and simple.
Its Friday the 13th which is my lucky day and i got to give the 45th like which is my favourite number on a video about my favourite car. I think I'm going to have a really good week.
Nice to see. Would be interested to know where he got his remainder stats - 42 from. As an owner of one of the 212. I recognize the issue of modify versus retaining originality. My experience led me to implement practical modifications over the years. The suspension was out of sorts with the low profile tyres- solution stiffer torsion bars and rear springs , plus proper bushings ( not rubber). With carbs the car drank petrol and except when warm proved slow to start- like kicking a slumbering bull, snorts, rumbles, stutters, roars, back fires until after a few minutes it would settle down . By which time half the street had been woken up. The gearing was way to short. 21.6 miles per 1000 rpm and required shifting twice before 60. Inside the car, driver footwell space restricted heeling and toeing because of a piece of carpet covered plastic mounding . Behind the wheel the steering column ( relative to a 2.5 liter gtv 6 ) was all wrong. Column needed to be dropped and extended. And then the brakes- not up to the increased power of the car. So what to do? Touches I do like. The glass Fibre bonnet- but why isn’t the naca duct open? The custom sump guard . The custom front spoiler , the larger radiator and oil cooler. And the air con. Minor gripes, the all black interior - including headlining. The total absence of underbody protection- just body paint... Still it’s nice to have one..
I had to come and see a video on this car having just watched a RU-vid video where Jeremy Clarkson was asked what car he regrets selling the most, his answer was this one: Alfa Romeo GTV6
Really! Mine only needed to look at rain to show rust stains. Perhaps the strong sun on the white paint? Had to respray it. Also, my car at least had zero under seal, so totally inappropriate for any climate which included rain or salt
@@hugogreen4916 As far as I know the ZA GTV's also got the Zinc Galvanisation which featured on the later 164 - this too also was experimental, but makes them near-immortal.
I would never stop to look at that beautiful de dion rear bridge, with watt leverages, transaxle gearbox and disk brakes on the half drive shafts... What a pity they are under the car and not visible!!
You know it's a truly faithful restoration of an Afla, when you immediately see the poor fit of the bumpers. Both front and rear are crooked. 😄 Weirdly, the final edit of the video even includes a zoomed-in shot of the most bent section...! 🤦🏼♂️
I had a model car that I got for my 10th birthday. Sadly stolen on my birthday . My favourite Alfa
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Hi Basie, I'm Pablo, from Argentina, I'm looking for an V6 engine to add at an Alfetta GTV. Please, if do you know something about it, please let me know, regards
Hey Guys! Great video! We have an homage to the Danny Snobek Marlboro GTV6 on our channel! And we just finished filming again with them this past weekend and have a couple of more in depth videos coming on the car! Would love to get your thoughts!
Six single choke delorto’s . Phenomenal torque. Drank fuel like crazy. Hard to tune. I changed over to fuel injection. The engine and carbs had their origins in the alfa 6. Apparently the heads were special to the SA 3 liter , which also had a larger radiator ( than the 2.5 injection) and an oil cooler ( not present on the 2.5 liter injection
In my opinion the Alfetta and its descendants were too softly sprung until the last couple of years' production of the 75s from '89 on. Simply fitting Bilstein dampers helps because of their high pressure. The best way to go is to bite the bullet and fit stiffer torsion bars and springs, but just lower, stiffer rear coils and a big front anti-roll bar is a cost-saving way to go. It is important to replace the rubber bushing at the front apex of the deDion triangle with a metal unibal. That will eliminate the sort of eccentric rear anti-roll bar effect as rubber compresses. This can cause a quick spin on turn-in under hard braking. That only happened to me once in 4 to 500,000 miles of driving Alfetta-types, but you see this happen in club race videos sometimes. The forward caster bushing and inner bushing of the upper wishbone can be directly replaced by metal ones from the 105 Alfa Spider, GTV, Berlina. A limited slip diff is very worthwhile to maximize the already excellent traction provided by the transaxle's location; very low just ahead of the rear axle. US spec Alfettas have incredibly (nearly 100 lbs each) heavy 5mph bumpers. Getting rid of them improves every aspect of performance, especially handling.
