Alfa romeo 156 3.0 V6 (the real GTA?)

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action shot

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Yes, its no struggle doing 240kph all day
And pulling power is great.

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another 2.4jtd remap with more boost ofcourse and some other changes in top revs



from 18.5s 100 to 200kph time dropped to 16s
250hp cars have similar times so i'm there somewhere and happy for now.

https://youtu.be/yllxCP-t690

Edited by AlanV6 on Saturday 9th July 08:11

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another event on karting track, again very fast for such a big car ( only one faster with 650kg and 140bhp made for slalom)

https://youtu.be/8WXwiPHDJD4

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Alfa is a little battered. Will look better in new shell.
Impreza is serious piece of kit, fully forged 385bhp, and it's painted like that. Looks the business in real life

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Looong time no posting. She still lives in an old shell.

I upgraded the tyre-wheel setup to 18" and 9,5" width. Used slicks in 265 18 are quite cheap because they are used in btcc.

Went on karting track again (small speeds more like handling course) with 250 yoko advan slicks front and 235 dunlop rear.



She has fantastic mechanical grip now and i was surprised when i saw the time 52.525




i did a modification on top mounting to get less camber (before -3.5 degree now -3)







madmax haha





onboard

https://youtu.be/EmaFTdIP6uY

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rev limit happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYY2O0__Ixg

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davebem said:

I like the solution to camber adjustment, does it hold in place ok? It must be a lot of work on those tracks changing gear!

it holds totaly fine.

Another confirmation that i'm going in the right direction, grobnik track last sunday. Made my personal record, over 5.5sec faster than previous (mechanical grip and new asphalt that gives 2sec cca)



https://youtu.be/GHELH1rFelA

https://youtu.be/jlm9RdiuZMw

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it's more because of my setting rear toe 1mm out (i like to steer with rear)

flyby shot from another car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTMejaOcEK0

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Long time no update, but something is happening
There was a timeattack on some local track and i can be quite happy
Third time overall (100 cars) first was peugeot 306 hillclimb car sequential gearbox etc... second alfa 4c with a lot of suspension changes and mods, after me there were some evos 400bhp and hondas etc...

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onboard (little messy lap, i think half a second could be gained)

https://youtu.be/EJapZ78MRus

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Thanks!

And finaly i decided to do a rollcage, but ofcourse to make life harder i want to take enough weight out to not gain any total weight, even harder from 1050kg i want to get to 999kg with cage installed
Will i succeed?
Firstly lighter and only one seat:



and some mocking up of cage







oh and what is this?

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Moved the shifter inside, its higher and more rearward now (insulation will go too )



more weight reduction



and great thanks to a friend of mine who made me carbon fibre roof and bonnet (-7kg and -10kg)










test fitted:

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to much time because of covid 19, i made a video compilation of my work on 156:

https://youtu.be/mwwmUy1BWDE

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long time no posting, i was on a small track just testing new alignment and there was a bump on the track where car jumped, after 15 laps of jumping on slicks gearbox had enough
so i bought gearbox from 166 2.0 twin spark whit even shorter ratios, and put on bellhousing from my V6 box, limited slip diff got some overhaul and i activated all plates





gearbox works :

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yeah i like that picture too, looks purposefull

and now the thing that was on a waiting list for too long, front part of exhaust was still stock'ish, just decatted manifolds.
This is my first tig welding project so it is nost the most beautifull but it holds, still needs a silencer (check the video)
Had to make new lower engine mount to clear the pipes, all is calculated for my engine and peak power, equal lenght primaries and secondaries.















the sound oh the sound i can only imagine how will it be with 500rpm higher rev limit
will dyno it too to see the gains

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well exhaust work is not over yet, ofcourse muffler and some heat wrap still needs doing and then road test

Yes i saw some rwd 156, well i must say i grew up with fwd and handbrake hooning, and i changed so many things on this car that i think i made a very capable fwd platform.
I would like to have rwd (daily car plan in the future is giulia 2.0t) but for racing i would like to make my own car, with midmount engine - alfa 6C ? maybe someday...

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crofty1984 said:

Bravo, Sir. Bravo as fk.

Thank you, now i understand why similar stuff costs 1800 to 2500 euros

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almost finished, just needs full welds around muffler






sound ohh the sound

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sometimes i am too thanks!

few pics of complete exshaust before i wrap it and hide it on the car