Alfa Romeo 147 GTA

[beautifulbusso]

As it's been over a year since I last posted the orginal readers cars thread about the GTA, thought I'd wack up a new thread listing all what i've done to her etc.

I fancied doing something a little different with my GTA after I thought long and hard to mod her or not so below is a quick sumary of what's been done etc.

Brake Setup.
- PF pads followed by Pagid RS14 pads.
- ATE fluid.
- Braided hoses.

Suspension Setup.
- BC Racing BR coilovers.
- Powerflexed upper and lower front wishbones.
- Powerflexed rear transverse arms.
- Eibach ARBs front and rear.

Gearbox.
- Quaife diff.
- Uprated organic clutch.

Intake.
- ACT carbon plenum.
- Ferrari 430TB.
- BMC CDA.

Exhaust.
- Catless front manifolds.
- Custom downpipes.
- 100 cell sports cat in replace for the two cats.
- Small silencer.
- Wizard catback system.

I had put the car up for sale over a month ago once I had her sorted and because I was getting bored of the car too, but after looking around everywhere for a replacement, I just couldn't find anything that interested me or engaged me as much as the GTA does.

Here are some photo's which or new enough.




Flying the PH sticker as always.





And up the test hill at Auto Italia @ Brooklands last weekend


Also a small video clip going up the hill @ Brooklands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P6SovCyAtM&fea...

All comments welcome

[Jamirecluse]

Edited by Jamirecluse on Monday 13th May 01:38

[Amirhussain]

Oufft

[NadiR]

That engine bay! That that lovely V6 sound

[BriC175]

Epic! Would love one!

[Vitorio]

Looks absolutely brilliant, and some pretty good mods too. Do you have any idea how much power it makes with the modified intake/exhaust systems?

[heisthegaffer]

Stunning....

[beautifulbusso]

Cheers guys

I don't know about the figures after the mods but I will be taking her back to the same RR as when I last had her on one

[iacabu]

NadiR said:

That engine bay! That that lovely V6 sound

Yes, that engine bay is bloody fantastic!

Shame I can't watch the video to hear it until I get home, but I don't expect it to disappoint

[Rev Limit]

Stunning! I saw this at Brooklands last week and I think you overtook me on the way down aswell!

Did you see the flying 360? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiiB3u6yJY

[m555]

Very cool car and a lovely engine!

[dm46]

Love the engine on these, and the car itself is beautifull. Pretty quick too, did the quaiffe diff make a big difference?

[Andy665]

Considering one of these plenums for my GTV, has it changed the induction noise at all?

[offspring86]

That engine bay!

[beautifulbusso]

Rev Limit said:

Stunning! I saw this at Brooklands last week and I think you overtook me on the way down aswell!

Did you see the flying 360? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiiB3u6yJY

I only found out about the 360 once I got home, now I know why the hill wad closed though! I passed you? What were you in as you woulda seen my 155 in convoy too

[beautifulbusso]

dm46 said:

Love the engine on these, and the car itself is beautifull. Pretty quick too, did the quaiffe diff make a big difference?

These are actually really quick for what a hot hatch is

The car shoulda left the factory with the diff in my view, you can get on the power nice and early and feel the front end pull you round, bit like an RS Megane.

[beautifulbusso]

Andy665 said:

Considering one of these plenums for my GTV, has it changed the induction noise at all?

I really really do recommend the plenum, I've not heard the intake from outside the car till today when someone posted a video of the GTA going up the hill @ Brooklands, very much has that M3 CSL intake roar

[martin mrt]

I really didn't like these when they first came out, however age has shown me to appreciate all things Alfa Romeo and that example is stunning.

Love it, they look mean and beautiful all at the same time, only something Alfa could achieve

[Andy665]

beautifulbusso said:

Andy665 said:

Considering one of these plenums for my GTV, has it changed the induction noise at all?

I really really do recommend the plenum, I've not heard the intake from outside the car till today when someone posted a video of the GTA going up the hill @ Brooklands, very much has that M3 CSL intake roar

Ordered one today from Monza

[beautifulbusso]

Andy665 said:

Ordered one today from Monza

Remember, you'll need a remap too!