147 GTA - Q7 ?

[zelbo]

Hi guys

Just been reading the "should i buy a Focus ST thread" (had one of thoes already) and the GTA keeps coming up with good reveiws from owners.

A couple of people have mentioned Q7 what is this ?
and also are there any other mods worth considering ?

Cheers

[OperationAlfa]

You mean Q2?

It's a torsion based limited slip differential.

I had one on my 156 GTA and it was awesome.

[zelbo]

Cheers, i ment Q2

I assume this is somethign that alot of owners fit, and can you recomend somewhere that fits them ?

[jimmyb]

Autodelta £1500k iirc

[MattyB_]

If I was buying a 147GTA, I would budget the purchase and installation of a Q2 into your costs, and get it done ASAP.

Its pretty much an essential purchase for two reasons - firstly is prevents diff failures, which are fairly common, they have a tendency to explode, damaging the gearbox and leaving you with a bill for £2k+
Secondly, there's a lot of power going through those front wheels, and the diff makes a huge difference to the way the power is put down. It really should have been standard.

In short, do it.

[MattyB_]

jimmyb said:

Autodelta £1500k iirc

Thats the Quaife diff that Autodelta offer - thats £1k + fitting + VAT. Its meant to be slightly better than the Q2, but the Q2 is only £250 inc VAT, so its a hell of a lot cheaper. Should be about £500 all in, with fitting.

[OperationAlfa]

The Q2 is £260 (EXCLUDING VAT)

You can get it fitted for around £500.

Autolusso, Alfaworkshop, Clovertech.

Main dealers have been known to quote well over £600.

It's just as good as the quaiffe IMO.

It can be fitted to all 6 speed boxes except for the 2.4JTDm in the 156.

[jamesgrrr]

The Q2 transforms the (already good) handling of the car. Well worth the £500.

Other than that there are a few minor performance mods you can do, a quick visit to Autodelta's website will show you most of them for reasonable prices. But what you really want is the 3.7l conversion

[MattyB_]

jamesgrrr said:

The Q2 transforms the (already good) handling of the car. Well worth the £500.

Other than that there are a few minor performance mods you can do, a quick visit to Autodelta's website will show you most of them for reasonable prices. But what you really want is the 3.7l conversion

"Autodelta" and "Reasonable prices" is an oxymoron, surely...

We've had this conversation on AO, but I wouldn't bother with the 3.7. Induction/Exhaust/Remap/Coilovers/Q2 - is all I would do.

[sjg]

Hopefully this is viewable without registration (but it's worth registering there anyway):

http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/tuning-and-upgrades...

[zelbo]

Cheers for the info guys, £500 seems pretty cheap for such a highly recomended mod, there is a dealer who fits very close to me too

Thanks again

[P17_GTA]

A far better way to spend £500 than the £500+ I'm having to spend to sort a noisy air-con compressor pump pully!

[Welshbeef]

You guys with the 147 GTA getting mpg in the 28mpg range? I wonder how it compares to the Fiat coupe 20V Turbo?

N/a so more linear I guess but how else is it different?

How much are the cambelt changes or is it camchain & therefore no change needed.

[velocemitch]

GTA's have belts, about £450.00 to change them. 28MPG is about right if you just drive normally and only occasionally use the grunt. 30 is possible on a run, high teens if you get addicted to the sound.

I can't compare with a Coupe, but there is a guy on AO who moved over from one to a 156 GTA SW, I think he was suitably impressed;)

[MattyB_]

I only get 18-19mpg around town. If I drive about 60-ish I can just about get 30mpg on the motorway.

The V6 in the GTA is unusual because it lacks torque low down compared to most V6's - payoff is a screaming top end

[GhostyDog]

Welshbeef said:

You guys with the 147 GTA getting mpg in the 28mpg range? .

I use mine daily, get stuck in traffic lots as its mostly urban, over the last thousand miles of driving trip computer is showing an average of around 19 mpg

[P17_GTA]

Is that what the average is recorded over, I thought I'd read before somewhere that it was 400 miles?
Mines at 26 with mixed driving, so not bad.

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Mine is at 21 with mixed driving (mostly town).

It's a small price to pay though.