Interesting 'Alzen Car'

[anonymous-user]

jimmytheone said:

I can confirm this car made me feel somewhat queasy (thats me doing my best ballast impression in the pic above).
It really does go well and looks amazing, even at a damp Silverstone.

Ha! Hello mate

[anonymous-user]

darreni said:

That's some trackday fleet!

Anymore fiat pics?

https://youtu.be/BF-uvxt35fk

[MDL111]

fblm said:

MDL111 said:

very very cool, that must be a lot of fun to drive
are you going to be at any track days on the continent with it? would love to see and hear it in action at some point

Definitely the embryo of a plan to do Spa next summer...

Cool track day at Spa sounds good - if you post up the date here, I’ll try to make it the low power/heavy Fiat

[darreni]

fblm said:

That is fking lovely.

[anonymous-user]

darreni said:

That is fking lovely.

Cheers. Yes I'm stupidly happy with it and Matt at Fearnsport has done a simply incredible job bringing it up to his usual standards.

[Ragatha christie]

Love that car. wanted to buy it!

[jimmytheone]

fblm said:

jimmytheone said:

I can confirm this car made me feel somewhat queasy (thats me doing my best ballast impression in the pic above).
It really does go well and looks amazing, even at a damp Silverstone.

Ha! Hello mate

Dammit missed the fez day, though if the porker makes me queasy I fear for the fez interior!

[ChrisW.]

I also have had great service from Stephen and Dan, a great family team with some very nice motors --- and all the best contacts to keep them nice !!

[anonymous-user]

Ooooh look what was just lying around on ebay... 3.2 Carrera intake manifold, welded up by Matt to take drive by wire GT2 throttle

[SRT Hellcat]

Love the F40 Francis. Congratulations. A thing of beauty.
Matt is one of the good guys.
Have not seen him in a while.
Must pop in and say hello next time I'm at Silverstone

[anonymous-user]

SRT Hellcat said:

Love the F40 Francis. Congratulations. A thing of beauty.
Matt is one of the good guys.

He certainly is.

[Dr S]

fblm said:

https://youtu.be/BF-uvxt35fk

Absolutely, utterly, spectacularly beautiful

[DS240]

darreni said:

fblm said:

That is fking lovely.

You’re not wrong!

[anonymous-user]

Christmas has come early for das Alzen

[IMI A]

Those bits look like art

Can you perhaps PM me the rough ball park price to purchase and install those very nice looking carillo rods please?

[anonymous-user]

IMI A said:

Those bits look like art

Can you perhaps PM me the rough ball park price to purchase and install those very nice looking carillo rods please?

Carillo rods are 1700+vat but opening her up to replace them is going to cost a fortune; not sure how much but for example head studs alone are a grand... and then you'll want to do a load more stuff "while you're in there" and get crank, cylinders etc measured up which can soon turn ot into a massive build. Been down that road with my 3.8; unless you're going to open her up for a big upgrade my advice would be just buy 1 rod on ebay and keep it on your desk

[anonymous-user]

36 quid each adds up quick for some bolts! That said it occurs to me it might be possible to do the rods without taking the cylinders off, not sure.

[Slippydiff]

fblm said:

That said it occurs to me it might be possible to do the rods without taking the cylinders off, not sure.

I can think of of a couple of minor "obstacles" but I'd love to see you try it all the same Francis ....

[anonymous-user]

Slippydiff said:

I can think of of a couple of minor "obstacles" but I'd love to see you try it all the same Francis ....

Ha. The piston can't come out the bottom end? It's not my fault if you can't get the piston off the rod inside the cylinder, I'll just get a better mechanic!

[ras62]

Do you know what internals the current engine has, it could have uprated rods and head studs already? It is possible to change the rods without splitting the cases btw.