My South Africian 3.0L finally back on the road

Started by Dna Dave, January 09, 2021, 12:19:23 PM

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Dna Dave

After a three year full restoration, finally took out the South African last night for a shakedown, it ran faultlessly with the noise from the 3.3L AHM motor absolutely amazing, and performance is breath taking, still some little bits and pieces left to do to finish it but all in all I am extremely happy with the end result
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

GG105

Congratulations Dave, looks fantastic, look forward to seeing it.

Cheers
John
1959 Giulietta Sprint
1969 GT 1300 Junior
1970 Giulia 1300 TI
1975 Ferrari 365 GT4
1990 Mazda MX5
2005 BMW 330Ci
2014 Porsche Turbo

bonno

She looks stunning Dave and good to hear she has met all your expectations in regards to performance and sound these rare SA Alfettas provide. Out of curiosity, did you end up going with the original Alfetta colour Grigio Chiaro AR751.

Dna Dave

Hi Bonno,

Yes thats the colour we went with, and it looks spot on.
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

Ascari32

#4
Quote from: Dna Dave on January 09, 2021, 12:19:23 PM
After a three year full restoration, finally took out the South African last night for a shakedown, it ran faultlessly with the noise from the 3.3L AHM motor absolutely amazing, and performance is breath taking, still some little bits and pieces left to do to finish it but all in all I am extremely happy with the end result

Such a lovely, lovely car. I had mine at a time when LJK Setright was around. And some prat, Steve somebody or another reviewed it for the same Mag. - against a 2.8i Capri.

He came down on the side of the Capri - still around I think, but now no doubt a revered old hack. Clarkson has one now, too fat and old to properly enjoy it. But finally the man showed some taste!

My mate - we worked together on BBC transmitter commissioning - had a 2.8i, but he was green with envy over my 2.5 GTV, metallic Nero. And I used to give him a good spanking on the journey - 200 miles each way between Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, Mondays and Fridays.

There was nothing in it on the main roads. But once we got onto those Yorkshire twists, he was always in my rear view mirror.

On another occasion, being sent from Marconi in Chelmsford to Whitney in Oxfordshire, to look at some problems on BT Satellite Earth Station, someone tried it on as we approached a fast roundabout. Needles to say the old GTV held her line, came out of the roundabout beautifully, whilst this guy decided to trim the grass and the bushes.

Now that was a proper Alfa, warts and all. Happy days!

Dna Dave

Yes, when sorted, they are a special car, this one has been off the road for far too long, now its time to start enjoying it again
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

carlo rossi

looks fab
I must have  missed something ,did you bore it out to 3.3?
current cars
red 83 gtv 2.0


previous cars
Red 76 1.2/1.5 alfasud ti
white 79 alfetta 2000
alfetta 74 1.8
escort Lotus twin cam
bikes
ducati 900 ss 1979
moto morini 3 1/2 sport 1975/6
Moto morini 3 1/2 valentini speciale 77 oh and a deltek rockhopper

Dna Dave

Hi Carlo,

Yes, i can two of the 3.0L carby autodelta engines, one is the original un modified one and the other (in the car now) is the AHM 3.3L.
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

Dna Dave

AHM or AHMotorsport are a high performance workshop and supplier of high performance parts  who are based in England, they built this engine and the capacity was increased to 3.3L
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

GeeTV

Thanks for sharing.
It really does look the business - Congrats!
How does it sound?!?!?!

Dna Dave

#10
This is the engine when i put it in my race car temporarily


https://youtu.be/h7m5TshWGJw
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜


carlo rossi

current cars
red 83 gtv 2.0


previous cars
Red 76 1.2/1.5 alfasud ti
white 79 alfetta 2000
alfetta 74 1.8
escort Lotus twin cam
bikes
ducati 900 ss 1979
moto morini 3 1/2 sport 1975/6
Moto morini 3 1/2 valentini speciale 77 oh and a deltek rockhopper

Dna Dave

A couple more photos
1980 Alfa gtv racecar, 2.0L twinspark turbo
1991 Alfa 75 Potenziata
2009 Alfa Mito VRA Racecar
1974 Alfetta sedan
2003 Mitsubishi Evo3 RS
2008 Alfa GT 3.2L
2007 Mazerati MC Victory

Past,

Not that many 😜

GeeTV

So nice!
Can I ask, what is the best thing about driving this car?