How quick are Alfa 147s?

[Purple]

And what engine flavours do they come in? Had one tailing me and it seemed not to have the throttle response (ie: grunt) keeping up in traffic. And only managed to pull up when the road opened up (and I did not want to break the speed limit by much). May be it's just an inexperienced driver. Would have thought a closer match with all the engine revs he was doing.

[Smudger]

if it was the GTA, in a straight line you would get raped

[Purple]

Couldn't really tell. The bodykit could have been bought after market. I am guessing it could be a 2L or even a 1.6L as I was keeping mostly below 4.5k rpm. For his sake, I really hope it was not the GTA (is that 3 litre?).

[Smudger]

yea 3.2 V6

sounds like a 2.0L 16v or the 1.6 16v as you say

[Zollo]

The GTA has something like 250bhp and the 2.0-litre twin spark only has 150bhp, so there's quite a difference. I guess it would be the twin spark, and he only came passed you because you started backing off?

[Purple]

Mind you, it was a cool and damp evening - the perfect conditions for the F7R and I was enjoying the gruntier 3k to 4k band.

Don't you hate it when you just slayed something which may or may not have been a body-kitted lower model with a bad snorting exhaust (esp. Mit Lancers with EVO bodykit) :D

[Purple]

and he only came passed you because you started backing off?
Yeah, backed off as I was a teensy-weensy bit beyond the limit. :wink: He didn't pass me, traffic on the sides boxed him in. But he was inches off my rear.

Wouldn't the 3.2L be a bit a of a fatty sitting at the front of a wheel-barrow? And the electronic TC effectively reducing the 250 bhp by half whenever you really want to use it. Never been a big fan of active gizmos on a car.

[Smudger]

apparently the GTA does like to understeer a bit but i for one wouldnt mind that too much, that engine is just lush and they look very very nice indeed, especially in the Pearlesent White they did them in

hmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm

[Zollo]

I'm pretty sure the GTA is still a quick beast even carrying a bit of weight. Who knows!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/Alfa-Romeo-147-GTA-008.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/in_alfa_147_Selespeed_71.jpg

:?:

[Zollo]

they look very very nice indeed, especially in the Pearlesent White they did them in

hmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm

Couldn't have timed that any better mate :wink:

Was just gonna say how sexy it looks in white!

[Smudger]

they look very very nice indeed, especially in the Pearlesent White they did them in

hmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm

Couldn't have timed that any better mate :wink:

Was just gonna say how sexy it looks in white!

well that shows we have some taste.

im pretty sure there was a video floating about on youtube of a supercharged one :P

[Purple]

It was the red one that was up my tail. I guess it is also in the genetic make-up of a true Alfa driver to race with anything on the road regardless of how small an engine he may be driving. I, myself, was also a bit of an Alfa fan in the 'Sud & Sprint days. The carbed 1.7L was one magnificent and leaky engine, and the rev limit must have been painted in as an afterthought. :)

[Zollo]

MMmmmmmm, Mmmm...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/young04_061.jpg

Seen (and more importantly, heard) this race in the flesh. Awesome!

[Purple]

Balls to you! Zollo! I have been on the wagon for so many years. Now, I have to go back to AA again. Alfa Anonymous :D I had more posters of these cars than naked women, man!

Any more pics?? :)

[2 live]

awesome little motors in their day.

[Zollo]

Any more pics?? :)

It races in the German Youngtimer race series. Pictures of it, and loads of other amazingly cool old-school racers, here...

http://www.auto-rennsport-page.de/bilder/youngtimer/young04_01.htm

Check this out too...

http://alfasud.alfisti.net/asree3.html

http://alfasud.alfisti.net/koeppen01e.html

I also have a couple of pics of two A110s that race in the same series :wink:

[Purple]

I really loved these cars! Even today, when I drive past a rare & rusty sud, I have to fight the temptation to stop the car and offer a price for it. Which is probably about $10 above scrap value :).

In 1988, I was about to put down payment for an '82 1.5L but someone snatched it from right under my nose. A beautiful example, all standard parts, no rust and drove perfectly. Years later, I happen to bump into the new owner and he said the car fell apart from rust in 6 months and he had to scrap it :shock:. That exorcised me of alfas for quite a number of years. Funny thing is, these cars can barely crack 10secs in standard form but it does not stop the alfa brigade from chasing 911s and the like. :)

And about the A110 you were suggesting? Zero available in the country, but wheels are in motion in my head. Shhh!

[Zollo]

Do it :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/Image040.jpg

[Smudger]

one for you Matt

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16221

[Purple]

I am going to quit this thread soon, or else my wife will add a few more new names into her already burgeoning hit list :D

Zollo, you live in Southampton, right? :twisted:

[Purple]

Zollo, since you somehow know so much about my teen-hood car icons. Here's a few more:-

http://www.audi.co.uk/etc/medialib/cms4imp/audi2/uk/Products/about_audi/quattro.Par.0001.Image.jpg
"Mouton, Mouton. Come join me on my futon. And you can bring Pons!"

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4423/dsc035104eu.jpg
French RWD + Ragnotti = 4WD!

http://www.bmw-syndikat.de/bmw-syndikat/archiv/m1/bilder/bmw%20classics%20m1%20kleiner%20als%2010kb.jpg
Great news! BMW is going to build low-slung sports cars and break the italian monopoly!

http://lancia-stratos.chez-alice.fr/Stratos10.jpg
Clear evidence that alien spaceship landed on earth in the 70s and Lancia used it as a rally car.

http://perso.orange.fr/silvertv/zmagnum.jpg
When I grow up - I want to take care of a rich man's house, solve mysteries and drive his Ferrari.

[Zollo]

Possibly the loudest race car I've ever witnessed!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/Zollo/M1Procar.jpg

[Zollo]

one for you Matt

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16221

I remember thinking their 320bhp conversions were nuts in a front-driver :shock:

[Smudger]

indeed, i bet that is a bit of handfull

i want one in a GTA