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Guys, after a long break from Alfas (I am living in Hong Kong at the moment, so no Sprint - Boo hoo!) I'm trying to use my time on some sort of car and alfa related stuff.

I'm designing and buildin ...

I made the cam belt tensioners from billet aluminium, turned to give a larger diameter than standard. this allows them to take up extra slack due to reducing deck heights, plus of course they spin mor ...

yes, having done the conversion, unless you are going for a race spec where cost is no issue, then keep the standard throttle bodies as they are good quality items - it's what I'm doing for my next pr ...

Here is a smelly but reasonably reliable way of making sure that the tappets are full of oil before fitting.

Heat a couple of litres of good clean new oil (GTX or similar is fine) in a pan to about ...

Here's my ten pence worth

For a front wheel drive car, the 8V is probably the better engine, as it gives a better balance by not being all or nothing. Torque steer with lots of power at high revs i ...

I put an Emerald M3D unit on my 16v - if you are interested take a look at www.alfasprint16v.fws1.com

Les

Not, but I have had a friend who broke the disc attachment lugs, with much the same effect.

Bigger diameter brakes are out, as they would hit the engine crakcase rear cover. Wider vented discs are ...

depends on the engine - early 1.7 ov engines were fitted with 36IDF webers (or their Dell'Orto equivalents) butn later engines were fitted with 40IDFs, and often had 2mm larger inlet valves too.

Le ...

The sprint and 'Sud definately have the same rad, and I have used an early 33 one in my 16v sprint - the only difference was the plastic fan mounting, but as I used the old metal @sud item, this was n ...

If your clutch is dragging slightly (ie not completely disengaging) it can cause this - try bleeding the clutch hydraulics

Les

if I remember rightly the standard diameter was 42mm

The 16v seems to be 50 and 48 respectively for the manifold and system, for info

I haven't got time at the moment to give a more detailed answer, but simply, a carburettor fed 16v engine giving 170BHP will be

A) a pig to drive on the street (though the low weight of the kit sh ...

Well, failed trying to attach a picture - who can teach me how?

Les

I bought some Willwood Dynalite II forged aluminium four pot calipers while I was over in the states. The cost me about €100 each, weigh about 1kg each, and with a set of soft pads are good for ...

finally sorted it out - did it the hard way by 'mapping' the schematic for the system. It was indeed a cut wire, but the curious thing is the way that it gets it's supply of 12v - there are two of the ...

Ok, this weekend had me pounding my head against a wall.

I'm building a sprint car which has a mid-mounted 33 16v engine, and the electrical system is using a series 3 fusebox and wiring, cut down ...

Go to www.alfaboxertuning.fws1.com

I wrote that site for this

Les

Desculpe, a proxima vez tento de ler bem o nome!

Oeiras? That's very close to me Pedro, I am in Cascais!!

You can certainly come and see it whenever you want - I will e-mail you my telephone number and we can talk

Les

what car are you putting it into?

Les

Hylomar is a non-setting blue gasket paste, which is actually a Rolls-Royce Aero Engines Plc product; they use it to seal the bearing sumps and compressor case split lines

If it's good enough for t ...

just a little point - the oil pump relief valve only opens when the oil pressure is sufficient to overcome the force of the spring. Shimming the pump will increase the cold and highest possible oil pr ...

I always had the oil pressure light flickering on at idle after a hard thrash even with a brand new pump and a reconditioned engine - the pump is just a bit marginal when the engine oil is hot and thi ...

I have a complete 16v 33 (red) that I have no use for, as I bought two as a job lot for spares. There are some other parts as well, notably doors and some air con equipment. The whole lot is €300

I ...

crank main bearings don't make any squealing noises, they will just make a thumping sound - you probably either have a pully rubbing, a buggered water pump or maybe a knackered clutch release bearing. ...