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Title: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: twowings on May 30, 2018, 05:00:41 PM
This is a link to a jalopnik.com article about an Alfa.  Do not click on if you dislike Italian machinery.

(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--k9Iphbxd--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/eowmpieycbjiceix0ym1.png)

https://jalopnik.com/listen-to-the-tiny-2-0-liter-v8-howl-from-the-alfa-rome-1826418971 (https://jalopnik.com/listen-to-the-tiny-2-0-liter-v8-howl-from-the-alfa-rome-1826418971)
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: Turin on May 30, 2018, 08:00:25 PM
oooooo... typo 33 Stradale  :drool:
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: twowings on May 30, 2018, 08:10:06 PM
Why engine builders quit making small-displacement V8s is beyond me...when I think of what cool cars could have benefitted from the 283 Chevy/289 Ford/etc.!!!  :violent1:
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 30, 2018, 08:21:39 PM
Quote from: twowings on May 30, 2018, 08:10:06 PM
Why engine builders quit making small-displacement V8s is beyond me...when I think of what cool cars could have benefitted from the 283 Chevy/289 Ford/etc.!!!  :violent1:

4.6 liters is "small"?  :grin:
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: twowings on May 30, 2018, 08:26:27 PM
Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 30, 2018, 08:21:39 PM
4.6 liters is "small"?  :grin:

In the era of the Hellcat & Veyron, yes!  :cool:
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on May 30, 2018, 08:52:29 PM

(https://thumb.ibb.co/iTe50y/00000308.jpg) (https://ibb.co/iTe50y)

(https://thumb.ibb.co/mbNEtJ/00000251.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mbNEtJ)
My 78 Sprint Veloce from back in the day
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: PJPR01 on May 30, 2018, 10:08:51 PM
The front end of that Alfa looks almost identical to a Ferrari Dino 246 GTS...very stylish indeed!
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: Turin on May 30, 2018, 11:56:07 PM
Quote
My 78 Sprint Veloce from back in the day
Nice Alfetta! Here's mine-

(https://thumb.ibb.co/j7nmOJ/341.jpg) (https://ibb.co/j7nmOJ)
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: twowings on May 31, 2018, 06:25:40 PM
Quote from: Nic in Western NYS on May 30, 2018, 08:52:29 PM

(https://thumb.ibb.co/iTe50y/00000308.jpg) (https://ibb.co/iTe50y)

(https://thumb.ibb.co/mbNEtJ/00000251.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mbNEtJ)
My 78 Sprint Veloce from back in the day

Woudja lookit at the HAIR  on that guy???  :grin:
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: canuck750 on May 31, 2018, 06:40:09 PM
Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 30, 2018, 08:21:39 PM
4.6 liters is "small"?  :grin:

My 'small' BMW 268 cubic inch (4.4L) puts out a measly 456 hp, if only they would build a full size V8 and get some real hp it might do better than the 3.8 seconds it takes to get to 60 then it might catch the Hellcat's 3.6 seconds to 60, mind you it took 6.2 Litres / 707 hp to achieve that but the Hellcat weighs in at 4493 lbs and the Beemer is 4372. Its not always about cubic inches but in my comparison the extra displacement tips the scales in favour of the Dodge for all out performance.
Title: Re: Alfa Wednesday
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 01, 2018, 05:50:25 PM

(https://thumb.ibb.co/kH7y7d/alfalfa.jpg) (https://ibb.co/kH7y7d)

Alfalfa?? Great actor any day of the week  :wink: