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by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:10 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Genuine steel is 9 kilos "naked"

This one is 4 kilos so -5kilos !
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:mrgreen: -440 grams
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by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:03 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Slave clutch receptors, they are both in iron cast or alumium, guess xhich one I have ! -200 grams http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_i101.jpg etc.... Weight 880 kilos ! Wipers's motor ! A 75 one is lighter 0,7 kilos ! And do exactly the same job. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/9...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:45 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Manual choke -260 grams http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_pi26.jpg Heating system -4,25 kilos New steering wheel -0,89 kilo Wires - 0,6 kilo (600 grams) Standard exhaust manifolds 13 kilos http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im98.jpg From CSC it's only 8 kilos which means -5kilos...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:27 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

- 400 grams http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im94.jpg Please don't tell my wife I use her very precise : http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im95.jpg :mrgreen: I love you darling :mrgreen: Little steel body parts not usefull - 500 grams 1,655 kilos flywheel + 1,27 kilos (puley) ...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:45 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

The car when I bought it in 2008 http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im90.jpg The weight was about 950 kilos, (genune car is 1110 kilos), my car was already prepared for trackday use by the previous owner. As I had no much money to spend, and I was a bad mechanic :mrgreen: I took the easy w...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:35 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Please wait your turn sir ! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2078.jpg My motor worked, see the standard intake manifold as I wated to have a job more simple. http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im83.jpg The spark plug had a nice color, and more than 10 km without breaking someth...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:57 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

SO here is "the bad boy", sorry, I must admit it's to difficult for me to explain in english (even in french it's little bit hard :lol: ) http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2066.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2067.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:47 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

I forgot to talk about a "tip", when adjusting valves clearance, you can mix these parts beacause they are littl bit diffenrent size (thickness I mean) I found one with 310 and one with 323 so it's 0,13 mm different that can help. That helped me to be very precise (clearance good with 0,02...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:35 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

It was time to be more serious, and I started to rebuilt a entire brand new motor Twin Spark ! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2033.jpg http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2034.jpg It was so nice to work with clean spare parts brand new ! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/9...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:50 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Try ti improve motor, brakes, or suspensions is nice but don't forgot the "pilot" i mean the driver of course ! Near my home there is a track (Charade) which was a formua one track many many years ago. There is a school for "pilot teachers" If you plan to become such a teacher yo...
by gatouille
Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:39 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

So : http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2020.jpg Bye ! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2021.jpg You must realize that your next soda can may have "twin spark inside" !! http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2022.jpg Always the same story ! http://i34.servimg.c...
by gatouille
Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:56 pm
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Once again, My very first alfetta motor didn't want me so I changed it with another alfetta (borrowed by Gtvpp) then I changed it by a Twin Spark, Here is the 4th motor in only 2 years.... It's little bit crazy, isn't it ? http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_2016.jpg My 2 alfetta on french ...
by gatouille
Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

I used this Twin spark for few trackdays, it's was a good motor, unfortunately the driver(me I guess :lol: ) was very stupid. In Dijon 2010 I used it as a real race motor and too much revs meant : http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/dscn3210.jpg A valve's spring or the valve told me it was fed ...
by gatouille
Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:40 pm
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

Re: My GTV 2.0l 's story...

Thank you Kevin and Hexen, So I use only one time the motor Alfetta 2.0 L carb borrowed buy my "new friend" Gtvpp. Can you imagine a man you don't know who give you a good motor ready to use ?? Here is the motor http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/16/54/85/98/949_im70.jpg It's of course better to...
by gatouille
Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:32 am
Forum: Race Cars and Track preparation
Topic: My GTV 2.0l 's story...
Replies: 27
Views: 18921

My GTV 2.0l 's story...

I bought this GTV in 2008, it was already prepared for trackdays use, lighter, race seat, roll bar (old one)... First I try to use the genuine motor 2 liter carbs, but it didn't want me unfortunately :lol: I broke it 2 times before using on track ! I decided to divorce :mrgreen: A guy on internet fr...