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Road performance and gearboxes?

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Hi Folks!

I need advice about how to upgrade my cars road handling. This is how my car is set up today:

GTV6-83
24mm Torsion Bars
Monroe Shocks
The flexible cushions on the radius rod are changed to power-flex

The car is far to soft for my taste and I look for a bit more firm handling. How have you been upgraded your cars?

Gearbox:

On which models are the gearbox with "better" gear ratio mounted?

Best wishes,

Jonas
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Hi, I have upgraded my GTV6 with an alfa 75 twinspark box, this has the added advantage of limited slip diff and better gear changes together with a re-disigned gear lever from Alex Jupe motorsport UK.
The suspension is a coilover fast road set up from Ron Simmons and handles like its on rails. I hope this helps in your quest to find a better drive.

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Tjena Jonas

Bilstein shocks
105 caster ball joints
stiffer springs all 'round


Enjoy. ;)

The TS box is by far the best standard box you can fit.
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I thought the 75 Turbo had the best box, better driveshaft donuts too.
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Turbo 3.9:1
TS 4.1:1

Driveshaft donuts? How would you fit a 75 driveshaft on a GTV?
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75 Turbo driveshaft and donuts are the same as v6
I installed TS gear box on my Turbo for better acceleration.
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Thanks!

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Thank you all for your replies, it helps a lot. I like to spend my money and time upgrading and improving, not re-inventing what's already is invented.

/Jonas
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Re: Thanks!

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By the way!

What parts do I need to be able to convert my original "116" caster assembly to the "105" caster ball joint? I found the parts att Highwoodalfa but are not sure what to order, please help.

/Jonas
Alfahannen wrote:Thank you all for your replies, it helps a lot. I like to spend my money and time upgrading and improving, not re-inventing what's already is invented.

/Jonas
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You can see it also at www.performatek.com. You just have to order the Caster Rod Ball Joints and its Adaptor Kit. It's a bolt on upgrade :wink:
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Alfahannen wrote:By the way!

What parts do I need to be able to convert my original "116" caster assembly to the "105" caster ball joint? I found the parts att Highwoodalfa but are not sure what to order, please help.

/Jonas
You're Swedish right?
Call up CC-motor and get the parts there, cheap enough and less hassle then getting them from another country.
I made a how-to for the whole procedure on alfapower.nu ( http://www.alfapower.nu/viewthread.php?tid=4565 )
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Post by Jose_76 »

That's just the way Mats shows it, but if you don't want to drill the car, you can use a thicker adapter like the ones in the picture. If youwant to do it yourself, take an exhaust gasket for the right shape :wink:
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Post by Maurizio »

8) The original design of the performatec kit is from me.

I've got a set adaptor plates of the newer design on stock.
Aluminium adaptor for the wheel side and a stainless steel clamp plate for the motor bay side.

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Cool, Maurizio!! :wink:

Are you selling that new kit?
In any case, what's the thickness of the Performatek's plates? 10mm?
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I'm not sure what thickness my first design had, think that the drawing I sent to Andy was 8 or 10 mm :?

The new set is 8 mm thick alu adaptor plate and 4 mm clamp plate.

Do I want to sell, don't want to screw up this nice site with commercial blabla :x , I'll do a PM.
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What's that clamp plate? :oops:
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