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Surace also talks about the trouble in implementing the transaxle: (Apologies for the Google translation) "The Alfetta, as an example, delayed of a year its release for the most large problems of vibration provokes to you from the [gear box]... There was an enormous research work in order to un...

According to Surace, Alfa wanted to make the V6 a 2.2 L displacement engine (for tax reasons). Surace claims he had to push them to go for 2.5 L so as not to eat into 2.0 L four-cylinder sales. He also oversaw the enlargement of the engine to 3.0 L for the Milano Verde (it is implied that he thought...

This link has recollections of Alfa engineer Filippo Surace on the birth of the Alfa V6 engine:

http://www.motorbox.com/Auto/Magazine/C ... /2785.html

Click on "galleria immagini" for more pictures, and under "Notizie correlate" for other parts of the story.

The anticipation is half the fun!

horsepower and torque are always the same at 5252 rpm. This is really just a meaningless artifact of the English system of units. See: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question622.htm Saying horsepower and torque are the same is saying power equals force. Power equals force through distance during an ...

It seems to have a "zero-length" drive shaft and retains the front and back guibos. A simple and direct solution!

What is your steering ratio? Is it a custom fabricated steering rack?

Brilliant! More pictures please!

Here is a the official Bosch manual:

http://bama.ua.edu/~darren/boschindex.html

... it was the universal joint that connects the steering column to the steering rack. Sourced a used one in good condition...

Found this web site that explains the VIN system:

http://home.planet.nl/~fransang/vinsystem.html

Murray: See edit above, G=1986

x-rad: Yours is a 1985.

dan6682: Where (in the world) are you located? Check the list listed in the post below to decipher your code.

By the way, Alfa can give you the best info with the chassis number (which is how they really kept records).

U.S. GTV6 VIN numbers are of the form: ZARAA669xA1000000 Z=country code (Italy) AR=manufacturer (Alfa Romeo) A=sport sedan A=manual transmission 669=116.69 (US-specification GTV6) x=check digit (0-9) A=model year (A=1980, B=1981, etc.) 1=factory (Arese, Italy) 000000=serial number The 10th character...

Michael:

That oldtunnel link is very informative. Thanks for posting!

Over the last 500 miles the steering on my '84 GTV6 has stiffened up noticeably. It still gives an immediate response to turns of the wheel but the stiffness is great enough that the wheels do not self-align when driving straight (i.e., I have to turn the steering wheel back to go straight). Is this...