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Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:34 am
by kevin
Fed , the only pannels that are fiberglass are the bonnet and bootlid. Both run 0 toe.
I have just moved to toe in from toe out but my line has changed when entering corners (only slowish hairpins )

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:54 pm
by fedezyl
Nice Kev! thanks a lot for the pics! any idea on the weight these giulies are running?

I was running some numbers and I think i'm going with the coil over kit from RS racing, as I can't run adjustable shocks, whatever change in bump and rebound setting must be done by revalving, therefore the RS kit seems like a good way to go.
I love the brake setup, those look like twin 75 brembo calipers, I don't know if I could get away with that setup by the rules we have...got to look into that, but in any case I think finding those uprights will be hard.
Also, i'm looking for a TS engine from a 75, not easy to find but seems like the best way to go, std engine with head porting thanks to Jim K book and 45 DCOE's I have laying around here.

I think with a TS engine, cage, fiberglass bonet and trunk lid I could get the weight down to about 1100 kg...plus, the most important and difficult part, I need to lose weight! :D

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:34 am
by kevin
Red giuli weighs 1070kg and white giuli weighs 835kg. Red still has glass and most of its body work under boonet and boot. White cars is absolutley shredded.

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:47 am
by fedezyl
Sounds about right on the ballpark weight I want to get my giulie at, still looking for that TS engine....

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:08 pm
by Maurizio
white giuli weighs 835kg
:shock: 8)
Looks like the car is pretty light in the back (weight distr 60/40?) btw an interesting place to put the exhaust ....

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:37 am
by kevin
Maurizio, the giuli with the exhaust on front is an ex rally car tnat did all those safari rallies. Its only lately been lowered to the ground.
The white giuli i am referring to is the one with wing , its exhaust comes out side. There are pics of it on another thread which i will look for .

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:14 am
by squadragrunn
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nice rims!! damn, you guys seem to have it all, the cars , the weather, the tracks and more, here in holland , anything car gets suffocated

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:37 pm
by GTV27
kevin wrote:If only I took vids of this car on the track.You cant believe the sound that it makes from these short exhausts . Power is off the charts :shock:
This is also a well presented car not just huge power.
now that is a unique exhaust solution!

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:55 am
by kevin
So an Alfa Dealer asked for some of our trofeo cars for a morning display on Saturday . Thats where the fun started . No better excuse to test some more and have a few drag races en route. (i realised i have not grown up yet). The "drive" was 70km so my race tank was fulled to brim.
Now the best part was "driving'' with a Monza on the way back . All I can say is we got more stares and video clips from anyone trying to keep up pace. (not on my car) .Cant divulge to much more but a few pics of the entrants.

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:58 am
by kevin
MD , following your other thread its clear from the pic of the Monza which side the driver is meant to sit on.

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:26 pm
by MD
Hahhaa. So who said they knew Jack Sheet back then... :mrgreen:

Thanks to all you poms out there for not caving in to Euro pressure. We love yuz.

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:54 pm
by power
kev your GTV is looking realy good in the new colours

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:53 am
by kevin
Thanks P , but I am going to have to put back the original livery from the 1983 season for the next historic race in january .
Attached is a link from a our last race . This is page 6 , but it's interesting to go through all pages to see body roll of the other cars.
Also picked up I missed the apex of the corner but geez does this car fly and I'm a bit rusty so everything was out a bit . I was in such a rush to get to the track , scrutineer , qualify , bleed brakes etc I forgot to take my dam numberplate off. This negated all the effort I put in trying to get more air to radiator - ( tosser :D )
http://www.zwartkops.co.za/plugins/auto ... &start=105
Another link
http://www.zwartkops.co.za/plugins/auto ... a&start=84

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:16 am
by Mark Walshaw
Zwartkops 3rd of November, Alfa Trofeo Racing. Paulo Lopes in his extremely quick 1974 Alfetta GT, with a little damage after a scuffle with another car.

Re: Alfa Trofeo Racing Series - South Africa (Pics from meet

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:50 am
by Mark Walshaw
Kevin in his GTV blasting out of the hairpin.