Re[2]: Berlinas

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

On Tue, 28 May 2002 18:12:58 -0400 Brian Shorey <bshorey@domain.elided> wrote:
> Berlina feels a little heavier than a GTV, has similar handling
> characteristics.  You're right about the aerodynamics, books I've read
> put
> the Berlina at .34 and the GTV at around .38.

i've never looked at weights for the 115 series coupe and sedan. for the
first couple of years, the US market Alfetta Sedan actually was shown in
factory docs to be a few tens of pounds lighter than the GT.

that all changed when they restyled the Alfetta Sedan into the Sports Sedan
and added a few hundred pounds in the process.
 
> Nick Fonte was *very* competitive in his Alfetta at our Lime Rock event
> last
> month.  Low 1:06's in his street driven Alfetta, that was around a second
> off the FTD of a very hot 3.0 GTV6.  Mighty impressive driving, well
> balanced and set up car.

anyone know any details about his setup? if my car ever returns to the
track, it needs a lot of tuning and tweaking to be at all fast.

on the other hand, ITB times are pushing into 1:03s and 1:04s at lime rock,
and this in cars that are supposed to have stock cams and stock type
pistons. on a good day, rick pocock's ITB 115 spider probably could have
taken that 3.0 GTV6.

richard
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