[alfa] Re: Re: driving George's car

["Brett Frymire" <brett.frymire@xxxxxxxx>]

George,

Contemporary magazine tests put the GTV6 with braking times about 162ft
whereas the Milano is about 155ft.  I would hope that something could be
done to make that MUCH better.  I am curious about how well the older cars
can be made, especially in light of what is coming from manufacturers today.
Of course, they will never have the soul of an Alfa.

Is it hard to get the GTV6 off the line?  Wheel spin?  Tramp?  Hop?  Or does
it bog?

(I have a 914-6 that has terrific specs, and terrible 0-60 times due to
wheelspin.  Just can't launch the car....)

And I am a little surprised about the cornering forces as that is only
marginally better than stock.  Unless you went for a comfortable ride, which
I can understand.

later
-- brett


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Graves" <gmgraves@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Cc: <brett.frymire@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Re: driving George's car


>
> On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:35 AM, alfa-digest wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:53:59 UTC-8:00
> > From: "Brett Frymire" <brett.frymire@domain.elided>
> > Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1105
> >
> > Hum.  This brings something to mind for us, who don't have a chance to
> > drive
> > the car.
>
> 3.0 liter with 'S' Cams, "pandora's box" ECU, Tweaked airflow. around
> 220 HP @ 7000 rpm. Will pull redline (7250rpm) in 5th gear @22mph/1000
> rpms. If you do the math, that comes out to 159.5 mph. Never had it
> that high, only to about an indicated 150 (highest mark on the speedo.)
>
> >
> > Have you done any quantitative tests?
> >
> > 0-60?
>
> ~6.5 secs
>
>
> > 60-0?
>
> Don't know. Better than stock with cross-drilled rotors and mild
> competition pads front and back.
> >
> > Any ideas of the skid pad results?
>
> ~0.8 Gs
> >
> > (You can borrow my G-Tech pro, if you like.  )
>
> I have one thank you.
>
> >
> > - -- brett
> >
> > (Still trying to decide on my next Alfa.  164?  75?  or a GTV6 3.0)
> >
> >>
> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:37:05 -0800
> >> From: George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> >> Subject: [alfa] Re: driving George's car
> >>
> >> I'd prefer letting you drive it on the ROAD. Hell, I've never driven
> >> it
> >> on the track...yet!
> >>
> >> George Graves
> >> GTV-6
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 27, 2004, at 10:00 PM, alfa-digest wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:34:00 -0800 (PST)
> >>> From: Michael O'Donnell <oldpartsape@domain.elided>
> >>> Subject: [alfa] driving George's car
> >>>
> >>> Hey George-
> >>> At the end of a recent post:
> >>>
> >>>> George Graves
> >>>> '86 GTV-6
> >>>> (And I'll let most any car enthusiast drive it)
> >>>
> >>> So if I run into you at the track....?
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