Re: Alfa factories outside Italy - Strange Suds

[Matthew Killick <m.killick@domain.elided>]

David R Johnson" <johnsnd@domain.elided> says:

>The carb was a twin-choke downdraught Weber sitting on an odd cast aluminum
>manifold.  The boxer engine layout resulted in very long runners from the
>centrally located carb to each cylinder bank, presumably increasing the torque
>and reducing top-end power versus the Ti, which had two twin Webers mounted
>directly to the intake ports with essentially no manifold.  

Well, yes and no.  Early (1200) Ti motors (such as mine) had a single
progressive twin-choke Weber on a manifold similar to the one described
above.  I presume the saloons had a single choke.  The twin carburettor set
up was introduced with the later, larger motors.  Twin carb models were
badged differently, probably as Veloce, but possibly as "purple with pink
polka dots cloverleaf" or something similarly euphonius.  Can't remember
precisely: too many years and too many beers........

Cheers
Mat

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