RE: Alfa engine article in T&CC

["Nick Koleszar" <nick@domain.elided>]

Andrew

Yes, there is a triangle in the head casting, which should mean 1750. A
basic error, if ever one was committed to print. But I have come to expect
this kind of bone-headedness by motoring journalists, especially those
writing for classic magazines. I'm sure Bob Dove would have set them
right.....

My favourite stupidity about Alfa motors is magazines stating that the
twin-spark competition motors of the 60s and 70s and the modern FIAT block
twin spark motor in the Alfas of the 80s onwards were designed like that for
the same reason.

I often make mistakes but I don't write them down for a living.

Oh well, these guys only have to write about them for a living, how can we
expect them to actually know anything about the cars? If I were a classic
owner, I wouldn't let one of those journalists anywhere near the driving
seat of my car. I don't understand how some of these guys get let loose
behind the wheel of something like an F40 when they are dangerous with a
shopping trolley.

nk

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:36:54 -0500
> From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-MBC)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
> Subject: Alfa engine article in T&CC
>
> Someone mentioned a week or so ago that the March Thoroughbred and Classic
> Car (or was it Classic and Sports Car?) had an appreciation of the
> four-cylinder Alfa engine. I snuck a peek at the article on a
> newsstand last
> weekend, and was disappointed to see the pictured engine called a
> 2000, when
> the presence of the angled oil filter canister on the block means it is a
> 1750 or 1600, and the statement that the small line drawing on one page is
> the original 1300 version of the engine. In fact, the line
> drawing is of the
> old cast iron 1900 or 2000, not directly related to the 1300.  I
> didn't read
> the article carefully, but was put off by these lacks of attention to
> detail.

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