Fw: Newbie checks out GTV - Documents findings...

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

Just to be clear -- this is a great looking car, at least in the pics.  I'm
not criticizing the car or the owner, just asking the obvious questions (OK,
and questioning the price, assuming the one I noted in my original response
was correct).

Also, a thought on your comment about the noise the car makes while
accelerating -- the stock air box is a pretty effective muffler, and with
those open air filters, the intake is LOUD!  On my car, with 2.5 inch
exhaust and a Magnaflow muffler, the intake is louder than the exhaust under
full throttle.  That's likely the noise you are noticing, and replacing the
stock air box will eliminate most of it without any penalty to performance.
I like how the K&N-style filters look, and I kinda like the intake noise,
but that's just (extroverted, juvenile) personal preference.

Tony


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>
To: "Alfa Digest" <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie checks out GTV - Documents findings...


> Don't be fooled by the air filters, I have a very similar set-up on my
'74.
> This car has Spica, you can clearly see the injectors, throttle bodies,
the
> TA and even the top of the Spica pump in one picture.  I'm surprised
someone
> would go to the trouble to convert a 1968 car to 1971 specs, wouldn't that
> include converting from step-nose configuration to the later nose panel?
> Something is odd about this car with it's 10503 tipo plate and 1968 VIN on
> what appears to be a 1971 shell.  If I were buying, I'd want more history,
> including references to PO's to find out what is up with the numbers.
>
> Tony
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