On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 06:25:52 +0000
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided (alfa-digest) wrote:
Well, not always. The first car to use the 2.5 liter V-6 was a 1979
sedan called the "Alfa 6". It was fitted with no less than 6
single-barrel downdraft Dellorto carburettors delivering 160 HP at 6K
RPM. Apparently it was a disaster, being both unresponsive and
running
roughly at all speeds. It took the addition of the Bosh L-Jetronic FI
in the GTV-6 to make that engine come to life. In 1985/86, the Alfa
assembly plant in South Africa, in order to homologate a race car
designed to compete in a S.A. racing series with BMW, built a number
of
GTV-6's using the 3-liter motor form the 75 (Milano). Called The
GTV-6
"Kyalami" (after the famous S.A. race track), this car again went
back
to the six downdraft Dellortos. What Alfa S.A. did that was different
from Arese's earlier "Alfa 6" or why the "Kyalami" ran better than
the
older car with a similar carburettor setup on it, I have no idea. But
when a South African auto magazine tested it, they proclaimed it "The
fastest car ever made in South Africa." Go figure.
There a few inaccuracies about the SA GTV6 3-litre. Firstly, it was
never called
the Kyalami, at least not officially. This is in fact the first time
that I hear
"Kyalami" mentioned in connection with the 3-litre Alfa GTV6 except
when it was
raced there ;-)
The 3 litre engine was _not_ from the Milano, and has different bore
and stroke
measurements to the Milano unit.
6 Webers were used, not Dell'Ortos.
I will dig the SA road test of the 3-litre GTV6 out and scan it for
those
interested*. It is still a legend here in South Africa, let me tell
you.
In the mean time, here are some specs for it:
http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/id/?id=28402
Ciao
Zak, still mourning the undraivasble state of my own 2.5 GTV6
* this can take anything from days to months, please bear with me ;-)
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