Re: alfa-digest V9 #622

["Henrik Hasager" <hhasager@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, according to Giuseppe Busso in All the Alfa Romeos 1910-1995
(Editoriale Domus) the GTV 3.0 V6 (SA ed) has an engine capactiy of 2934cc,
186 HP DIN @ 6700 rpm, max speed 225 km/h in 5th.It won the Index of
Performance in the Kyalami 1000 km of December 1983 with a pre-production
example.

Henrik Johansen
83 GTV-6 2.5

----- Original Message ----- 

> Yes, the S.A. 3.0 sold to the public was called the Alfa Romeo GTV-6
> Kyalami contemporarily.
> You are, however correct about the engine, it is not a 75 motor. Their
> capacities differ. 75 = 2959cc, Kyalami = 2493cc.
> The homologated car did, indeed use Dellortos, and not Webers - Whether
> homologation rules allowed the race cars to swap carbs and use Webers,
> I do not know, but the street version most assuredly used 6- single bbl
> Dellortos. Source: 'Car South Africa' - April 1984 issue.
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0S
>
>
> On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 09:01 AM, Zak McGregor wrote:
>
> > 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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