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Re: [alfa] GTA vs 1600 clutch



One thing I do remember - disengaging the clutch took a lot more leg 
strength after the change!

Gwynne Spencer

At 12:41 PM 2/23/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks for the reply.I gues that I have to measure the spring tension to 
>tell them apart.
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>Anne O
>From: "Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided>
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:43:57 -0500
>To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
>Cc: Anne O <advection@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: [alfa] GTA vs 1600 clutch
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>I had a 1965 Giulia Sprint GT (1570) that I picked up at the factory in 
>Milan in August of 1965. I had trouble with clutch "slip" in 2nd gear 
>after a shift from 1st at high revs from the very beginning and installed 
>a GTA clutch assembly (pressure plate, disc and throwout bearing) when I 
>got it back to the US in early 1966. That solved all my clutch problems. 
>It was a loooong time ago and I do not remember much about the physical 
>differences  between the 2 assemblies.
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>Gwynne Spencer
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>At 08:54 PM 2/22/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Originally, the GTA came with a different pressure plate then the stock
>1600. I think the GTA one was used as an upgrade for high performance
>1600's.
>Do any of you remember the difference? Or if the GTA PP could be used in
>the stock 1600?
>I have 2 pressure plates for a 1600, one is approvimatly 1/2 inch taller
>overall than the other, trying to differentiate them.
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>TIA
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>Anne O
>cleaning the garage, I think forever
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