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2.5's (like mine) and 3.0's are extremely rare here in Italy.x-rad wrote:Lucio: are there many parts for the 3.0L 12v's in Italy...or are they hard to find.......
For this reason I'm buying parts from the USA, funny as it may seem.
No idea about the problem. For sure the valves seals were bad and so the valve guides. For me the problem must be electrical....but we're also working in that direction (rebulding alternator, for example, installing new ignition wires and checking every other wire...).
Lucio
This is very true, me and a friend drove his 164 3.0 24v super down to Italy one summer. Semi-loud exhaust, lowered and 17" wheels. Wherever we went people stared like we were from outer space and when we drove through the small villages (in low gear), people (mostly men actually) ran out of their houses to have a look and raised their glasses at the cafés.Lucio wrote:
2.5's (like mine) and 3.0's are extremely rare here in Italy.
Lucio
We went to a mechanic to get the cambelt changed and when we opened the hood the mechanic instantly ran off into the shop, we didn't know what was happening but after a short while everybody came running out to see the engine bay. They had only seen a few of them before and not one of them were even slightly modified. Turned out the only one qualified to do the cambelt was the big boss himself.
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GTV 2000 -77 - Died in the fire.
155 V6 Sport -96 - Sold!
-Scuderia Rosso- Now burned to the ground...
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-Strandberg.photography-
GTV 2000 -77 - Died in the fire.
155 V6 Sport -96 - Sold!
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That has something to do with taxes. In italy you pay(ed?) a great sum of taxes if your car is over 2.0 litres of engine capacity. this is the reason there aren't that much 2.5/3.0v6 driven cars in Italy. To escape this ridiculous taxrule most manufacturers made 2.0Turbo engines, hence the 164 2.0V6 Tb.
BMW made an entirely different E30 M3 for Italy and called it a 320IS, used a normal 325I body with the M3 technical components and an m3 engine reduced to 2.0 but still with 195 HP. seriously nice sleeper car!
BMW made an entirely different E30 M3 for Italy and called it a 320IS, used a normal 325I body with the M3 technical components and an m3 engine reduced to 2.0 but still with 195 HP. seriously nice sleeper car!
Drive it like you stole it...
You are correct. It was VAT that was close to 40% on >2.0 L cars.Giuliettaevo2 wrote:That has something to do with taxes. In italy you pay(ed?) a great sum of taxes if your car is over 2.0 litres of engine capacity. this is the reason there aren't that much 2.5/3.0v6 driven cars in Italy. To escape this ridiculous taxrule most manufacturers made 2.0Turbo engines, hence the 164 2.0V6 Tb.
Now it is different but car insurance prizes still go ballistic if you have a 2.5/3.0 car. Yes, it is ridiculous.
Lucio
Confirmed by the interweb sage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_208
Tiny pistons! But wait....wasn't there a 2 litre V12 Ferrari?
Hopelessly OT now. No hope of going back.
Tiny pistons! But wait....wasn't there a 2 litre V12 Ferrari?
Hopelessly OT now. No hope of going back.
Ferrari 208 GTB and 208 Turbo (same performance as the 308 GTB).x-rad wrote:that's crazyness.....
but i don't know of any production 2.0 Farrari's ???(except in the 1950's)
RZ: save those 2.5 and 3.0 parts and sell them to IAP
Very popular in Italy even nowadays as they can be bought easily (40,000 euro or so).
Lucio
The same is true to this day in Portugal, you see many versions of cars here that are not sold in Northern Europe like 1.4 golfs and focuses. The BMW 320iS came here too. I think I heard there were about 20 GTV6s in Portugal! You still see lots of upscale cars in the posh areas but their owners pay a massive premium. Cars like the Mercedes C180K and the Polo G40 are comparitively common here.
¡Si me gusta conducir, es porque conduzco un Alfa!
'84 GTV6 UK spec back on the road after 4 years!
05 Corolla daily driver
'84 GTV6 UK spec back on the road after 4 years!
05 Corolla daily driver
On the road again
My GTV6 is on the road again. The engine seems to run smoothly and regularly so apparently the almost complete rebuild has worked.
After 1000 kms of "break in" I will be able to tell something more re: performance above 3000 rpm. A rebuilt alternator has been installed too (85A, Bosch, from a Milano, I assume).
Keep your fingers crossed.
Lucio
Happy motoring from Italy
After 1000 kms of "break in" I will be able to tell something more re: performance above 3000 rpm. A rebuilt alternator has been installed too (85A, Bosch, from a Milano, I assume).
Keep your fingers crossed.
Lucio
Happy motoring from Italy