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What you learn real quick doing something like this, is to ignore people's negativity! There's constructive input and then there is cynicism and unnecessary criticism driven either by blatant jealousy or by that particular individual's desire to just get a rise out of you! I like to think that I hav...

BTW - Jes' rebuild of his 3.7 is now moving forward pretty hard and fast too! Sad story that one - but what can one say (you just have to move forward!) His car was torn-down to nothing (like mine), sand-blasted (his cage was already done), primered and then the interior trunk and engine bay-areas w...

The longest days of my life were the ones "waiting my turn" to get my donour car in to the shop, tear it all down and get the roll-cage started! I am sure if this was not all budget dependant it all could have been made to go much faster, but then again - you can only push a time-line SO m...

Any way, biggest crook I met while building this project: Chris Robinson from Praggia! :x The brakes work, but he is a thief! Met some real gentlemen along the way though; I just can't say enough about ol' Barry back in SA and Dawie at Glenwood, Joe, Chris and the boys at Group 2 Inc, Greg Gordon, D...

Once the engine specifications started to migrate up, it became clear to me that the 4.10:1 was going to be too short. In fact, I had a 4.10 prepared for it that ended up in the street car and I had a 3.55 built for it instead! Ideally you would want something like a 3.90 or even a 3.70 - given the ...

Thanks Fred! Yeah - long time coming! Scott, I am keeping the overall tire-circumference the same (or close!) Well, 1st on the 4.10:1 box becomes WAY too short for this thing with that 4.10:1 final-drive! Keep in mind that the gear spacing is identical - it's only the final-drive ratio that changes,...

Along the way, the goals for this thing changed many times! The specs moved, the budget moved, the time-line slipped and there were MANY instances when I thought about giving up! The best advice that I can give anybody is to lay-out your goals clearly - up-front! Decide early-on what you want to do ...

Credit for the most assistance, support and inspiration: Dawie de Villiers & Glenwood Motors Ron Simons - RSRacing The "crew" - Group 2 Inc Ol' Jes - who else? ...and naturally - ALL of the other "new" Alfa-buddies here and over on the BB that always had something nice and en...

Most expensive part of the project: Engine :shock: Most labour intensive: Tear-down, Body-prep, Roll-cage & welding :x Most fun job: Suspension assembly 8) Crappiest job: Electrical, wiring & gauges :? Best day: Start-up :wink: Worst day: Seat installation :cry: Will do again: Oil-plumbing W...

Safety, Interior & Trim; Custom roll-cage by Group 2 Inc. Custom-modified shifter-assembly. OMP fire-system. OMP Seats, 6-point belts and shift-knob. OMP/Sparco fuel-filler neck and Personal steering wheel w/RSRacing extender. Evo/custom-fender body-kit. Euro headlights and Milano Verde tail-lig...

Suspension, Drive-line & Brakes; Fully-adjustable (shocks and springs) RSRacing coil-over suspension - torsion-bars removed - rose-joint Watts links arms and center, 30mm/26mm 4-way adjustable rose-joint anti-roll bars. Praggia 8-pot/4-pot interim brake setup w/13" front and Alfa 156 (front...

Fuel, Oil & Cooling; Billet-aluminium sandwich-plate oil-extractor w/Cabin-mounted Canton Accusump and remote filter setup. AFCO aluminium oil-heat exchanger GT350 custom radiator - all XRP aluminium A/N fittings. Canton expansion-tank. ATL Fuel-cell w/interim single pump setup (upgrading to dua...

Electronics; GoTech Pro-X fully-programmable (fuel and timing) stand-alone engine management system and custom wiring harness running TPS. Alfa 155 remote-mounted 6-pack coils with HT plug-leads. All-new Painless Wiring custom wiring bumper to bumper. Stewart Warner instruments (except for Innovate ...

Top-level Engine Specifications; Glenwood Motors built 24 valve V6 Alfa Romeo 156-generation block & heads w/over-sized valves and custom valve angles - Custom aluminium sump - crank/chain-driven oil pump. Front-converted T-stat housing. 78mm Stroker crank w/100mm forged aluminium-alloy pistons ...

For starters; those who have not seen the YouTube video of the 2nd motor start-up - enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txG0cTx4VeI Any way, I was digging through some old posts here today and realized that it has been 2 years since Jes or I have really posted any real updates to this joined Danis...