Alfa Romeo 1600GT Junior - Club Alfa Romeo track day

[@jamestraina7313]

Awesome thanks

[@jakeperkele]

Nice driving! More details on the suspension and engine would be nice to see!

[@techstation4903]

Thanks! Sure thing. Maybe I could do a garage video where we take a look both under the car and inside the engine bay.

[@jakeperkele]

@@techstation4903 sounds awesome!

[@besarjashanica3758]

Lovely car and video! The incar sound, seems to be mono, I only get sound on left earbud on those parts where sound from engine bay is played.

[@techstation4903]

Thank you for the feedback! Strange. Thats not how it was intended. I'll look into that.

[@dogisblue]

Sounds mean and looks amazing - lovely job!

[@techstation4903]

Thanks! 👍 More to come

[@sfoggyracer]

Nice retune on the front end. Looks hooked up. What motor (displ?) you have in the car? Sounds a little too roarty with the mic in the engine compartment. You can run more revs? We figure the stock 2L. motor OK for 7000-7200max. depending on whether fully counterweighted crank, and certainly the cams, carb chokes, etc. Looked like you had a bit of excessive caster induced weight in the steering. You can try lightening the steering with less caster. How much static camber? Lowering the rear roll center is worth a lot of improvement. If you are gonna enjoy this car on tracks alot, it's worth the effort. Racing is the best fun. Your car is beautiful. My street GTV is same color. My racer is a lightweight, white, wide body with lots of tire. Your pedals are top swing? (presumed) I cut mine off 2-3 in. from the pedal and reweld to arm at good angle, and set for much less travel, so my heel is closer to the front of the floor, 5-6 inches closer than with standard pedals; so I can fit comfortably in the car (I'm 6'-"). I use a heel stop, to brace my leg weight. The gas pedal gets hours of custom work, each car I build, to fit up to the brake pedal correctly for heel-toe. I never need move my heels from their positions on the floor while driving. You've made a GTV to be proud of. This is year 50 of my hobby with these cars: Giulia Sprint GTV, Giulia Sprint GTA, 74 GTV, 72 GTV Full race. 'Liked your video.

[@techstation4903]

Hi Stephen. We are running a fully built 2L Twin spark engine and have the rev limiter set to 7200rpm, but in this outing we had trouble getting past 6800rpm which we confirmed after the days driving when we could look at the videos. That is now fixed and the higher rev limit made the power band so much wider, making the gearing fit this track so much better. (More in the next video) ; ) Yes, we had to do the same thing as you and cut all the pedals and after a couple of incremental changes we are now happy with how it turned out. What modifications would you recommend to lower the roll center in the rear? Lovely cars and so many kind enthusiasts!

[@sfoggyracer]

@@techstation4903 I have done my own simple panhard rod. Adjustability is easily accomplished with extra holes for changing the rod’s height. Best scheme is a watts link. Performatek has a good one available for 105/115 chassis. There are others. The stock rear roll center is a little high at the pivot on the upper Diff case and causes moderate jacking. I think a way to see this is of the car rolling on its roll axis and how it’s weight migrates rearward. My GTA was sliding block. It and My current race car RCs are a couple inches below the axle.

[@techstation4903]

@@sfoggyracer We are currently running Alfaholics parts both front and rear. But its a really interesting topic and something we have to look over again before next season, now that we know the car runs. 🙂👍

[@garryharris3476]

What's the colour code? Looks great

[@Bart-ut7cn]

I expect it to be AR 216 like mine

[@techstation4903]

Hi Garry. The color is Verde Inglese, an original Alfa color from 1970.

[@2Truth2you]

Less crappy soundtrack please. None at all is better. Nice car! Well done.

[@techstation4903]

Thanks! Yeah free background music is always a tricky subject. I'll see what I can do to improve the situation. Hoping to make more videos during this season, so I need all the feedback I can get.