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CLR Alfa Project

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Marky911 said:
Good update Rich.
Nice vids. I've only watched part one, but I'll get the rest watched soon.

Goodstuff! 8)

PS. You're one of those blokes that has a calming influence. I can't imagine you throwing spanners around when things don't go right, like I do. :grin:

My Mrs, doesn't quite see my antics as calming; well certainly not after this which I'm about to explain...

A slight thread deviation but I feel some of the readers here may find this of interest. Well I've just returned from a rather mental drive to Stockholm and back to collect my next car. Due to the depth and attention to detail with this car I'm just going to lightly skim over some of the design and construction pics, I would literally be here forever for the full breakdown. It basically makes the £400,000 Alfaholics GTA-R look a bit tame. The car was built by a fellow aircraft engineer so the technology found on this car is more akin to what you would find on an aircraft (MIL spec loom, L163, Titanium...). It truly is well beyond of scope of normal automotive tech. The car started life as a 1975 JT Junior 1600. The builder had the car 13 years. He started with a completely restored shell with all the other components in boxes. The early idea was to use the Alfa engine but this was ditched fairly early on. In search for a new powerhouse the F20C was chosen. Those who know a thing or two about NA engines will most probably know Honda's F20C engine held the record for producing the highest specific power output for any mass production naturally aspirated piston engine, at 123.5 HP/L, until Ferrari began production of the 458 Italia in 2010, which produced 124.5 HP/L. The F20C revs to 9000rpm, is unbelievably strong and reliable even at this level of tune. The engine was completely stripped down and rebuilt as new then some special track orientated modifications added, baffled sump etc. A completely unique custom fabricated ITB system was made, not only that it uses Formula1 engine type injection with the injectors housed within the trumpets; a true work of art as you'll see from the pictures below. It is now mapped and running on E85 so it is a very green machine. In the current state of tune it is making around 265bhp and weighs just under 900kg. Some of the detail and lengths gone to really are astonishing, 180mm wider track for instance... It really is a one-off in the truest sense.
The car has been through various stages of design and some aspects of the early work presented here may no longer be on the car. The pictures are roughly in time order. The final car is fully FIA compliant and certified so can be used in most race series. It has also been road registered which is some achievement. My aim is to dial it back a little and attempt to make it TUV compliant for registering in Germany and just simple marvel at the quality of workmanship and engineering.
This is only a short summary but I'm sure that's enough of my blabbering, I'll let some pictures do the talking. Let the engineering porn commence!!!
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Double post, even more pics was the last thing anyone needed :grin:
 
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Final picture which leaves me with a small dilemma
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Awesome.
Are you going to make it a little more stock-looking, such as with the old Dunlop-style alloys and bulged wings, rather than the extensions and wing it currently has?
 

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