Excellent racecar project here

[Sheldon McIntosh]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Alfa-Sports-Sedan-Racecar-/200535204176?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item2eb0d46150

Just came across this on ebay.  Looks like a good start towards a very fast car.

[jimnielsen]

One thing that i thought was interesting about this car is that it claims to have a falcon LSD 'grafted' into the Alfa transaxle. This is something I have not seen before, but it would be neat, as the crownwheel and pinion in the typical 116 type transaxle can easily be broken by cars with more horsepower and sticky tyres. Anyone like to venture how this would be done in practice? In the transaxle, the pinion is a fixed part of the output shaft, so this would be challenging..

jim~

[NigelC]

Spit and cardboard?

[Paul Gulliver]

Here's another interesting racecar for sale. With a little bit more history.

I think Storm _X was after the details of this car a few months back.


http://www.my105.com/ListingDetails/tabid/65/p/8/cid/527/id/2069/Default.aspx#

Gully


Bump. Have a look at photo 5. You would have to have your left leg wrapped in  carbon fibre fire proof material before you could get near the clutch to change gears.

Also imagine being strapped in then spotting a fuel leak  about 18 inchs to your left. Character building stuff.

[Storm_X]

Here's another interesting racecar for sale. With a little bit more history.

I think Storm _X was after the details of this car a few months back.


http://www.my105.com/ListingDetails/tabid/65/p/8/cid/527/id/2069/Default.aspx#

Gully


Bump. Have a look at photo 5. You would have to have your left leg wrapped in  carbon fibre fire proof material before you could get near the clutch to change gears.

Also imagine being strapped in then spotting a fuel leak  about 18 inchs to your left. Character building stuff.

I dont remember ever thinking about this car i never knew it existed.

there is also a gtv race car project on ebay, last isaw it was cheap $500

[Storm_X]

sorry i think i remember asking about it a long time ago as i thin it did the fastest lap time around mallala race track.

[Steve S]

One thing that i thought was interesting about this car is that it claims to have a falcon LSD 'grafted' into the Alfa transaxle. This is something I have not seen before, but it would be neat, as the crownwheel and pinion in the typical 116 type transaxle can easily be broken by cars with more horsepower and sticky tyres. Anyone like to venture how this would be done in practice? In the transaxle, the pinion is a fixed part of the output shaft, so this would be challenging..

jim~

About 15 years ago a friend of mine had some housings made to adapt Ford LSD's into Fiat 124/125 diffs. Ford LSD's were relatively cheap and they had the same axle splines as the Fiat. All that was really needed was a way to fit the Fiat crownwheel to the Ford diff. Thats what the custom housings did. I suspect the above conversion would be somewhat similar, using Alfa crownwheel and pinion

[vin sharp]

One thing that i thought was interesting about this car is that it claims to have a falcon LSD 'grafted' into the Alfa transaxle. This is something I have not seen before, but it would be neat, as the crownwheel and pinion in the typical 116 type transaxle can easily be broken by cars with more horsepower and sticky tyres. Anyone like to venture how this would be done in practice? In the transaxle, the pinion is a fixed part of the output shaft, so this would be challenging..

jim~

I'm sure they're just talking about grafting in the LS centre, still using the Alfa pinion & crown. There really is no viable way that I can think of to put in another pinion given that the Alfa pinion is also the gearbox mainshaft.  I also wonder why you would even bother going to the trouble of fitting a Ford LS centre when there are plenty of Alfa ZF LSDs out there in T/S or 3.0 transaxles........but then, I think the car also has a rotary engine fitted.......enough said!

[david sammartino]

spot on vin!

except even stranger, its not a rotary hes gone for, hes using a "quad cam mazda 2 litre" which leads me to believe its one of those 2 litre v6 jobbies from a mx6 or eunos or whatever other piece of glorious vehicle they fitted it to. LMAO!

Dont care what they come out with, i just have quite an in difference towards mazda's. They remind me of a retired toyota.

[Storm_X]

If the ford 25 spline center does fit with the alfa crown, i would rather pay a third/ half or mabye even quater the price then what people want for a alfa LSD anyday.

[jimnielsen]

Vin: fair enough - nothing is ever as simple as it seems. David S. I agree -its not the engine I would have chosen for a sports sedan.

jim~

[Sam]

Hey
With regards to the Tony Edmenson Alfa in the link...
I used to race F/Vees and then F/Ford around this time.
Occasionally we got a gig in a State or Nat meeting,  where there were Group A and also Sports Sedan races.
I got to see the legendary Alfetta up close and got talk to Tony a few times.
I will point out that the engine had a cover over it so unlike mentioned in previous posts – there was no chance of getting burnt on the exhaust :-)

Secondly, the car in the pictures doesn't look right.
I need to dig up my old photos, but I'm pretty sure the car was a 1.8.
The car in the picture has the wrong rear tail lights and the rear window pillar vent.

I don't remember him ever having a later model car, so is it really the original car or just a replica?

[LaStregaNera]

The First Edmondson Alfetta started life as the Evan Green Works rally car - it was totalled in an accident, and the second car built using a plastic bumper 2l as a basis.

As for the Car in the very first post, the cage needs the front legs replaced to meet cams specs - alot of work, but probably not too bad.