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As an answer to john 33_16v, please have a look to that: http://www.subito.it/auto/formula-junior-1-2-cc-motore-alfasud-boxer-unica-foggia-131969136.htm Mario |
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I read that 50 of those cars were built by Alfa Romeo, so I suppose it is unlikely that all have been destroyed. Mario |
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| Interesting.
I wonder if any of the cars survive? |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject: Formula Alfa Boxer |
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| Hello all,
while reading old car magazines I found an interesting article speaking about a project that Alfa Romeo developed in the middle of the eighties with the aim to provide to the enthusiastic young race drivers a single-seater, open-wheel car, not too expensive to buy and to race. The result was a nice sporting car where the most of the parts came from the mass production, but with slick tires and suspensions reproducing the Formula 1 schema, with a wide possibility of adjusting. The car was called Formula Alfa Boxer and a championship was immediately arranged with 12 races in eight of the most famous Italian racetracks such as Monza, Imola, Vallelunga (near Rome), Magione, Pergusa (Sicily). The best classified driver, if less than 23 years old, should have been offered to take a part to the Italian Formula 3 championship The car price was 28,000,000 lire, more or less 14,000 euros. To give an idea that was twice as much as needed to buy the 1.7 Alfa33. On top of that the participants should have added another 70,000,000 lire, (35,000 euros) for any other expenses in order to take a part to the races (registration fees, travels, accommodations, fuel, tires, fixings, tuning etc...). 
Some characteristics of the car follow: Engine: boxer 4 cyl. 1712 cc (from Alfa Romeo 33 Green Cloverleaf) Power: 120 HP Gearbox: Hewland MK8 (4 gears only) Length: 3820 mm Weight: 505 kg Max speed: 225 km/h Average speed on Monza racetrack: 170 km/h No modifications were allowed, other than carburetors tuning. Well known race drivers, such as Giancarlo Fisichella who won three races in his Formula One career, took part in the Formula Alfa Boxer championship When the Italian Government, the previous Alfa Romeo owner, sold the factory to Fiat, the new management decided to give up every racing activity and the Formula Alfa Boxer championship ended few years later. I wonder if anyone knows something more about that topic. Mario |
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