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Carb cleaner is flammable - so when you spray try to keep the vapour away from the hot parts of the engine, like lower down the intake manifold!!!!!

Rob I also don't recommend starting an old boxer ...

1350 with twin carbs had carbs with 28mm main venturi
1590 with twin carbs had carbs with 30mm main venturi
1712 with twin carbs had carbs with 32mm main venturi

So as Bellamachinna says, get the ...

Maybe I can shed some light.... back in the early 1980's most of the EU and most of the world got the 1490cc 95bhp twin carb engine in the Alfasud Ti and Sprint Veloce. This engine had the split lobe ...

can someone explain to me what the heat ratings of plugs refer too and how they affect things? what rating ar GL's?

That's a big question.... will try to keep it simple.
Plugs can be classified a ...

What do people think of this page....

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

What's The Best Way To Break-In A New Engine ??
The Short Answer: Run it Hard !

The guy explains his ...

15" probably isn't too bad as many Alfa 33 came with 14x5.5 inch rims anyway so you could argue that it's only a one inch increase. But your dad is probably right... most people go way over the top wi ...

Good point - the poll should perhaps be in the general section. I think that most people are just voting on the basis of road cars.
Unfortunately, unless we know what sort of engine state of tune an ...

Since this the Racing forum, then I guess we must be talking about plugs for a raced tuned engine under racing conditions. Not sure if many are using Golden Lodge in their race engines.

I've used a ...

Have just this week have had an unconfirmed sighting from someone seeing the car in Hamilton City, in the Norton Road - Avalon drive area on Tuesday this week. Would be grateful if people living in, o ...

Since your car seems to be a race car, there are a number of considerations...

1) what are the class restrictions - do the rules prevent you having an in-cockpit brake proportioning valve? If it's ...

What engine/bearings do you have now? I heard the Tri-metal bearings from the 16v were best... but the main issue would be to get enough oiling to the centre main bearing.... firstly, make sure you ad ...

Thanks for putting that up Ben. My new ISP seems to be having problems with their homepages server so might link to your page if you don't mind. Still no more sightings of the car except the ones in N ...

There's a picture here, but it's not the best one....
http://groups.msn.com/alfaromeotrofeoseries/agmtaupo2003.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=696

Someone should have noticed a car looking and s ...

I'm hoping someone of ths forum can help me find my missing Alfa Romeo.

The car is an Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 1982 Registration KR555. Distinguishing features are red paint with white stripes and Alf ...

The 1.7 came with 40mm carbs with 32mm main venturi while the 36mm carbs probably have 30mm main venturi so will restrict the airflow a little when compared to the correct 40mm carb setup.

I'm not ...

Leaving the sud gearbox also retains the cable drive for the speedo.... handy on a road car. You also might want to check which set of gear ratios will suit you best:

http://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/ge ...

If you want a quicker change/less syncro problems, then maybe it would be worth trying a trick commonly used in the other Alfa models.... mainly the 105 series GTV/Spider.... you could try lightening ...

Water drops on inside of oil filler cap and some "Mayonaise" at top of oil filler can be seen on a "normal" engine that's done short trips in winter - probably due to condensation that needs a good ho ...

I use DS3000 on the front of my sud (mainly for racing) and I think they're great. The DS3000 are o.k. (maybe not great, but certainly o.k.) from cold too. The WRC guys use DS3000 - imagine Rally Mont ...

If you are happy with the mid range and top end performance with the new chokes (I assume you re-jetted to suit?), then maybe you are better off trying a higher octance fuel (if available), octane boo ...

So is it ok if I drive the car during that time or shoud I leave it in the garage till I get the new head gasket.
If there is no water getting into the oil and no oil getting into the water, then ...

Alex, can I ask where you guys get your cams done?
Who is a real expert?
I bought my car already race prepared, so I don't have the exact profile or sure who did the cams. If you're looking for a ...

pic not working for me
I think one of the image tags is wrong. If you look at the HTML source you can see the leading image tag looks normal, but the second one (closing the IMG SRC statement) has a ...

After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Saddam is still alive", Saddam decided to send George W. a letter in his own writing to let him know that he is still in the game. Bush opened the lette ...

My car is setup for the trofeo class in alfa racing in New Zealand. Most cars in that class are running Weber 36mm IDF carbs (or Dellorto equiv) and are 1490cc 8-valve and either 4->1 or 4->2-&g ...