Turbo Brutale

[GTV-TB 315]

Is it an Biltema 1/2" socket wrench breaker bar I have spotted on the wheel bearing picture.

[charlee 314]

Of course it's Biltema

Btw, you store it in the barn? How cool is that. I wish I had a barn for my Gtv

[Alfaduden 226]

Is it an Biltema 1/2" socket wrench breaker bar I have spotted on the wheel bearing picture.

Hahahaa Of course! But with kamasa socket.

 

Btw, you store it in the barn? How cool is that. I wish I had a barn for my Gtv

 

It's not that cool actually. It's chilly

But really, it is cold and dark. Only for storage. This Garage I have my car in now is in my friends garage that also house a rather tweaked 155, a Berlina on alfaholics chassis and a tuned Chevy Vega Estate Wagon

 

 

Edited January 31, 2014 by Alfaduden

[GTV-TB 315]

Hahahaa Of course! But with kamasa socket.

 

 

swank......

[Alfaduden 226]

Update:

We welded a new bend for the exhaust from the rear cylinder bank and to the turbo. I guess this is familiar to all TB owners that this pipe is damaged. I forgot my camera in the garage, but will post some pics tomorrow!

[GTV-TB 315]

Goes forward  .

[Alfaduden 226]

Update:

New exhaust bend from rear cylinder bank is welded in. This was NOT as easy as we thought, but we did the best out of it.

 

Old bend:

 

New welded in:

 

Boost gauge fitted:

 

Indicator stalk repaired:

 

This was the broken spring that caused my Bella to use the left turn signal as she decide...

 

Getting back togehter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Alfaduden 226]

Today the main focus was to modify the seats. I dislike the position that the seats are stock.

So I took the drivers seat out and started to rip the leather apart to get the "spacers" off:

 

 

 

 

 

After almost two hours using some tips from this guide:
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-gtv-and-916-spider/159353-lowering-the-seats-in-2001-gtv-2.html

 

 

This was a major improvement! I gained a little bit more headroom, and more support for the legs. I felt that the seat also hold me much better in place.

I used three 8mm washers from BILTEMA   on the middle bolt and one at the rear. The reason is that there is a part of the metal on the bottom seat frame that will rub against the sliding rails...

Edited February 4, 2014 by Alfaduden

[Alfaduden 226]

Yesterday the work with exhaust was completed. We manufactured our own De-cat pipe, and fitted it. The result is huge! Nice crisp V6 Busso sound, reminds me a bit of 155 2,5 V6 sound. Throttle response is wayyyyyy better!

I will test the car today. Hopefully the thermostat and ABS sensor arrives this week.

I will take the car to a trip to Lysekil tomorrow if things are working out fine today.

 

Some pictures:

 

 

[GTV-TB 315]

 

De-cat does much on the response from the engine, I can not live without mine and I feel sick every time it's time for the MOT and the cat must be hung on.

[Alfaduden 226]

Yap! It is nice that the car does not have "athsma" anymore... Look forward to test it.
We had to weld from 2,5" to 2" because the flanges were a bit hard to get hold of. I had to order a TS ragazzon centre section to get the flanges I needed to the back box.

[Damgreg 94]

You can check on ebay for the flanges??

[Alfaduden 226]

I did... But It is hard to know exactly if the flange is correct or not. Anyway, it worked out like this, and it is a lot better than with the catalytic converter on...

[Filip 124]

Progress!  Nice mods. Let us know how the test run to Lysekil goes.

[Alfaduden 226]

400km without any issues today. Drove from Toensberg to Lysekil and back. I adjusted the manual Dawes device to ca 1,1 bar boost and will run with it like this a while. The car is now washed and parked in the barn. Maybe I'll take it for a spin if the weather allows before I go to work for a couple of weeks again.

[Damgreg 94]

Today was the first day I took the spider while the sun was shinning, it allowed me to top down. I understand your pleasure of taking your car for a ride while having good weather!!

Envoyé de mon GT-I9300 en utilisant Tapatalk

[Filip 124]

Officially jealous. Mine's on jackstands still, it's below zero and I don't have any winter tires....

 

But I'm happy that yours runs like it should 

[Alfaduden 226]

Officially jealous. Mine's on jackstands still, it's below zero and I don't have any winter tires....

 

But I'm happy that yours runs like it should 

Below zero? You live on the wrong side of your country.. the ancient Norwegian land was sunny and 4-5 degrees!

[GTV-TB 315]

Below zero? You live on the wrong side of your country.. the ancient Norwegian land was sunny and 4-5 degrees!

Yeah just brag with your Gulf stream benefit.

Edited February 12, 2014 by GTV-TB

[Filip 124]

Below zero? You live on the wrong side of your country.. the ancient Norwegian land was sunny and 4-5 degrees!

If you say so...

Did the character if the engine change now that you've replaced the pierburg valve with a manual boost controller?

[Alfaduden 226]

It changed a lot... Without the catalytic converter the sound on idle is awesome

When driving, it spools up faster, and since the boost is locked to 1,1 bar at the moment I got that pressure all the time when I hit the pedal hard enough. And it feels much lighter on high revs. I can easily reach 6000-6500rpm before I have to change gear. This would not happen before as it did not manage this so easy.

Best mod along with the Q2 diff!

[Alfaduden 226]

Here's a picture from Lysekil

Sent from my Alfa Romeo!

[Filip 124]

Here's a picture from Lysekil

Sent from my Alfa Romeo!

 

Niiice!    Got winter tires on I see. 

Twin exhaust tips looks really good actually. Maybe better than quad tips since you don't have a Cup kit (like almost everyone else ) ?

[Alfaduden 226]

Thanks! Yes, I like the clean ans sober look of an original GTV. Kits just doesn't do it for me...

[kunev 131]

So you have 2" part in your exhaust and that is not good. The restriction of the exhaust is determined by the smaller diameter. Flanges for exhaust can be laser cut with simple drawing at some company for metal stuffs.