Filip's GTV TS Clubsport project

[Alfaduden 226]

Haha Found this on the internet today... 

[Filip 124]

Maybe a photo of me would make you more suspicious

[GTV-TB 315]

Maybe a photo of me would make you more suspicious

 Try any of the below pictures .... then he must believe in everything you say.

 

[Filip 124]

Great idea! 

[Alfaduden 226]

Awwww how cute is that!

[eduVALENCIA 24]

Good choice...!!!      

[Damgreg 94]

After seeing your picture AND this video the thing I fear most now are the Swedish!!!!!!!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1419589091633987

Edited April 21, 2014 by Damgreg

[Filip 124]

Good, we're super scary!

1 step forward:

Stilauto Ghibli with Federal RS-R below.

Weight: 11+11=22 kg/wheel.

1 step backward:

The driver side electric window broke. It would move down all the way but not go further up than about 1/3. It has derailed somewhere but when I got the door card off, I couldnt see or feel any obvious problems...

1 more step backward:

While doing the above, I must have touched the lock somehow because now the central locking bounces and turning the key in the lock feels stiff/jerky. And I didn't fiddle with it since I ddnt want more trouble. Piece of crap.

Edited April 26, 2014 by Filip

[GTV-TB 315]

Swedes........  ..........

Regarding the window... hoping for a hot summer.....

 

About the central locking bounces, maybe the central locking is out of sync or lock pin and/or the lever that it acts on are binding to something/makes some resistance to movement or the battery voltage is low those circumstances can cause bouncing central lock.

Turning the key in the lock feels stiff and you have to hold the key for a few seconds, either in the locked position or the open position before the central locking has determined if the door is to be locked or unlocked.

[Filip 124]

 

Swedes........   .......... 

Regarding the window... hoping for a hot summer..... 

 

About the central locking bounces, maybe the central locking is out of sync or lock pin and/or the lever that it acts on are binding to something/makes some resistance to movement or the battery voltage is low those circumstances can cause bouncing central lock.

Turning the key in the lock feels stiff and you have to hold the key for a few seconds, either in the locked position or the open position before the central locking has determined if the door is to be locked or unlocked.

 

A hot summer would be nice, except I pulled up the window and removed the button so none of the power windows work. And the heater is busted, ranging from warmish to very hot.   No cold air available. 

Damn I have to fix those windows 

 

 

My deadline is May 1 and I need to get the following things done... 

1. Fit the license plates. Very complicated!
2. Torque up everything... caliper brackets being the most important, hehe!
3. Go for a test drive... I've rebuilt so many brake components that I'm a little nervous about this 
4. Hook up the ABS thingy to an Examiner thingy and see what it has to say for itself... 
5. Check the engine mounts. The car has an interesting rocking thing going when driving with a heavy right foot and fast shifting, almost as if an engine mount is cracked or if they are all ruined. 
6. Check if the thermostat is busted. 
7. Change the above
8. Fit the grille and the "badge facelift kit" 
9. Rebuild the exhaust, involving moving the second silencer and suspending it properly. 
10. Driiiive it! 

 

 

Looks like I'm doing pretty OK! 

ABS: A friend helped me out today with the ABS. The fuses and relays are all fine. Next step: Examiner. 

Exhaust: The whole system was, until today , held in place by one rubber in the middle of the car and one just in front of the tailpipe. I had to fit a third mount somewhere in between. Since welding is out of the question (no talent, no equipment  ), I had to get creative... Using some OEM Ford and Renault parts, I constructed a mount that wraps around the rear subframe and lifts the exhaust slightly closer to the body. It's version 1.0, so if it works, it stays 

Photo to be posted!

Strange rattling noise: I thought it was the air filter (cone filter with aluminium end plates) rattling against the original bracket but it seems that it was the exhaust tapping on the subframe brace when the engine vibrated when changing gears/parking etc. 

I added some spacers to the brace and the exhaust mod above raised the system a little. Test-revving it on the jackstands turned out 0.0 rattles. We'll see what happens upon touchdown... 

 

Adding to the list:

• Rear spacers. The Ghiblis are ET35, so slightly better, but still too narrow for the rear. Got some thin non-hubcentric spacers that I will trialfit. If they dont work, I will go for Sparco hubcentric ones. 
• Rear silencer/tailpipe. Its poor construction creates a lot of resonance and doesnt muffle the sound very well. Photo to be posted... 
• Version 2.0 of the intake mount. Trimmed and painted, hopefully 
• Oil change to 10W-60.
• Gearbox oil change
• Re-bleed the brakes, again. A slightly spongy pedal feel on an Alfa? No... 

[Filip 124]

Update on the shock/upright comparison. The bracket width of 25 mm is old news, but...

Cc between bolts: 57 mm

Distance from upper bolt to center line on shock: 44 mm

Distance from lower bolt to center line on shock: 54 mm

Nothing corresponds to the TB

[Alfaduden 226]

I have a set of 12mm spacers with bolts that you can buy from me if you want!

 

Since we have summer in Norway already I refilled the aircon gas on monday! Worth every penny, and a good clean, leaktest and re filling of gas made my GTV cold inside!

Now it is only 4 days untill departure to Nürburgring!

[Filip 124]

I have a set of 12mm spacers with bolts that you can buy from me if you want!

Since we have summer in Norway already I refilled the aircon gas on monday! Worth every penny, and a good clean, leaktest and re filling of gas made my GTV cold inside!

Now it is only 4 days untill departure to Nürburgring!

Spacers, yes please! Will we meet at a trackday soon or what would shipping be? Brand?

Sweet! Such luxury, aircon!

I'm kinda jealous about the Ring... Obviously!

[GTV-TB 315]

I'm kinda jealous about the Ring... Obviously!

Me too...

[Filip 124]

Ready for the annual Italian car meet at Skokloster north of Stockholm tomorrow.

I'm guessing I'll be the only idiot who shows up in an unwashed Alfa

No time due to the oil filter problem.

The new wheels improved the look a little Still need spacers...

[Filip 124]

[GTV-TB 315]

I'm guessing I'll be the only idiot who shows up in an unwashed Alfa

 

Cool  , have a nice day at Skokloster.

 

[Alfaduden 226]

Nice wheels! Drive safe

[Filip 124]

The car has been waxed by the previous owner...?! Didn't expect that...

[eduVALENCIA 24]

I used "autofinesse" products to reviving the paint

 

I bought it in a spanish dealer (here in Valencia) but products are from UK...  

 

(Sorry, I don't know if I can put direct links )

 

http://www.maesaldetailer.es/es/clay-bar/459-auto-finesse-clay-200-g.html

http://www.maesaldetailer.es/es/glazes-aio-s-cleansers/467-auto-finesse-rejuvenate-250-ml.html

http://www.maesaldetailer.es/es/sellantes/466-auto-finesse-tough-coat-paint-sealant-250-ml.html

 

...a lot of money, but now the car looks new 

[Filip 124]

Thanks for that! I'll try a Swedish brand called Autorange/Lahega (www.lahega.se) but I haven't gotten around to buying a cheap dual head polishing machine yet...

[eduVALENCIA 24]

I havn't a polishing machine too!!!        I did it by hand 

[Filip 124]

I havn't a polishing machine too!!!        I did it by hand 

 

You crazy? 

[GTV-TB 315]

Thanks for that! I'll try a Swedish brand called Autorange/Lahega (www.lahega.se) but I haven't gotten around to buying a cheap dual head polishing machine yet...

Filip, I tried to rein in myself....... I really tried.....I did.....but I did not succeed.....so here is a link http://www.biltema.se/sv/Bilvard/Tvatt-och-Rengoring/Polermaskin/Vax--och-polermaskin-2-x-95-mm-170882/ 

[Alfaduden 226]

Don't buy a dual head machine! Spend money on a DA instead! For example this: A cheap and good machine;

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/kestrel-das-6-pro-power-plus-da-polisher-and-free-pads-eu.php?manufacturers_id=54

 

Just make sure to get a 230V socket