Thanks Kev,

Cylinder no.3 has very low compression and oil is getting past so it's a hone/rings at the very least.
I've done a search and seen full gasket sets on the German Alfa service site but where will I get rings and shell bearings from?

Thanks

Adam

Evening All I'm looking to have a 16v lump rebuilt but I am concerned that decent quality parts may be unobtainium I have spoken with a couple of Alfa specialists who no longer offer this service because of parts availability at reasonable cost for example to do a decent job AHM specify a crank repl...

Lauren,

If you saw the standard of my soldering it would make you weep..

Hello Adie, Apologies in advance for the photos - black hoses in a black car in a dark garage.. For the stretches that go to and from the heater matrix I used flexible silicone tubing that I bought from ASH in Scotland. On the drivers side it looks like this:- IMG_2270.JPG with one of these to tee o...

Or you could fit a remote electric water pump as I have - I'll be running my motor in anger in a few weeks so I'll advise if it is adequate - or not..

I have also fitted silicone hoses so I will post a couple of photos this weekend

Thanks

Adam

No Alfas on the list though

I received a letter from Subaru today recalling my car for a passenger side air bag replacement, with the advice not to allow passengers to sit in the front seat. I found this American blog, which may or may not relate to cars sold in the UK (other than mine) but it makes for pretty concerning readi...

and a mountain of alfasud detritus filling up my shelves in the background i've just noticed...

Here's mine; not a good photo as its a black car in a dark garage.. From here I think (it was a long time ago though). http://autoelectricalpartsuk.co.uk/products/Lighting/LED_Indicator_Lamps They are LED so need an in line ballast resistor which is a couple of quid and have a thick rubbery backing ...

I have some small, low profile, surface mount rectangular ones that fit in the concave channel in the front panel directly below the headlamp, if that makes sense. Being that shape they are more like the standard ones I'm out in the garage tomorrow, will post a photo and try to remember where I got ...

I have the same set up as Kammatic with koni yellows for the inserts.i A word of note, I got the top mounts from compbrake as they list the 33 in their catalogue The first set they sent had the bolt holes spaced incorrectly (possibly 33 Imola pattern) The outside diameter of the second set was too h...

Okey dokes, it'll probably be next weekend before I can get to them.

Thanks

Adam

Hello Shrew, I have four (I think) of these originally from a 155 Q4 They are 15" 4 stud and something like +49.5 ET so don't fit on a sud without spacers. The fake plastic bolts have been removed and they were wet painted and definitely need a refurb. I'll send you some photos if you are interested...

Hello Shrew

We got a flywheel from the most obvious place in the end - Justsuds, so all is good now - I really don't know why we don't call John first...

Thanks

Adam

Posting this from an iPad so don't know if the link will work.
Rodger's sprint + trailer for sale - tasty price - £18k


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfasud-Sprin ... 2ee5157fb7

Like sitting in a big (and supportive) comfy armchair...

Hello Junior,

I'll send you a PM.

Thanks,

Adam

I have this seat available - it's close but not the same, the rings are black.

Thanks,

Adam

I'll do both - I probably won't have the info until this time next week as I am on the road this week - is that ok?

I've checked my calculation and the piston area increase is 7% not double as you have to count a sliding single caliper as if it is two pistons. So we have a 7% increase in piston area and a 7.5 % increase in radius, which whilst not earth shattering is worth having. The set up is lighter even with ...

And another..

Another bracket photo..

This photo shows the installation from the driveshaft side

The discs are fitted to the hubs with a custom made adaptor.
I made up a dummy in wood, checked the measurements and clearances (three times..) and then got a local engineering company to cnc a pair out of aluminium. It's probably more chunky than it needs to be but it does the job.

The calipers used are Wilwood Powerlite four pot with 1.38" pistons.
With both nearly a doubling in piston area and disc radius increased 7.5% the braking effect should be increased over standard. As stated before, this will fit under 13 inch revos with no fouling issues.

The disc needed a slight chamfer machining on the inner edge to clear the hub lugs - I have heard that Punto GT discs may not need this work doing.

Further to Tim's query I can describe the changes I have made to my front brakes

1. 239mm disc replaced with 257mm disc from an alfa 164 Twin Spark

Tim,

My thread is still somewhere on the dark side it's called Trackday Alfasud..

I have the photos on my pc and will upload them for completeness tomorrow.

I'll put them on a different post to save getting in the way of Bryan's thread.

Thanks,

Adam

Tim,

I have 257mm vented alfa 164 discs and 4 pot wilwood powerlite calipers and ferodo ds2500 pads on my hubs.
13 x 6 Revolution RFXs fit over them with no clearance issues.
I can't tell you how they perform as I have not tried them yet.

Thanks,

Adam