Alfa 33 Rebuild
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conaero
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The Talisman, Parkgate....it's know locally as The Taliban
conaero
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Hehe, even I know about the 3 bolt suspension turrets/1993/galvanised cars.
Still learning!
zagatoes30
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This place stays as OT as most other forums I frequent always a sign of a good forum IMO
Coxy13
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Hello there!
I can't remember who it was who suggested it, but I have just received my Strut Brace from OMP. Who ever it was said there was quite a bit of flex in the chassis, I will admit I was a little sceptic about it but for $160 delivered to my door, but it was worth the risk.
I have recently put in Poly for all replacement rubbers and there was something missing.....it seemed to spin the front tyres when I put my foot down mid corner, but now with the brace it is magic! I haven't stopped smiling since I put it in and first drove it!!!!
Thanks for the advice!
Tim
I can't remember who it was who suggested it, but I have just received my Strut Brace from OMP. Who ever it was said there was quite a bit of flex in the chassis, I will admit I was a little sceptic about it but for $160 delivered to my door, but it was worth the risk.
I have recently put in Poly for all replacement rubbers and there was something missing.....it seemed to spin the front tyres when I put my foot down mid corner, but now with the brace it is magic! I haven't stopped smiling since I put it in and first drove it!!!!
Thanks for the advice!
Tim
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Hey Dicky!
Yeah it was definitely you who said it, I remember the thing about jacking the car up which is what prompted me to get it.
We touched on the poly bushes once before, all I have changed is Lower Sway bar mounts, Steering arms, Pan Hard Rod and rear Trailing arms....everything else is left as rubber mounts.
I have a series 1 body with the series 3 16v motor in it, and who ever had the car before me put the strengthening arms in prior to me buying it. The Chassis was cracked and I have had
that repaired and also plated up to give it a little more bulk.
It is funny, prior to putting the sway bar in as I said in my previous post, it seemed to spin the wheels mid corner when I sank the boot in, and also off a set of lights, I could never put my
foot flat to the floor as it would just sit there and dance across my lane, now with the sway bar in, it's all but gone. There is still a little bit there, but I have an old set of Yoki A drives on
there and they need to be replaced, so not really the car's fault.
Thanks for the advice again!
zagatoes30
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Lovely to see the old girl progressing, I know of a couple of others going through a similar process and a friend of mine is currently putting P4 running gear into a restored Sportwagen which should be interesting.
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No problem Matt, good to meet you, loved the GS! Pity you didn't get to see the car as it is now, it looks so much better now its been cleaned and has some sunshine on it. You're right, I am at the annoyed stage, the car is pretty close to being finished but there is a seemingly never ending list of niggly jobs to do which I think will take some time but I am determined to get the car to Spa Francorchamps for Spa Italia in September.
