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Hello Guys, I am currently finishing off a 1996 Alfa Romeo GTV that I purchased from a friend of mine last 2012. I would like to share this to all. I know some of you may not like what I did to the alfa but remember I got this in a much worst shape from the previous owner. I just love this alfa body that I had to do some justice into it and make it my personal toy. The project started off with a running car with a lot of wrong parts on the car. To start off is that the engine was replaced with a Toyota 3SGE 3rd generation engine and the suspension were converted from different parts from any Japanese car. More parts were not in place and were converted if ever. For short it was in a mess and desecrated. As you know, alfa romeo was here sometime in the 90's and brought in these GTV's. There are still some running units but rarely would you see anything running or in the best condition. So I contracted my friends car shop and worked on the alfa romeo. We first worked on the engine by replacing it with a modified Toyota 3SGTE 4th generation engine that came from a Supra. With further modifications on the engine the horsepower is now around 330hp. I wanted to rebuild the alfa V6 2.0 turbo that was in it but it could not be found anymore. The Toyota engine was rebuilt from scratch with new bearings, rings, etc.. I would believe that this is the only alfa romeo with such an engine in the world. It was repiped with front intercoolers, BOVs, Wastgates, Malfassi Fuel Regulator, Wahlbro fuel pump, Oil intercooler, twin Remus Exhaust system, custom fabricated 3-in stainless steel exhaust system, etc etc The car was repainted to original alfa specs with Duponts. The interiors are reupholstered leather seats by a famous reupholsterer in the Philippines. The gauges on top are from Sgear that shows 4 types of reading per dial. Eonon car stereo and back up cameras were also installed, Sparco seat belts, etc etc. The 16-in mags are stock but have Federal 595SS semi slick tires on them. I am still waiting for the delivery of the Koni Sports tuned shocks. No lowering springs were ordered because the roads in the Philippines are not that great. In addition, the aircon condenser is located underneath besides the transmission and comes from a Japanese van. Additional fans are also located at the bottom that sucks out air from underneath the engine. I am still NOT finished on car project as I am replacing the discs, placing a specially fabricated front strut bar, rear strut bars, Cadamuro spoilers, etc.. I would not recommend that you do this if you don't have the time, engineering skills and a specialized machine shop besides your car shop/garage and a wife who is monitoring your bank account. The project started last August 2012. The car is very much driveable nowadays but I am still waiting for some of the parts to arrive from all over Europe. The drive on this alfa will push you back to your seat because of the power to weight ratio and the racing clutch that were installed. See pictures. if you wish to know more of the project let me know. I have full pictures of the project from start to finish. Thank you guys. more power to the members. Bobby

big lady..