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Sold my 916 Spider more than 4 years ago, owned a Brera and then a 939 Spider, while my girlfriend had a MiTo. Sold both our Alfas late last year and replaced them with other makes. After almost 12 years of Alfa ownership, I was no longer an Alfa owner Or so Without anybody knowing it (not even my girlfriend), I bought a GTV TS 2 days before Christmas! It was in good condition, with some good maintenance done by the previous 2 owners (which I both knew): full PU bushes on the rear axle, rebuild exhaust, new tires etc. Unfortunately, the engine failed 2 years ago due to insufficient oil.. Now it was lying in a yard, with it's engine torn into pieces. I was on a tight budget, so planned carefully for the acquisition and the engine rebuild. Few days later, I was spending the entire repairing budget on another GTV with same problem (broken engine) This time, it was a beautiful Edizione Sportiva, with it's typical red carpet - black leather / red stitches electric seats interior Fast forward, 5 months later, I finally managed to have the engine rebuilt, swapped the interior with the one on the Edizione Sportiva, installed side wings & rear spoiler, Eibach sport springs, swapped the MP3 player with an old-school high-end series Pioneer, and drove the car to AlfaFest, our annual national Alfa meeting Car is far from being perfect, engine still doesn't run as it should, exterior could use some fresh new paint, there are some parts that need immediate replacement (some crankshaft or bearing) etc. but will get there with time! On the plus side, it's far better preserved than I expected, it also handles far better than I expected on twisted roads (definitely better than my old 916 Spider, although that was also tweaked in terms of suspension). Although I fancy with photography myself, untill I shoot my own pictures, here are some official photos from the event, shot by a famous romanian automotive photographer. Enjoy!

its absolute brilliant to drive. You can feel the a big difference to the original very well. 310kg less on very wide tires makes a lot of grip in corners. Specially while cornering and braking you feel also the stiffnes of the chassis. (Roll cage is also welded to the dom) In the seats with this harnesses you feel almost nothing, no hard corners, no braking, but also less accelerating (because it has no padding ^^' ) But what I also feel is the weight of the keskin Rims which are still on. but the creating of the adapter plates for new ones shouldn'n take so long anymore I hope. While "driving" to the top of the Stelvio I could show whats in it. the 400ps BMW (next to mine on the picture) with div and Rwd had no chance. I had to brake earlier and harder than I would without it in front. Also while accelerating out of the corner he didnt get away from me, I had to lift my foot a lot of times. There you feel the 300kg weight differences between this two cars. But of course the 250 Hp which mine should have around are also going to be improved . The only bad thing at the moment is that its brutally hot in the car because I can not open the windows anymore ^^' but the lexan window kit with sliders is ordered. Yesterday I modified my Ultraracing lower 4 Point strut to make it fit with the equallength frontpipes. this and the Powerflex brushes i ordered will make a lot of fun next time With this modified strut I can finally fit the plate to cover the engine from under the car I hope I will achive a better VMax like this

I love the way how he integrated the intercooler in the front bumper:

I have a new detail! Aluminum fuel cap from alfisti.net. However, the story is not simple at all: Alfa Romeo changed the system completely from 2001 so good deal of 916 models is on the old system and this cap is only for newer Alfas. I thought that it would be enough to disassemble the original fuel cap and remove the plastic top but the diameter is different for a few mm and you can't just mount aluminum one on the old system. So, I had to do extensive modifications: keep the original plastic cap but cut it flat on top, then cut 3 holes to fit 3 tooths on the aluminum one and then scrub off two large circular tooths inside aluminum one so that old plastic cap could fit snugly into the aluminum one. On the end I used two-component super-glue to fix it. All in all it's a 4-5 hours job but it's worth it!