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Yes, just the rubber bushings... that could be the long time solution, I'll consider that. The rear is very stiff after Powerflexing so I was hesitant to put it in front too, but it's another situation in front, do you have it in front? How is it?

However, there are some third party parts that are of premium quality, like this Shacal exhaust! It's 15 years old, superb craftsmenship!

I've been to check my wheel alignment and suspension geometry today after the replacement of the front right Koni shock that started to leak. Kudos to Koni for a free replacement under "lifetime warranty" that those Koni Adjustable series had at the time. My front wishbones are a bit loose (TRW after only 7.000 km) and yet the original Alfa part lasted for over 100.000 km. I am not happy with the quality of this third party parts. If they last only a few thousands km, next time I'll buy the cheapest as they probably can't be worse than this. Ok, there was some miles done on the Grobnik racetrack and there was some hooligan-style driving, but nevertheless it's far too short...

Hi and welcome! Nice one!

Great job! And your fuel lines are good as new! I must do that also!

It looks really nice and pro-made! It's a pity that manufacturing is so expensive and for most owners it's out of reach.

Let us know does it work and can it be used for daily driving or just on a track?

The most ambitious project on any GTV so far!

It's hard to match your level of dedication!

I love those carbon covers!

The timing belt service was a perfect opportunity to tidy up the engine bay! Maybe it's not perfect, but it's nice for a 21-year-old car!

Yes, give us some more recent photos, I saw great one by M. Kopp Photography on some Facebook list! The car is now near perfect!

Welcome Ron! 916 is very rare in the States. There was some import there but not by any official dealer, it was rebranded as "Autodelta GTS"(!).

On the end I found water pump with metal impeller, it's from Thermotec, and also there is a HEPU model with a metal part, and also it seems that SKF part has metal impeller and so on... so you just need to search a bit. Also, as it's hard to get the new oil cap for Busso, I made it with Adobe Illustrator and computer cutter! If anyone need the source vector file, I can email it!

I found out that there are water pumps available with metal rotor! I'll let you know the brand and model number tomorrow. It seems that many GTA engine owners buy those for old GTV 3.0 as the newer cars (147/GT/156) use the plastic one. There are also some reports on Alfa forum that plastic pumps can fail in 40-50k km, so better to be safe than sorry.

The timing belt job has finally started today... I made an arrangement with my mechanic (and friend) so that I try to do it myself, of course, in his workshop and with his supervision. It's super interesting but not easy at all... now I fully understand why such kind of work is expensive. Day one I have done the whole disassembly except for the water pump - I needed help there as it's really nasty to get it out without removing the engine. However, it's possible, my mechanic has a lot of experience. The interesting thing is that the original Alfa Romeo part has metal rotor in the pump and every new replacement part today uses the plastic rotor. I don't like that but there is no choice. I hope it will last. Also, during process we have found out that lower engine mount is in bad shape (no wonder after 21 years!) so we'll replace that too. I'll write on as I progress with the service... Wish me luck!

I just couldn't resist to make a Photoshop simulation of the Scudetto sticker for your beast! It's that familiar face that we all love and recognize... it shouldn't be expensive to make in on cutter or in some print shop that do quality color prints. I intentionally used Phase 1 scudetto beacuse there is no place for chrome on this racing machine! Consider this for the sake of tradition!

Welcome! You'll be happy with the bunch of lunatics here!

It's a privilege to have such a nice track 15 min from downtown, such a joy to drive...

And some more uploads from Grobnik.... the track is superb now as it has super-fresh asphalt!

And now something special... GTV 2.0 Twin Spark Turbo with Quaife LSD on the Grobnik racetrack in Croatia. (And if you wonder about that Lambo - yes, later on he passed that Gallardo!)

That is normal.

This will be great! An idea about scudetto, I have the same strange feeling when I see Alfa without it, BUT in your case I think there is a great solution: do you remember the fake headlights on 155 DTM made as a sticker just so that the car looks really recognizable? I think it will be possible to make a scudetto-sticker for your GTV! You don't have to modify anything, you get the aerodynamics you want and the car get that pro-racing look where the modificaiton is made but in a way to honor the original design!

I am long overdue with this (playing with luck) and now the time has come to do the timing belt replacement. I bought the Continental set, the newest I could get was 11/2017, I guess that would be fine.

I love this! It was super-cool in that Martini edition long time ago... so if you make it at least in some aspects similar, it could be really great!