What a wonderful machine, a black supercharged Alfa racing car on the road, it's beautiful, sounds amazing and even has the steering wheel on the proper side.
@shanehnorman
3 ай бұрын
Pre-1935 grand prix cars were usually RHD because most circuits ran clockwise and the driver's weight made a difference. Later in the decade, single-seaters came to dominate.Faster, of course, but the days of driving your Alfa, Benz, or Bentley (even if only in your dreams) to the track, winning the race, and driving home for supper were gone.
@eightpenny6379
2 жыл бұрын
What a sound of that engine!
@Michael_Lorenson
8 ай бұрын
What a difference!
@rudolphbondefangerer5513
Жыл бұрын
And there are still people who live under the delusion that a V8 makes the best sound possible...
@chrisadams6595
6 ай бұрын
Yes , that wobbly warbly heterodyning V8 , sounds so unbalanced compared to this
@bryanprice7897
8 ай бұрын
Automotive work of art!!!!!!
@chrisadams6595
Ай бұрын
It is a work of art isn't it
@happy_camper
11 ай бұрын
One of the all time greats…
@chrisadams6595
6 ай бұрын
What a sound, the straight 8 is a so smooth , makes a V8 sound so wobbly and unbalanced
@life_of_riley88
2 жыл бұрын
What a machine! I have always loved these cars. Thanks for getting that pertronix hot rod nonsense out of her and get the old girl set up right.
@craigpennington1251
Жыл бұрын
I'll take one in Blue please. What a ride.
@MrRuymachado
2 жыл бұрын
Great Video Greg. You did it again. The brainstorm with Arnold add a fun element to it . Cheers
@GregQuirin
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@scoc253
2 жыл бұрын
_that thing sounded amazing_
@upsidedowndog1256
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car! Great sounds! Cool video!
@tkreitler
Жыл бұрын
I just found this channel today and this is only the 2nd video I've watched- behind Homemade V12. I really like what I've seen so far and look forward to getting caught up on your content.
@GregQuirin
Жыл бұрын
Welcome Trent! We appreciate you subscribing. We're working on a new V12 video and hope to have it on KZitem soon.
@christopherhubberste
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Was that customized with a right side throttle? I thought they were all originally with a Center throttle.
@AndyGeesGarage
2 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel and very happy I did.
@GregQuirin
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I appreciate It and thank you for supporting my channel. I'm new to this so I still have to figure everything out. Greg Q
@VideoDotGoogleDotCom
11 ай бұрын
So sad to see this thing of beauty in California, of all places. It deserves to live its days in some place with style, history and civilized people. Sigh...
@johnparrish9215
2 жыл бұрын
That old girl sounds GREAT.
@Alex462047
Ай бұрын
That engine sounds as sweet as a nut. Just the way a car like that ought to sound, in my view. 👍
@ipanzerschrecku4732
2 жыл бұрын
That's a Pur Sang replica.
@anthonypetty9288
2 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming that as well, but I'm not worried. Their replicas are superb, from what I've heard, and I'd happily drive one. 🍀❤️
@jcgabriel1569
2 жыл бұрын
I thought so too. Though I am caught off guard by those scrutineering stickers (those coloured round stickers slightly obscured by the steering wheels in some of the views). Those, by the looks of things were from Monaco GP Historique, an event that only admit original cars, or at the very least, recreations with substantial original parts and carried the identity of an earlier, no longer extant, car. Then I realized that the scrutineering stickers were for different race classes. The Monza should've been to the Grid A (for pre-war GP and Voiturette cars), and those stickers were from different grids. There's one Grid A sticker, two Grid B (if I remember correctly this is for the 1950s Formula 1 cars) stickers, and one C (1950s sportscars) and one D (1.5 L F1 cars from 19561-65). So I'm guessing the owner of the car actually owned original cars of different ages, but for some reason, put their scrutineering stickers on the replica Monza at some later date...
@hlukufarmmechanic2497
2 жыл бұрын
What an awsome piece of engeneering and art.. I wonder what one of those types of classic ancient race cars cost.
@thephilpott2194
Жыл бұрын
Ballpark figures (but other people will know better) genuine approaching USD $1m (possibly more) but pur sang pattern replicas (just as good) significantly less than half that.
@patrickjean-philippe7679
8 ай бұрын
Genuine are costing way over $1M, I would say in the magnitude of 10 times that…
@steve6992
2 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion the car is a little rich off idle and part throttle, ideally you would like to have all of the centrifugal advance in by 2000 RPM. On the race cars we would lock the distributor out at 35° so at the hit of the key all the advanced was already there
@GregQuirin
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Steve, this is an exciting car to work with. Having worked on traditional cars all my life, this one is a bit different to dial in. It runs best with 40 to 45 degrees of total advance. Seems high for me, however, this is only a 6 to 1 compression ratio. Perhaps these cars were designed to have lots of total advance? I would think pulling timing out when under boost makes sense to me, however, it seems to want more timing under full load and high RPM. This fine machine really comes alive at 4000 RPM.
@steve6992
2 жыл бұрын
@@GregQuirin different combustion Chambers Like different amount of timing, closed chamber big block Chevys like over 40° probably 42 or 43 and the small block Mopar it's like between 34 and 36, the only real way to tell is put it on the dyno and move the timing around a bit
@denischambrelent8286
2 жыл бұрын
@@GregQuirin hello Greg. Who is the driver?? He owns a lot of historical cars : wonderful Lancia D24, this Alfa (142 hp).
@spookydog6959
Жыл бұрын
I'm in love
@hoost3056
2 жыл бұрын
These engines had a hemi style combustion chamber, correct? And if I drove it I know I could float the gears in that box😃
@dondrebwood8355
2 жыл бұрын
We don’t need so stinkin mechanical advance sunny boy lol manual for the win
@driverjamescopeland
2 жыл бұрын
To those of you who can smell this video... kudos.
@Paulman50
2 жыл бұрын
Bit lean on the top end would like 40°advance
@guycalabrese4040
4 ай бұрын
Wow! So those are "street legal" in the US?
@patrickjean-philippe7679
8 ай бұрын
Is it a Pur Sang or the genuine beast ?
@timpeterson87
Жыл бұрын
🍀
@franzkoviakalak6981
2 жыл бұрын
Who the hell puts a Petronix on an Alfa 8C?!?!??
@driverjamescopeland
11 ай бұрын
Reliability is important, when you're driving a car like this on a public road. Also, I'm almost positive this is a Pur Sang replica.
@KILLOSAA
2 жыл бұрын
Ho what is approx. max. speed?
@JCG-Alfamonza
8 ай бұрын
Depends on the gearing. With the tallest gearing it would do around 140mph.
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