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Offline Hartside

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Re: A tunnel race!
« Reply #10 on: 22 August 2010, 17:49 »
I don't know what the fasination with the narrow angle V6 sound is  :undecided:, i never found it pleasing myself, i would much rather have an alfa V6 as they sound like a V6 should.
I personally prefer a lad i knows Audi TTRS link or old Audi 5 pots to any V6 But thats just me, probably as i spent my pre teen youth in forests watching and listening to Audi rally cars.  :drool:

I agree completely about the Alfa V6. The Alfa Arese V6 was an absolute cracker and sounded fantastic. The new V6 fitted in the Brera and 159 is a GM unit and isn't a patch on the Arese unit



Will have to agree to disagree with both of you on this one. 5 pot audi??? :huh: Although the alfa v6 does sound great it doesnt come attached to a useable car, unlike the VW V6 :laugh: Not much in it I would say.. but for me the VW pips it :cool:

Nah, course it does  :laugh: 156GTA and 3.2 GT were great on this engine. 147GTA was a bit of a handful I must admit  :grin:
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Re: A tunnel race!
« Reply #11 on: 22 August 2010, 17:55 »
Nah, course it does  :laugh: 156GTA and 3.2 GT were great on this engine. 147GTA was a bit of a handful I must admit  :grin:
I went on the alfa dealer/customer invite day a few years back when the 147GTA came out and alfa did a day on the back roads of durham. It was just after the autocar review that said the sump kept bottoming out(b0llicks). Sadly for alfa the day was on roads i grew up on (know like the back of my hand) and i scared the living daylights out of the marshals by the amount of air and speed i was doing  :grin: I found little wrong with the 147GTA it could tug but these roads were ruff, narrow and bumpy. These Roads i recently drove a new Golf R on (standard suspension + 19s) and found it too hard it kept trying to bounce/skip itself off the road :shocked:
I tried a 147 With a Q2 diff (use to be ~£300) fitted and i simply could not unstick it. So i don't understand when people say they are unusable as it confuses me. :undecided: Unless there based on autocar and Mr. clarksons views. But i agree to disagree.  :undecided:
I still want a 5 cylinder VW/Audi again at some point the worble i just simply love :drool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQECT3-M3tE
« Last Edit: 22 August 2010, 18:12 by Snoopy »
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Re: A tunnel race!
« Reply #12 on: 22 August 2010, 18:26 »
^ problem is Snoops how many current day audi's sound anything like that!! if they did then we would all want one :smiley:

straight six anyone?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrjsCCN--YU&feature=related :evil:

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Re: A tunnel race!
« Reply #13 on: 22 August 2010, 18:30 »
^ problem is Snoops how many current day audi's sound anything like that!! if they did then we would all want one :smiley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiMmGwBwjE0
As i posted earlier a friends TTRS does not sound too different.
« Last Edit: 22 August 2010, 18:36 by Snoopy »
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Re: A tunnel race!
« Reply #14 on: 22 August 2010, 18:35 »
Nah, course it does  :laugh: 156GTA and 3.2 GT were great on this engine. 147GTA was a bit of a handful I must admit  :grin:
I went on the alfa dealer/customer invite day a few years back when the 147GTA came out and alfa did a day on the back roads of durham. It was just after the autocar review that said the sump kept bottoming out(b0llicks). Sadly for alfa the day was on roads i grew up on (know like the back of my hand) and i scared the living daylights out of the marshals by the amount of air and speed i was doing  :grin: I found little wrong with the 147GTA it could tug but these roads were ruff, narrow and bumpy. These Roads i recently drove a new Golf R on (standard suspension + 19s) and found it too hard it kept trying to bounce/skip itself off the road :shocked:
I tried a 147 With a Q2 diff (use to be ~£300) fitted and i simply could not unstick it. So i don't understand when people say they are unusable as it confuses me. :undecided: Unless there based on autocar and Mr. clarksons views. But i agree to disagree.  :undecided:
I still want a 5 cylinder VW/Audi again at some point the worble i just simply love :drool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQECT3-M3tE


I didn't say it was unusable, but "a bit of a handful" The 147GTA torque steers like a b!tch under hard acceleration. Stick it on a white line in the wet and you'll see what I mean. Gorgeous car though!. I agree Q2 is a vast improvement as it's a mechanical LSD and one the 147GTA boys go for when the std one destroys itself. I was always going to get one fitted to my Alfa GT, but never got around to it. It was about £500 fitted
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