Thread: Alfa Romeo Trofeo Series , New Zealand
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Old 04-03-2008, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by veloce sprint View Post
hi pete , low 1.08s i think , getting fairly quick , eddie and ron have both got very similar suds , ron has just got his new motor with a few extra ccs , and will go quicker yet , photos of the cars can be viewed at Ground-Sky Photography
fascinating story you wrote re the fun you had with your sud , when was that .. obviously over this side of the ditch , i been on the scene since way back but don't know the car , now days you can bolt in a 16v and go reasonably quick if you lighten the car , i build a few engines so know what you mean about having no off the shelf bits and having to build everything ....
I raced that green Sud back when I was 19 up to about 24, thus back in 1988 to 1994 ... thus a long time ago, but I used to race at every North Island event (pretty much) and also was one of the very first in the Alfa Trofeo series with Andy Drumond, etc. It was sold to a couple of guys and they raced it for a while and apparently scrapped the body and put the bits in a more modern shell. Unfortunately I am no longer a member of the NZ AROC, sorry, but was from 18 to around 35 years old ... but 100% understandable that I am long forgotten

My father (who is visiting Sydney currently) and I tried hard to remember my lap times in the Sud and I can only guess it was doing around 1:16s at Puke (and 1:28s at Manfield). I do remember that Dad'd 2002 Tii (near standard) was doing around 1:19s. The Stryker did 1:08s and would easily (yeah right, talk is cheap ) have gotten down to 1:05s with more development if I had not blown the motor and stopped racing ...

I think it is disappointing that they are allowed to run with 16v engines as it shows that classic racing has lost that "classic" focus in NZ, or in the Alfa club anyway.

Best
Pete
Last edited by PSk; 04-03-2008 at 04:11 PM.
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