Post a pic of your alfa!

[jazig.k]

just lowered it this weekend gone,

it runs on 18x8" AME's, with 215/35/18 nankang's.
awsome tyre with heaps of grip [best grip iv had on this 75] compared to other tyres, like brigestone g-grids, perilli [spelling] sp's and Wanli's [awsome drift tyres, but scary in the wet!!].

[AlfaTango1]

Here's a shot from this morning as I was testing out the tripod setup. It needs some adjustments and I should have took off the sun visors but it was an informative test.

[Sprintn]

jzig.K...
Really nice looking Milano 3.0 or 75!!! But... your catilitic converter must be dragging on the ground.?.? I had a 3.0 just like yours for a bit and the exhaust on these things hang so low relative to the actual bottom of the car that... when i lowered it just a little... the stupid cat. would drag and or catch on EVERYTHING! DO you guys get to use a different exhaust configuration that we do in the states? But, like you, i wanted to lower it because the stock ride hight on these are like that of Monster trucks!
Yours looks nice though! Makes me miss mine.
Cheers
Sprintn

[jazig.k]

thanks sprintn,

the car is a 1988 australian delivered 3.0lt [Verde, as you know them]. its in great condition, with 3086**kms under its belt. Brilliant thing to drive!

iv just had a full custom exhaust made [after being pinned by the EPA for being too loud at 102dB and a 90dB max] and just asked for max clearance.

the local fella did a beautiful job, using a stock cat and headers, then a resonator, all tucked up into the very little room it has. after the EPA test [only for volume, we dont worry about emisions where i am] it wispers at 87-88dB... but still has that alfa note! and more noticable power than the old system.

there is only the part that goes under the rear crossmember that hangs down, and bumps the driveway and speedhumps, etc, but its liveable for a 19yr old with about 3" road clearance [100mm or 4" is legal ]

[Alfa75dude]

My bella

-Magnus

[All torque]

Nice car, Magnus!

Colour, stance and wheel choice/fitment are spot on!

Also, black really compliments the 75, kind of 'smooths out' the awkward lines.

[Alfa75dude]

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Originally Posted by All torque Nice car, Magnus! Colour, stance and wheel choice/fitment are spot on! Also, black really compliments the 75, kind of 'smooths out' the awkward lines.

[Nipper]

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Originally Posted by All torque Nice car, Magnus! Colour, stance and wheel choice/fitment are spot on! Also, black really compliments the 75, kind of 'smooths out' the awkward lines.

[All torque]

Sorry, didn't intend for that to sound so pretentious.

I agree, the 75 is a beautiful looking car; I think it epitomizes outlandish 80's excess like a bodykitted Countach does. And that's a very cool thing to do.

[AlfaTango1]

That's one reason I bought my 75, unique looks some might called odd I called individual and different. Must be the reason I also liked the Bi Turbo Maserati's of the era, especially the Spyders.

[Nipper]

All torque, you didn't need to apoligise, it's all opinions after all. A lot of people don't like square cars and some do, I also love the look of the Bi Turbo's, Tango.

I have friends who cringe at anything that isn't styled like the modern pieces of plastic curves that most car designers are stuck using today. These friends of mine are the type who claim to be car enthusiasts but how can you be a car enthusiast with out appreciating the origins/older variants of the automobile? Short answer : YOU CAN'T.

With all the strangely proportioned cars on the market today, I really appreciate old styling.

[oz3litre]

I picked up my new Potenziata yesterday. It was built in January 1990 and first registered in March 1991. It has covered only 128,000 kilometres and is in lovely condition. It is the genuine article with the lower final drive, Motronic injection, 164 Q (S) spec engine and the darker seat material. This one came from the factory with woodgrain veneer panels on the console which I have not seen on any other 75s. It is a lot quicker off the line than my other 3 litre car. Unfortunately I can't drive it much until I get the timing belt done because there is nothing on the records to show it was replaced in the last six years. During that time the previous owner only covered 5,000 km per year in the car and kept it garaged during the 11 years he owned it. I haven't quite worked out if it has the 3.73 diff or the 4.10 one. It is certainly lower than my other car because it shows 10 KPH slower at 2,000 RPM in 4th. I will need to borrow a GPS to determine the speedo accuracy so I can work it out exactly using Craig's chart. I am currently trying to find out the full story of these cars so that I can write a definitive article about them. My research has pretty much drawn a blank so far after contacting a few people whom I thought might know. If anyone knows someone who was involved in ordering them here in Australia or sold them at the time please let me know via pm.

[Nipper]

Very cool. Did the motronic injected engine produce 192 hp instead of the l-jetronic's 188 hp? Very tidy by the looks of it, the wood grain is an eye opener. Would have gone hand in hand with a wooden steering wheel and gearstick like in my GTV. I noticed the little led on the dash front, does this have an alarm/remote central locking? It would be a handy thing to have on these cars. Congrats on the new car.

[AlfaTango1]

Probably my favorite color on a 75. I had not thought of 75's getting Motronic of course since they never made it past 89 over here. I bet it's nice to have, I know my 164's love it. Seats are way cool too, never got those over here either.

Glenn

[Alfa75dude]

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Originally Posted by Nipper Very cool. Did the motronic injected engine produce 192 hp instead of the l-jetronic's 188 hp? Very tidy by the looks of it, the wood grain is an eye opener. Would have gone hand in hand with a wooden steering wheel and gearstick like in my GTV. I noticed the little led on the dash front, does this have an alarm/remote central locking? It would be a handy thing to have on these cars. Congrats on the new car.