engine pics??

[comancheflyer]

Buy you have to tip your hats Henry Ford style to Alfa on engine design. I did not realize they were using 4 valve heads on their radials back in the 30's. Thats pretty amazing stuff. Just check out that piece of art that some would call the exhaust manifold . That would make any good plumber stay up late at night!

[Gabor K.]

The person responsible for Alfa airplane engine development as well as their race cars and engines was Vittorio Jano who had Hungarian origins. When the racing effort came short of results before the war, his responsibility was reduced to the airplane engines which had very high priority before the war. That such a great capacity as Jano had the responsibility of developing all Alfa engines could explain why Alfa engines were so great in that period.

[comancheflyer]

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Originally Posted by Gabor K. The person responsible for Alfa airplane engine development as well as their race cars and engines was Vittorio Jano who had Hungarian origins. When the racing effort came short of results before the war, his responsibility was reduced to the airplane engines which had very high priority before the war. That such a great capacity as Jano had the responsibility of developing all Alfa engines could explain why Alfa engines were so great in that period.

[Alex Csank]

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Originally Posted by Gabor K. The person responsible for Alfa airplane engine development as well as their race cars and engines was Vittorio Jano who had Hungarian origins. When the racing effort came short of results before the war, his responsibility was reduced to the airplane engines which had very high priority before the war. That such a great capacity as Jano had the responsibility of developing all Alfa engines could explain why Alfa engines were so great in that period.

[Gabor K.]

Greetings Alex, you are right of course.
Üdvözöllek! Gondoltam hogy te is magyar származásu vagy, de most tudtam meg biztosan. Lehet egy kicsit büszke lenni hogy a hires Jáno tényleg magyar származású volt, vagyis a szülei magyarok voltak és olaszországba kivándoroltak és ott született a Viktor/Vittorio.

Comancheflyer: If you are fascinated by Alfa history I can recommend reading the books about the Tipo 33 and the Alfetta 158/159 story. Especially the latter is highly entertaining about the construction og the Alfetta race car at the factory and at Scuderia Ferrari. Also about the turmoil of war when the racers were hidden in the alps in a former cheese factory

Here facts about the Alfa V6 and the final end of production, ending with one of their constructor´s final days at the same time.

Alfa Romeo V6 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[comancheflyer]

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Originally Posted by Gabor K. Greetings Alex, you are right of course. Üdvözöllek! Gondoltam hogy te is magyar származásu vagy, de most tudtam meg biztosan. Lehet egy kicsit büszke lenni hogy a hires Jáno tényleg magyar származású volt, vagyis a szülei magyarok voltak és olaszországba kivándoroltak és ott született a Viktor/Vittorio. Comancheflyer: If you are fascinated by Alfa history I can recommend reading the books about the Tipo 33 and the Alfetta 158/159 story. Especially the latter is highly entertaining about the construction og the Alfetta race car at the factory and at Scuderia Ferrari. Also about the turmoil of war when the racers were hidden in the alps in a former cheese factory Here facts about the Alfa V6 and the final end of production, ending with one of their constructor´s final days at the same time. Alfa Romeo V6 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[comancheflyer]

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Originally Posted by Gabor K. The person responsible for Alfa airplane engine development as well as their race cars and engines was Vittorio Jano who had Hungarian origins. When the racing effort came short of results before the war, his responsibility was reduced to the airplane engines which had very high priority before the war. That such a great capacity as Jano had the responsibility of developing all Alfa engines could explain why Alfa engines were so great in that period.

[Alex Csank]

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Originally Posted by Gabor K. Greetings Alex, you are right of course. Üdvözöllek! Gondoltam hogy te is magyar származásu vagy, de most tudtam meg biztosan. Lehet egy kicsit büszke lenni hogy a hires Jáno tényleg magyar származású volt, vagyis a szülei magyarok voltak és olaszországba kivándoroltak és ott született a Viktor/Vittorio.

[Gabor K.]

Eger, been there, a nice Wine district with lot of history. Myself I am from Budapest.

Here you can further test your hungarian as Vittorio Jano is listed among famous hungarian engineers. His family name was János/Jano. Would be interesting to read his comprehensive biography. Here links on the net.

.....:::::LÓERÕ online:::::.....

And in english:

Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Vittorio Jano - Biography

[Gregs Garage]

Here are some shots of the 1600 out of my Duetto. Did the rebuild six or seven years ago. The last shot is how it looks today.

[101/105guy]

Just beautifull !
My '66 Duetto was the same "two tone" before it became all white.
Did you do the engine bay white on purpose ?
Randy

[Gregs Garage]

Hi Randy,

Thank you. No, I wish I could say that I left it that way on purpose. The car was white and I had just finished having the left side paint touched up and doing the rebuild when a few months later someone backed into the drivers door. I always wanted it to be red, so I kicked in the cash to do the color change and their insurance paid for the repairs. I couldn't bring myself to pull the motor and do it all again. Sometimes I do regret it.

Greg

[NorCalAlfa]

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Originally Posted by Gregs Garage Here are some shots of the 1600 out of my Duetto. Did the rebuild six or seven years ago. The last shot is how it looks today.

[msiert]

Have posted the engine before but have doone some changes to the engine bay with the remote oil pressure sender's (aftermarket and stock on either side of the coolant tank), new expanded vacuun manifold (thing with all the black tubes going to it) and a remote fuel pressure gauge (behind the engine) that was a side product of changing out the fuel pressure regulator.

Not your typical S-4 Spider engine bay........................Eats White Kentucky Spiders for lunch!!!

[gigem75]

Who can follow that? what the heck, I bit the bullet and bought one..