The video is based on the rare and successful Alfa Rome GTV 6 3 litre that was homologated for South African Production Car racing with the involvement of Dawie de Villiers from Glenwood Motors
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@delahayenator5 ай бұрын
Glenwood Motors is an iconic name to me as an Alfista. Probably known worldwide to every Alfa nut interested in racing. Like Dominic Beninca in Australia
@husuraliАй бұрын
Wow. Amazing interview. What a legend.
@dionoliveira40582 жыл бұрын
Wonderful trip of the motorsport history in South Africa, all the great drivers of the day dropped by the legend Dawie de Villiers. Thanks V
@arnolambrechts24224 жыл бұрын
In my opinion there's nobody, but nobody, out there that knows carburetors like Oom Div. Many moons ago I built a Mk1 2 door Golf vir bored 1900 Jetta motor. Oom Div tuned the scrapyard 40 Webers that I ran on that car like you won't believe. The throttle response was something to behold. No flat spots, no issues with idle speed, just instant response from low RPM all the way to past 7000. He's a true master. Thanks for the great video. Subscribed.
@Snarge223 жыл бұрын
I've been hearing about Dawie de Villiers and I'm from the Seattle region! Imagine Dawie's 3.7L evolution of Giuseppe Busso's original SOHK 2.5L at full revs on a race track. has to be absolutely glorious!
@EATYOURVITAMIN54 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this man for hours
@rollinwithv63744 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Years and years of knowledge and experience
@andygarcia66193 жыл бұрын
Great to hear about the old days of racing in SA💪🏻
@deepaknunkumar74864 жыл бұрын
Great video! Would like to see one on the 333i or 325is...great origin story
@MLC...2 жыл бұрын
Very good video, great historical perspective. Thanks for sharing!
@VWPirates Жыл бұрын
The man who made average Alfa's fly! I owned and drove many with their road holding far superior to the engine performance. That translate to driving them flatout all the time and never reaching the handling limits. I have to admit I wrote off all the Alfa's I owned in spectacular crashes. I still wonder how I walked away from all of them. Crazy young days.
@rollinwithv6374 Жыл бұрын
Hehe. Good explanation of the experience. Reminds me of how crazily I used to drive mine as well and they still held up. That Gen of Alfas were not unreliable.
@73montreal4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Very informative. GTV-6 is an awesome car.
@antonywilson45394 жыл бұрын
A true legend of the sport!
@lancewalton48072 жыл бұрын
Very good to see Dawie looking so well. Great video and thanks for charing. Yours Lance.
@samoendodrives10654 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video. I recently bought a 3 litre and will undertake a full restoration. Hopefully I can get in touch and get insight from him to guide me through it. Keep the content coming!
@rollinwithv63744 жыл бұрын
It's good to see these cars being restored to there former glory. If there is any other info that you require get in touch. There is a big Alfa Community in SA whom are always willing to help
@skywalker17664 жыл бұрын
Like the Alfa history and insight Vash!!! Keep it up
@rollinwithv63744 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support
@rafaminus53662 жыл бұрын
That blue 156 is beautiful !!!
@hugogreen49164 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I’ve got one. Took me and autodelta services in London a long while to sort. 1.Gearbox was ridiculously undergeared, meaning that the car drank fuel like crazy. Also no lsd. Sorted by installing a 75 transaxle giving 26 mile per 1000 rpm compared to 21. 2.Compomotive split rims couldn’t hold air , and wheel size too small , and suspension with 50 series p 7’s was too high, and tyre walls to stiff for the suspension. Sorted, larger wheel rims, stiffer roll bars, suspension dropped. 3. Brakes? Sorted, drilled and grooved front disks, bigger ( brembo calipers) at the front, grooved at the back, and adjustable brake balance control, putting more braking at back.
@rollinwithv63744 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the Compomotive Rims were very soft and got damaged easily. But they still great looking wheels. Lucky u to be the owner of 1 of these cars. The value is on the rise Post pics if u can, would love to see the car
@hugogreen49163 жыл бұрын
Rollin with V . The problem wasn’t only the softness of the rims- meaning that they couldn’t be restored, but they leaked air from the inner bevelling of the wheels inner rings, which were poorly machined. I did think of getting new larger inner and outer rims, and did reach out to compomotive, who were utterly dismissive. So I ended up having autodelta Uk supply new wheels.
@vklitschko6554 жыл бұрын
The legend. Forza Alfa 🍀
@davidebattistini18864 жыл бұрын
SEI UN MITO!! ALFA ROMEO FOR EVER, CUORE SPORTIVO!!
@raufsahin3343 жыл бұрын
True Legend ..
@MThre32 жыл бұрын
dawie did my gtv 3.0. no1 understands that motor the way dawie understands that motor
@benjaminterblanche48603 жыл бұрын
Baie mooi
@dirkvdwesthuyzen97413 жыл бұрын
Dawie de Villiers - the man who killed Goliath many many times.
@dynodom46773 жыл бұрын
How do you get it to 3.7 Liter?
@Snarge223 жыл бұрын
From what I understand (being here in the US) the engine requires the 3.2L GTA crank then special boring out of the wet liner holes in the block to then receive larger barrels (I don't know the specifics on the barrels). I believe there are also other displacement variations and head configurations. If one forgoes the 3.2L crank but goes with the larger barrels and pistons the result is (obviously) 3.5 liters. I'm not 100% sure, but think there have also been SOHC versions of that displacement. Which in my view would be quite the secret sleeper engine! :-) Note the full 3.7L 4-cam may exceed the capability of the GTV6 and Alfa 75 transaxles. Still, crazy wild in my view (I own a GTV6 w/3.0L 4-cam with GTA grinds out of a 164 and think that's plenty quick).
@idazafensa-gz6pg Жыл бұрын
Probably Porsche pistons. In the US i believe they homologated a turbo version. Good old days.