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- From: welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty)
- Subject: Re: Luxury Performance Cars
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.230745.1310@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies
- References: <1992Jul20.165052.28259@Synopsys.Com> <1992Jul24.071841.15821@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 23:07:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.071841.15821@news.columbia.edu> jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (James R Lendino) writes:
- > Well, someone suggested an Alfa Romeo 164S, and I'm inclined to
- >agree, since I own one. :-)
- ...
- >along with an increase from 183 to 200 hp through a sportier exhaust
- >system (quiet at speed, but it makes itself known with a pronounced
- >burble at idle and a racy growl when accelerating that absolutely
- >must be heard to be believed; that alone was reason for me to buy
- >the car).
-
- it's more than just the exhaust system; the compression ratio and
- the cams are different as well. these horsepower figures are the
- official factory propaganda values; dyno tests of stock V-6 alfas have
- generally revealed that the factory ratings are _very_ conservative.
- the base V-6, rated at 183, has sometimes had as much as 200hp in stock
- form, and the S V-6, rated at 200hp, has produced as much as 220hp
- on the chassis dyno.
-
- not bad for a 2-valve per cylinder 3.0L hemi, eh?
-
- cheers,
- richard
- (1987 Alfa Romeo Milano 2.5L V-6)
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