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Hello Guy's,

After "lurking" on here for several years, I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself and practice uploading an image!

Have been running this little Alfa Boxer based car for over 10 years on the UK Speed Hillclimb scene.

I would also like to thank BLS and AHM for their support / advice over the years.

Best wishes,

Graham.

Hi Graham, as someone you already know I'll be the first to say welcome and how great the car looks! It really is a little Dino

Thanks for the kind message, you will notice I took your kind advice as soon as the Reg's allowed re. rear end Aero....

Wow !!
What a cracking looking car you have there. Beautifully built.
Thanks for sharing the photos.
Love it.

Hi Graham
That's a cracking looking car . I like that a lot

Welcome to the mad house

grboulter wrote:Thanks for the kind message, you will notice I took your kind advice as soon as the Reg's allowed re. rear end Aero....

The diffuser and rear flap look really well integrated - could you tell a difference on the quicker sections?

Great looking car. What engine have you selected? 1.7 quad cam 16V?

All the best,

Simon

Welcome,

Smart looking car,
interested to know what engine, gearbox and running gear
you have fitted.

Liam

Morning
Just found a video you doing a hill climb
https://youtu.be/MdAnrrfNFZQ

Oh that sound.
Great clip Graham.

Thanks Guy's, what a lovely warm welcome! -Much appreciated.

Yes, thanks again Bryan! -Much more stable at high speeds and most importantly cut some of the drag.
(-The diffuser came first as it was "below the axle line", but then a moved into the modified class allowed the flap and slicks!)

It's an all steel 16v boxer with a heavily modified 145/6 box.
-We found the exhaust design was critical which in turn unlocked the rev's!

Here's a passenger ride when it was on road tyres...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyW0aVrR3Y

Again, thanks for the kind words and welcome!
Graham.

That was a smooth run for Shelsey, seen many make a much worse job of it than that.

What time and top speed do you hope to get ?

Very nicely done. Can you use tyre warming devices? Or do you use very soft compounds? Must be almost impossible to get your tyres to any sort of temperature otherwise.

Brgds
Simon

I like this...............alot. Last vid engine sounded epic, care to share what internals have been done?.

Hello Guy's,

I've managed to get into the 32's at Shelsley, with trap speeds of 92/3mph.
On slicks, a 31 is possible, perhaps a little lower.

No tyre warming devices allowed, only the "spin pre-start". (-But I don't do that to protect the "weak" Alfa gearbox.)
-You are indeed right, no temperature in tyres, brakes, etc.

Hillclimb slicks are like bubblegum and an utter joy to drive on by comparison. (-Again, the worry is the weak transmission!)

Steel crank & rods, forged pistons, race heads, modest cams.

Thanks for your interest!

Best, Graham.

grboulter wrote:Here's a passenger ride when it was on road tyres...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyW0aVrR3Y

I love the "whoohoo" at the end of the run - you absolutely nailed it!

For some reason I can never find this video when I search on Youtube!

Graham's engine sounds even more epic from the outside... spectator comment says it all

https://youtu.be/cSSBdK0kxr0

Welcome to CAF Graham, it's great to see you and your Kudos here at last!

Thanks for the kind comments and warm welcome Lauren

Sounds tremendous, and looks great.