Sprint 6C build up

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

Hi Spacenut
Well I've not quite ditched the steering rack, I've stripped it and used the rack itself together with parts off the mounting area of the housing so it is now lighter, neater and dimensionally the same as before

That's fair enough, but as I said the position of the rack may have been more about convenience than good geometry, and you may need to tame some snap oversteer with this engine layout!

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

I've also been working on the gearchange to extend the selector shaft forwards and attach it to the UJ shaft - however it will need to mount quite high up in front of the engine to reduce the angularity for the Push -Pull motion. This may well mean that I cannot use the Sprint tailgate as the glass comes down too far.....

Well, it was a nice idea, but I don't know how long the glass (or even Perspex) would last with all the exhaust heat from the engine - you really want a double-skinned firewall there if possible - it will also help to brace the structure

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

Another job has been to add more structural supports - and yes I know my welding is like "pidgeon s..t" so I build in lots of redundancy!

Don't worry about it, my pidgeon poo welding is just as bad, looks like proper Italian construction

I bet the original 6C was thrown together with no less abandon, and you've been making fantastic progress with this project. It will be up and running before you know it!

Lauren

Yesterday was busy as I hired a welder to put in some thicker steel section for bracing and support. As you can tell I am also recycling cut out Sprint bits! (pic 1).
The front of the subframe sides (pic 2) will now need bracing to the door pillars but I will have a bit of a pause to catch up on domestics and build harmony prior to our day at MITCAR (- Not the Sprite but in comfort in the Civic I'm told!)

looking good mate
don't worry about turning up at mitcar in a non-alfa , i will be going in the punto as my sud isn't quite ready
at least mine is italian though

Originally Posted by alfa302

Hi..I have been watching this with intrest and am looking forward to the finnish. I was just flicking through youtube and found a sprint with the engine in the back being thrashed on some wasteland I think they are italian and there are a couple the clips of the car with and with out the body, if you do not know about this then it may help with what your doing

try this link YouTube - sprint or check his profile..superdino33

good luck

Hi Alfa 302
Thanks for this link - it follows on from a previous one and is quite scary! It is very helpful as it does show the gearchange (just) which mounts quite high up to the back of the car above the tunnel. However the body has been modified so much that it is losing the "Sprint" appearance - what do others think??

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

Hi Alfa 302
Thanks for this link - it follows on from a previous one and is quite scary! It is very helpful as it does show the gearchange (just) which mounts quite high up to the back of the car above the tunnel. However the body has been modified so much that it is losing the "Sprint" appearance - what do others think??

yep, very quick car, the turbo makes all the difference
but the bodywork don't really like all the scoops and stuff, loses the shape of the sprint too much
are you thinking of going down that route mate your car so your choice we will still like it anyway for what it is, a mad project

I agree - keep the original shape. After all, its what attracted you to the car in the first place.

Amateur restyling really can't compete with Guigiaro in his prime, and besides, with only minor widening of the rear arches required to cover the wheels you've got potential for a really great Q-car.

With most of the mass over the driven wheels it should hook-up nicely in the traffic light Grand Prix

Keep up the good work!

Lauren

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

Hi Alfa 302
Thanks for this link - it follows on from a previous one and is quite scary! It is very helpful as it does show the gearchange (just) which mounts quite high up to the back of the car above the tunnel. However the body has been modified so much that it is losing the "Sprint" appearance - what do others think??

Love the noise hate the front admire the engineering ciao daz

The plan is to merely widen the rear arches and rework the rear panel/tailgate as per the original 6C. All the other panels will remain Sprint. The rear side glass will be fixed to the outer part of the frame.
Although there is still LOTS to do I am thinking about colours now - whether to keep it Silver, go Black (Keep looking at pic of Baldies Sprint!), go red as per 6C, or something different?? Any ideas gratefully recd.
Also I am interested to know who else has been following my automotive adaptation - so if you haven't posted anything yet, please let me know what you think.

Yellow.
Not one of those wishy washy sun faded ones but a proper, bright, Abarth? type yellow.

rsfruitbat

Yellow rules, my first car was yellow, never lost it in a car park!!!
Only just got into this thread, nice to meet you at mitcar and learn of such an insane but worthy project. Keep up the good work!!

yellow, like this sud at mitcar day
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...n/CIMG3099.jpg
is a bit different but think it suits the sud really well, another of my favourite ones although they all seem to be my favourite

WOW! Philip you have come so far with your 6C project. I haven't touch mine for many years now (I really must find a work and place to live closer to my workshop, so I can spend more time to all my loved cars)

I'm really looking forward to see the result

Good luck man!

Hi philip nice to meet you at the weekend,car's looking good, i still say you should think hard about front arches look at pic's of the 6c it looks great, the track on the 164 is wide and with standard 164 wheels you will require wide arches, my sud runs 9" rears and i made
8" arches, i think it may look a little unbalanced with no arches at the front, it will look good whatever you do. Mick.

How's about that nice metallic green that the Series 1 Suds used?

Hehe - couldn't resist suggesting green

I like high impact colours, and most of my cars to date have been painted accordingly - Big Orange, Top Banana, the Fish (orange again), Green Machine...

I think colour choice is pretty much unanimous so far!

Lauren

Thanks all for kind words and colour comments Hmmm .....Yellow.......
Anyway I've made progress on the gearchange with much cutting and extending of rods (as can be seen on pic 1). I've used only one U/J in the end, where it will be just above the gearbox, and then the selector rod has a long straight run to the gear lever. This has minimised the angularity for the push pull motion. Put in place (pic 2) and it works but there is no way I can use the Sprint tailgate as the thermo acoustic barrier - so I'll be looking for an alternative.