IMSA bodykits

Originally Posted by eddiealfanut

I dunno; So long as you go for a genuine K&N you're good, I think. What I have found is that it has two advantages:
1) It gives you the direct cold-air duct (around the radiator) &
2) Getting rid of the stock air-box and associated plumbing frees up a huge amount of space under the bonnet and makes access for things like the starter etc (Craig's wiring mod) so much easier! (the attached is not a great pic, but you get the idea)

The stock airbox is very good though, so any performance gains are likely to be minimal.
It's noisier too, but that can be good

My two (Euro) cents worth.

Ed

AlfaSmiths

and a good 2 cents it is too Ed

TBH, it really come down to personal preference, the space gains are a bonus aswell...
I was always told that a well modified airbox was superior to cone filters due to the "turbulance correction ability" of the still air within the box...
there are also thermal incentives too... "for every 10oC temp rise in the engine bay, 2 % of power is lost when using open filters"

right, i worked out the original costs 3225 Euros, my replica would have been approx £1100 (less than half)

but as people want to call Alfas racing heritage "chav" and the lack of interest for perspective orders i have decided not to go ahead with this project...

it will be my car and my car alone.... (scoff at that i don't care anymore )

i think the IMSA kit is awesome
i would,nt do it to my tidy 75 but if i were restoring one i,d definately go for it

I like it on a race / track day car, but it's not for me and my 75 which I use around town too, plus it wouldn't fit in the garage.... Plus the Saxo and 306 boys have 'stolen' the bodykit thing and I wouldn't want to be associated with them.

My tiny input,

I think, if I had the money, I'd be in at the drop of a hat (for one). I think your idea here is, without reservation, brilliant. I would love if you were getting more support and am slightly surprised by some of our reaction.
Anyway,
Good luck with your project and make usall jealous :-)


Ed.

Ummm so if one could come up with the funds, 3220 would be the price? so roughly 6440 US currency for me... ugh..... but they are available readily?

Originally Posted by rawknemokid

Ummm so if one could come up with the funds, 3220 would be the price? so roughly 6440 US currency for me... ugh..... but they are available readily?

No, the original does, not mine

so original is available? not yours? im confused :-)

Do it Do it Do it, it looks awesome, s/s side exit exhaust massive 19 inch wheels and painted black or red , ignore the old farts , go with your dreams, there's only regret for not doing it later in life, and life's for living.

Originally Posted by rawknemokid

so original is available? not yours? im confused :-)

original available, made to order, Holland only, grp 3225 euro plus boot spoiler at 500! carbon available but twice the price

IF i did do a repo kit, it WOULD have been approx 11-1300 GBP

Originally Posted by Iain.Oglethorpe

Do it Do it Do it, it looks awesome, s/s side exit exhaust massive 19 inch wheels and painted black or red , ignore the old farts , go with your dreams, there's only regret for not doing it later in life, and life's for living.

I aggree well on my own car anyway 17" wheels tho

whats counts is you like it isnt it.
i`d have one given that i could find a turbo 75 to make it go as well as show


best of luck spence

Originally Posted by MarkgQ4

whats counts is you like it isnt it.
i`d have one given that i could find a turbo 75 to make it go as well as show


best of luck spence

cheers mate just hope that ole 24v i stuffed in can come close to those old turbo monsters

i reckon youll spend at least half the time scaring yourself to death

Originally Posted by MarkgQ4

i reckon youll spend at least half the time scaring yourself to death

thats what iam looking forward to

You looking to make the kit yourself and sell it on Spence ?

Originally Posted by howell811

You looking to make the kit yourself and sell it on Spence ?

ive bought an "original" from Holland, was going to get a local grp company to take moulds then replicate the kit before fitting the original kit to my car....

I used to be a partner in a GRP company @ Chippenham.

I run a vacuum forming company now, are there any smaller parts to be vacuum formed ?

Originally Posted by spaghetti-racer

i think the IMSA kit is awesome
i would,nt do it to my tidy 75 but if i were restoring one i,d definately go for it

Of those four pics you posted, only Julian's red 75 has an IMSA kit.
Bob's black 75 is a space-frame car and is considerably wider at the front, several inches wider than a normal IMSA.

Graham's 75 (the blue car and the white car) uses a custom made kit, not an IMSA kit.

Originally Posted by howell811

I run a vacuum forming company now, are there any smaller parts to be vacuum formed ?

Its been years since i did vac forming depending how big you can go mate

could you do "one offs" ? special for my car, such as airbox's and ram air intake pipes?
how well does clear come out? (as in headlamp lenses, i want to experiment with twin rounds fitted inside, as std 75 lamps are naff and nla)

Shame your not closer, I'd let you play with my proto-typer machine. It's got a 600x600 bed with a 400mm draw.

Quality of the product depends on the master. I know someone with the same machine making M3 wing mirrors.

Originally Posted by howell811

I run a vacuum forming company now, are there any smaller parts to be vacuum formed ?

I'd highly recommend Holwster's Company to anyone........






























afterall they did a fantastic job on his head didn't they !!



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