Gtv Cup Ts: a road/track project

The problem with the “Cup” series is that unfortunately the Fiat/Alfa Marketing guys in those days was in trouble with other very big financial problems than thinking about a proper special edition car.
I live in Monza, very close to Arese, and I know lots of guys that worked there in the nineties… it were very difficult times for our beloved brand…
What they did was a simple exterior “make up”, but not a serious lightweight program and chassis improvement as Porsche or Bmw always did on they CS line.
As you now, the Club Sport editions (or Cup, or Coppa, or Trofeo, in Alfa family) was intended by European manufacturer not for a race project (like the RS editions) , but to build a daily driver car that you can use in track during the weekend for gentlemen driver’s club races or simply for a good track day with friends.

I bought in the nineties a Porsche 968CS exactly for this reason: the 968CS had only 2 improvement than a normal 968: a better suspension package and a stripped (but always “elegant”) interior: no rear seats, no electric windows, lightweight carpet, less accessories, Recaro bucket seats with 4 point harnesses and an optional rollbar. it was a simple but clever solution for track addicted folks.


What I want to achieve with this project is to recreate a REAL Alfa GTV CUP, as it should be built for track-addicted customers.
I think also is an excellent way to teach to my son the first elements needed to transforms a very good looking coupe in a real sport car as a base to learn how to drive fast and secure.

Now we can start.
First of all, we have to attack the biggest problem of this car: the weight!
But with Italian taste! And we have an excellent example to follow: the magnificent beast: the SZ.

We are Italian. So Let’s start with the outfit….

Of course I wanted to find period correct parts ONLY, but it was very difficult Task because OMP brand changed some years ago and to find correct never used shoes, suite, etc has been extremely difficult.

i used this famous photo to start my research.



After 6 months I finally find all the package!

The best pieces are the original “Alfa Romeo Cup” jacket and the “Alfa Romeo-Centro Prove Sportive” that means “Sports Testing Center” homologated suit. I find also the correct OMP shoes and gloves and the period correct OMP-AGV helmet (unfortunately lightly used and with a bit weird shape… very different from modern helmets)









Francesco is very happy!
Now we can think about the car …..
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The journey to arrive to a proper sport car will be quite long.
I want to teach and to share all single passages with my son, and we decided to do everything is possibile by ourselves, in our spare time.

So I decided to fix some milestones:

1)to buy NOS parts only for what we need to change. It’s more difficult but more interesting (moreover I’m a Nos Porsche parts collector… I know where and how to collect those parts)

2) weight excess is the enimy. But only mixed with good taste and style can make a good sport car . Everybody is able to strip down a car without taste…

3) after weight and “coolness”, the second step will be the suspension and brake area, and chassis reinforcement, with top components.

4) last rule : every change must be reversible, to return to a complete stock car.

At the end , before ANY mechanical upgrade, we’ll test the car on track, to understand how drive it fast and to find all the limits.

Let’s start with the first Nos piece: a special part only for Cup models found in Greece!: