``From GT40 to GTV": I've spent the summer working on my 1974 Alfa GTV 2000, which I've owned for 30 years now. It's almost done and should be ready for the track again next spring.
Finally I found the time to drive the GT40 and ended up with erratic ignition (a problem in the low tension circuit).
Uphill, I came to a stop, backed off the road and started looking for the cause (it was dark by then). After some wiggling under the dash current was back and I managed to get going. Back home (glad I made it ) I went into the limbo position underneath the steering column (well familiar to all you GT40 owners). Here the removable steering wheel shows its main advantage! I could trace the problem to a loose wire at one of the sockets. So I crimped a new pin for the connector. Seems it's all well and stable now.
I also had to recalibrate the speedo after installing the Driveshaft Shop's racing boots, finally, on all 4 ends. I find this remarkable because the number of pulses per shaft rotation should be determined by the number and shape of bolts. Sofar the boots have held up. They can be seen in the last foto in my previous update. None of the original ones lasted longer than about 1500 miles.
Finally I found the time to drive the GT40 and ended up with erratic ignition (a problem in the low tension circuit).
Uphill, I came to a stop, backed off the road and started looking for the cause (it was dark by then). After some wiggling under the dash current was back and I managed to get going. Back home (glad I made it ) I went into the limbo position underneath the steering column (well familiar to all you GT40 owners). Here the removable steering wheel shows its main advantage! I could trace the problem to a loose wire at one of the sockets. So I crimped a new pin for the connector. Seems it's all well and stable now.
I also had to recalibrate the speedo after installing the Driveshaft Shop's racing boots, finally, on all 4 ends. I find this remarkable because the number of pulses per shaft rotation should be determined by the number and shape of bolts. Sofar the boots have held up. They can be seen in the last foto in my previous update. None of the original ones lasted longer than about 1500 miles.
. So I settled for about -1.5 deg. Also dialed in a slight toe-out as I do on most of my cars. It helps going into a turn. Took me quite some time since a wanted the steering wheel perfectly centered. Will see how it feels on the road. At the rear the Avons show little wear so for now I plan to run the old ones.
