The Outlaw Motorsports Garage tunes
Alfa Romeo, Spider 1600 Duetto '66, "Lucrezia"
So Turismo.M.G! started his Car of the Week series over in the Q&A Forum here on GTPlanet. Week one we got to check out the under appreciated Alfa Romeo, Spider 3.0I V6 24V '01 which the ole Wallbanger here turned into
"Tough Love" an over achieving tune for the car given to Dragonthing from RKM as a Valentine. Now Turismo.M.G! decided that whoever was most creative during the week in their coverage of that weeks CotW would get to select the next weeks entry in the series. That parrothead krenkme over at
Clueless Tunes made the winning entry and selected this classic Alfa Spider as the second CotW. Now ole Harvey here took one look at this Italian beauty and promptly challenged krenkme to a duel on the Nordschleife over in the
Tuner Wars thread. Now CSLACR has a shootout going in the tuning forum on the Nordschleife and for its final round the cars will be tuned to 420PP which made a nice target for this Duetto duel, or so ole Harvey thought. He started by bringing the lovely Italian dutchess up to 400PP and running her in all the currently available 400PP seasonals where she charmed him while destroying the competition with ruthless efficiency. Bank account once more secure it was time to raise the stakes and get her set to take on the ring. That's when her ruthless and seemingly whimsical nature suddenly made itself apparent as she would be teasing the Wallbanger one minute with a thrilling drive only to suddenly fling him spinning into the surrounding scenery. Not about to let her get away with slipping foxglove into his wine ole Harvey set about turning "Lucrezia" into a proper respectable lady. Well his efforts have mostly succeeded though she can still be a bit of a tart and one must still watch that she doesn't poison an otherwise beautiful drive with a murderous spin. Of course thats half the fun of dating such a temperamental seductress, that extra spice of danger where you wonder who's really in control. Stroke her gently and show her a firm hand and she'll reward you with hours of pleasure. Treat her harshly and this Femme Fatal will leave you for dead somewhere along the road. "Lucrezia" awaits your pleasure, do you dare risk the trist?
Source and Parts list:
Buy from: Used Car Dealership
Paintjob: Maziora Matterhorn (paint by Toyota)
Wheels: BBS LM-R (painted Autumn Gold Metallic by Chevrolet)
Aerodynamic Kit: None
Weight Reduction: Stage 2
Window Weight Reduction: No
Carbon Hood: -
Chassis reinforcement: Yes
ECU Tuning: Yes
Engine Tuning: Stage 3
Intake Manifold: Sports
Air Filter: Sports
Exhaust Manifold: Sports
Catalytic Converter: Stock
Exhaust: Sports
Turbo Kit: -
Transmission: Fully Customizable
Clutch: Twin-Plate
Flywheel: Semi-Racing
LSD: Adjustable
Center Differential: -
Drive Shaft: Carbon
Suspension: Fully Customizable Kit
Tires: Sports Soft
The Tune
Aerodynamics: -
Ballast: 17kg at +50
Power Limiter: 99.6%
Transmission - process as follows;
1) Set to default
2) Set Final Gear to 6.000
3) Set Top Speed to 99mph
4) Set gears as follows;
1st=2.600,
2nd=1.900,
3rd=1.470,
4th=1.190,
5th=0.950
5) Set Final gear to 3.690
Should display an indicated top speed of 153mph in upper right corner.
LSD Rear - Initial 18, Acceleration 12, Braking 6
Suspension
Camber Angle Front 1.2, Rear 1.6
Toe Angle Front 0.00, Rear 0.00
Ride Height Front -4, Rear -5
Spring Rate Front 14.4, Rear 12.2
Dampers (Extension) Front 7, Rear 6
Dampers (Compression) Front 8, Rear 8
Anti-Roll Bars Front 4, Rear 4
Brakes Front 5, Rear 6
The car has 420PP, weighs 900Kg with a 59/41 front/rear weight distribution, has 200HP and produces 172ft-lb torque@3,600rpm with a 7,600rpm redline.
Note: Despite reaching peak power fairly early the car does very good driving with an automatic transmission.
Note 2: While tuned for the Nordschleife the car can still be easily upset by the curbs there so some care must be exercised to avoid upsetting the car. The grass there is to be avoided at all costs as it is an almost guaranteed loss of control ending in one of the barriers. On a related note you need to drive this car around corners, any attempt to drift the car, intentionall or not, is likely to result in an off track excursion or spinout.
Note 3: For those who may not have caught the reference here are a couple of links about Lucrezia Borgia who has over the years gained in notoriety much like this classic Alfa.
Lucrezia Borgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lucrezia Borgia - Women of Royalty - Tripod
Enjoy the ride and as Harvey Wallbanger always says...
Drive hard and have fun!
Reviews and/or additional photos
The reality was that they set the gearbox too low, so it blew a cylinder or two midway down the back straight.
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