Would an Alfa GTV V6 be hopeless in ITS?

[Spinnetti]

While I agree with the comments of running an ITS Alfa being more expensive than some cars, I don't necessarily agree with the unreliability and non-competitive statements. I was active in Playboy/Escort/Firehawk for quite a number of years and there were several oddball (Alfa included) cars that were quite quick and competitive, but lacked commercial/manufacture support.
Alfa motors can have quite a bit of power drawn out, but like most low volume specialty cars it's not cheap. Arguably, in the US the Milano Verde has the better competition record, but this is largely due to Alfa advertising money timing and the 3.0L motor. Suspension wise there nearly identical, with minor upgrades in the Milano. The cars have very dynamic suspensions and can be tuned for a lot of grip (not to mention large wheel wells). The only real weakness with the GTV6/Milano is marginal rear brakes (if cooled well, work fine), heat from the inboard calipers can melt the half shaft seals on the transaxle and vague shift linkage. Even the older 4 cylinder can be competitive in ITB if properly prepped (due to gracious weight break in rules).

Thanks for the info. I guess we will find out over the next couple years. My buddy wants to go whole hog with it, so this year we will do the basics (safety stuff, brakes and basic maintenance), then really go through the suspension the next year, and maybe a pro motor build the next year. By then he ought to be ready to use all that performance

[Mike Mackaman]

A few years ago there was one in the south east that I thought had reliability issues due to its' fast one day and slow the next nature. Found out it was codriven by a normal guy and a fast pro driver from Charlotte who used to raced in the trans am series. Driving me crazy because I can't remember his name. With him in the car it was a rocket ship.

Mike

[JeffYoung]

Silver Milano? That was Tim somebody, can't remember his last name. The car that won the race at Charlotte one year?

Mitchells own that car now.

[racingralph]

jeff , that would be bulter , tim bulter . john baucom was the driver at that race in charlotte. tim drove the car very well , not sure if he won a race in the car. that was john ( won 3 diff classes at one runoff ) baucom. i think the car can be a good car for its . it was hard on brakes with tim . ralph

[racingralph]

and yes ,john is a transam racer.