The GTVeloce Alfa Romeo and all things Automotive Pages!

• Want to know about cars? On these pages we cover general car setup, Alfas and - yes, even Austin 7s
• Want to look at cars? Visit the absolutely rust-free Alfa Gallery page
• Want to know more about about setting up a car? This is not advice - just my opinion - but it's full of interesting thoughts about how cars really work and the physics behind making a car corner well: Robert's Personal and Unsettling Guide to Car Ownership and Modification, be it Racing, Modifying...you name it - the glossary may help you decipher the indecipherable.
  
• OK, so you like infernal combustion. Here's a simple BMEP calculator: A what? Oh, Brake Mean Effective Pressure! (Sorry, MS Office/Excel required.) Because engines ain't just engines, they are pumps. So how hard does your engine pump? Turbos win this contest because they supercharge their intake. But what about normally aspirated engines? Here's a sample of engines... you'll see that hot engines aren't always so hot after all.
  
• Right, so your hot hatch handles well, eh? But can it defy the laws of physics? Well, no. A typical modern FWD hatch is nose heavy - like 60:40 front to rear. This simple weight transfer calculator will show you exactly what cornering loads mean for your car! (Again, you'll need MS Office/Excel.) So this is why you lift a rear wheel when cornering hard (and no, that's not a good thing - how can a wheel in the air add to grip?). So how much weight shifts around, and at which corners? Find out now!

• Here's the GTVeloce.com Blog. Our ultimate blog, for an Alfa rave or rant.
  
• And here's The Offline Blog. For everything else. Autos and economics. Cars and market theory. Psychology and drivers. Cars in general (and the havoc they cause). Whatever springs to (my fevered) mind.
  
• Here's Ozzie Gul's photo gallery - some very sick machines at the Auto Expo 2000
  
• Don't forget my Rust-free Alfa page, a personal recollection of life with a Giulietta, a 33ti and a GTV 2.0
• Plus the Rust-free Alfa HotLinks page
• And of course the absolutely rust-free Alfa Gallery page

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