I've followed this build from day 1. What you have created essentially from scratch is truly mind blowing. However.. I'm pleading with you Jeff, please put some padding on that roll bar! You've got stout metal just inches from the back of your head, god forbid anything happens but in a skull vs rollbar incident, the rollbar will win every time.
First of all, congrats on your build! It's fantastic and shows well your quality of work. And, for what it is worth, Alfarrari sounds great when you step on it! If I'm not totally of the mark, Ferrari exhaust is designed to muffle the low end frequencies and emphasize the high end notes (created on a specific resonance frequencies - their trademark sound). Being mid-engine they have a shorter exhaust anyway that resonates at higher frequency naturally. My suggestion is two part. First part is, that you could look in to creating a stepped headers (should you redo them anyway at some stage) to increase the high rpm scavenging and tune the sound. By having the steps at equal length, you can perhaps alleviate the sound effects of non-equal length primaries. Anyway, steps are good for sound, just look at F1 10-years back. The second part is, that you could experiment with adjustable j-pipes to cancel out low end drone and unwanted frequencies to tune the low rpm sound. Combine this with smaller diameter pipe that will cancel the low end boom naturally. When you muffle the low end, the higher pitch increases (relatively anyway). Bonus suggestion is that you get into contact with a 360 owner (or rent one for a few hours) and record the sound at different rpms (those that you drive regularly on your Alfarrari) and analyze the fequency peaks on a real F-car. There you have your blueprint! There are cheap mics and RTA software for mobile phones readily available to do the analysis part.
Oh man that acceleration at 20:10 from the outside view is what i have been looking forward to seeing and hearing for so long. Once everything is buttoned up you need to do a 5-10 minute video of some raw sound driving through the mountains or something. What a beautiful noise it makes! So cool seeing it on the road with some spirited driving
"last of the v8 interceptors"! As an American, I can't fathom only driving that thing 60 days of the year... I can say this though, I've watched every episode since the day you dropped the 1st video. It's amazing it's been 5 years. Cant wait to see your next project after the truck. I vote Datsun 510/1600... Congratulations on the huge milestone
Bloody awesome Jeff, the satisfaction after a major build is something to experience (I know, I've done it). Here's an oddball request, I'd luv to see the rear windows working with your homebuilt actuators! Cheers mate
Followed this channel since the beginning and finally able to hear this thing scream. It seems like 5 years has flown by and finally you're actually driving the thing hard. And then as I listened, I couldn't help but notice it. That engine, in that car, for whatever reason, sounds almost identical to the worked 3S-GE Blacktop I had in my RS200 Altezza with ITB's. The redline was 8200 and it had the almost exact same deep-throated induction bellow, metallic raspiness up top and overall acoustics throughout. Really freaky actually... and they're completely different in every way, shape and form!
Despite all the little adjustments you still want to make, the best thing about this video is that you are enjoying your self-built car, finally! And what a beautiful sound!! 👍🏻🙂
It sounds pretty nice, does not need to sound like a Ferrari, since it's a alfarrari, get i touch with a gearbox specialist, maybe make video on that, nice it has plates now, regards sören
Foam backed tape around the connectors like Toyota used to do in the 80s and Tesa tape on the wiring loom will cut down on rattling coming from inside the dashboard.
I had the same issue with a Fiat five speed jumping out of third gear when cruising or power being backed off. Unfortunately, I have to tell you it was a worn synchro. It's worn in a manner that when power is released and the rear wheels drive the engine the load acting on the worn synchro pushes the selector sleeve away from the selected gear and into neutral. Sorry to say, but looks like the box is coming out. That's my two cents worth.
Hi Jeff . What a happy ending to a beautiful build. Loved the journey. I’m a mechanic and I’ve had an issue way back on a subaru popping gears. It was a synchro worn. Unfortunately… but if not that check the external linkage adjustment and bushings on top of gearbox.
So good to see the car buzzing along Jeff. I thought of the controversy over your choice of yellow but am sure everyone would applaud the colour which now characterises the car!
As a 105 fan from a boy in the 70's, this is one of the best builds on the internet - thank you for bringing us along. Nothing more satisfying than drive one you built!
It's because of people like you that i have started building my own vehicle. When you see it done it seems impossible. But little by little, lots of work, ingenuity and some good tools that's what it cn be done. Amazing.❤
Been leaving this one till I had a moment to fully enjoy it! Sounds awesome already Jeff, I can’t wait to hear what some 3D printed EL headers will do! Great job tackling all these smaller items that are easy to overlook, but the car would be incomplete without. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Jeff 🎄💪
Merry Christmas to you too mate. It is one thing the get it all together and running, then the next job of sorting out all of the little things begins ;)
I look forward to a new Jeff video every week. You didn't disappoint yet again! Thanks for the quality work! I'm living vicariously through you on that first drive with number plates.
Such a great job Jeff, a build from the ground up takes plenty of patience and cash. Pity about the sound though, it's not horrible but it sounds more like a Cosworth 4 cylinder from back in the day. God speed.
Your comments regarding the build being a gearbox build, and build etc are spot on. Nicely put mate. Now tell us what is causing the engine issues on that old Mercedes lol 😆
So delighted to see you so happy - worth the amazing effort. Something which might help with the header issue. It’s not about the length but the volume. If one is longer than the other, calculate the volume, and maybe use a smaller diameter tube on the longer pipe. As long as the pipes have the same volume the length doesn’t matter. Best of luck. Excellent work. 👍
I have forgotten what your exhaust setup looks like but if you have a twin system, an x pipe should help giving it that high pitch note. If it already has that, hopefully you can figure out a way to get some equal length headers in there like you said. Either way, i am so happy to see it driving on the road. Been a long journey but in the end it has paid off ten fold. Absolutely love this car!
V8 Ferraris are fitted with a flat plane crank - so don't sound like a 'US style' V8 which is fitted with a cross plane crank. Flat plane crank V8s sound like two in-line fours that are slightly out of sync.
Congrats Jeff, my only concern is the roll bar behind you head, it may look closer on TV, however hope you head wouldn’t hit it in a rear end collision, it could be nasty.
Yeah it needs some serious padding on that top bar and the vertical. There’s fia rated foam for roll cages, some of that with some softer foam over it then some leather would look alright.
Hi Jeff, yes work to do, however inside the car as you are driving the exhaust sound like an old Hilman until you revved it, nice ..... hahaha. Jumping out of gear maybe just worn synchromesh rings, yes, I know you don't want to disassemble the gearbox but you may have to; also check the gear lever gate for full travel to engage the gear. Doesn't sound like a Tipo 33 either. Beautiful car.
Am I the only one sitting here grinning like a crazy person every time that Jeff gives her some beans. As someone who has watched every episode it feels like I am there in the car too. That exhaust sounds amazing.
It sounds really amazing! The sound fits the car so well! And listening to it is a joy, it asks for revving. I've also followed this build since the start and you ve done something incredible. I'm learning a lot from the channel, and I'm always eager to watch every new episode!
It's funny, through phone speakers in car audio sounds like the old BDA escorts on full noise. So good to finally see it out on the road getting driven like it's meant to.
Of course you will find lots of things you want to tweak now that you have it on the road and can make proper testing. Anything else would be like magic. But man, bit congrats to this milestone,. You have dona a fantastic job getting it to this point. I also like how you all the time peek on the dash to see that everything is ok. Things kan go south really fast if you don´t notice the warnings. Well done sir!
Car is sounding great. Keep us up to date on the progression of the ECU tuning. Fascinating stuff. I want to put a modern ECU to improve my 76 Jaguar V12, so I'll be following with interest. Beautiful countryside where you live.
jeff, with it popping out of gear, easiest thing might be the shift linkage not allowing a certain gear to fully engage. If not that, perhaps the transmission needs to come apart for a good look inside.
Great, that you're finally able to drive it. Weird to hear your first impressions. It seems like it's been done for so long yet you're only getting to drive it. I know that's how it works. There you're doing it the right way. I guess the only way it's just from our perspective. It seems like it's been built for so long.
V8 Ferraris are fitted with a flat plane crank - so don't sound like a 'US style' V8 which is fitted with a cross plane crank. Flat plane crank V8s sound like two in-line fours that are slightly out of sync.
Hey Jeff. Great car. Good to see it finally on the road. Yeah it doesn't sound like a Ferrari but that would be the custom exhaust methinks. Sounds very European. Very unique. As for the gearbox jumping out of gear. It would not be the syncro because it is for helping it go into gear. I had this problem with a couple of cars. I didn't pick up on what box you have? My problem was a broken spring retainer. When you put the car in a gear a hub slides over the gear which compresses 3 plates to lock in the gear. There is a retaining spring on each side of the hub holding the plates in place. If one spring is broken it will go into gear but won't hold under engine load ( acceleration ). It pops out and the gear is not held. If you google a borg warner 4 speed single rail manual box internal diagram you will see what I mean. I think most old gearboxes have this same system. Do you have a T5? Same diff. Errr I mean gearbox. Te he! Hopefully this might help. Unfortunately you'll have to take the box apart to fix it. The parts are cheap though.
Those 3rd gear pulls and the smile on your face.....WoW... says it all. I just thought, thats faster than that little Alpha would ever have gone! you'll get there mate, as always with any build, the lasr 5% is always the hardest, even after shakedown. You're right, it doesn't sound like a ferrari, its not mid mount and therefore resonance but it is sort of still alpha sounding, like some of the other commenters are saying, very GTV like just hyped up, which I think is cool. I know you want that ferrari high pitched sdream, so you do you. I hope you can achieve it.
Jeff, great work! Personally, i love the sound, but it's your car, so do what you do best. About the engine vibrations; i believe that 2010 Porsche GT3 had dynamic engine mounts that changed stiffness according to varying car parameters. Looking forward to the next installment.
Makes a great sucking sound like the side draught webers/dellortos of the original 1750/2000Alfa...... especially from low revs and its that deep gulping.......fantastic sounds
As a 105 owner two of the issues, you noted are reasonably fixes. 1. INDICATORS: The system is a friction fit with a spring wrapping around the steering collum to cancel the indicators, just wrap the spring around one more time. Will re tension the system. 2. EXHAUST SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT; . Have a look at the original Alfa 105 exhaust system ( rear most muffler), it has what are effectively giant rubber bands mounting from the muffler to the body. Very effective , keeps the system in tension and lasts forever
probably the best build I have seen on youtube. The concept is cool, the outside looks better than original, the inside looks better than original... very good result. My only problem with the car is that the steering wheel is in fact on the wrong side :)
congrats on getting her legal Jeff, a testament to your dedication! Shakedown time can always be fun as you not only get the reward of the first drive but the slight gentle tweaks towards perfection always feel so rewarding! shame it looks like a worn gearbox syncro but thats well within your capabilities to solve. Soundwise would you experiment with mid box position on 1 pipe to counteract the unequal length headers? or maybe making the crossover point further back of space allows?
Geoff I was grinning like an idiot watching that. I can only imagine what it was like to drive. Epic. But please next time you drive it, get the wife stood at the side of the road filming more of those moving shots. 👍
Congratulation, it looks and sounds great 🎉 I have followed the build from episode 1 and to see and hear it now is fantastic 🤘 best channel on TH-cam 😊 cheers from Denmark
I’ve been waiting on this video for a very very long time. Definitely gives me inspiration with my GTV 2000 Build. I ended up getting a TREMEC T-5 transmission, which we will be test fitting in the next few days.
FANTASTIC, I was with you in the car, thank you, a 5 year build, really? I remember you going to pick up a heap of rust 🤣As usual, always a pleasure following you. As for your problem below 3k, I have an easy fix, not too expensive either, just drive above 😜🤣 To be fair, a Ferrari is not best at town speed, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Again, I wouldn't worry about the sound (even though it could sound better), it actually is a bit Alfa like. Anyway looking forward for part 2 🤣🤣🤣
I've followed this build from day 1. What you have created essentially from scratch is truly mind blowing. However.. I'm pleading with you Jeff, please put some padding on that roll bar! You've got stout metal just inches from the back of your head, god forbid anything happens but in a skull vs rollbar incident, the rollbar will win every time.
First of all, congrats on your build! It's fantastic and shows well your quality of work. And, for what it is worth, Alfarrari sounds great when you step on it!
If I'm not totally of the mark, Ferrari exhaust is designed to muffle the low end frequencies and emphasize the high end notes (created on a specific resonance frequencies - their trademark sound). Being mid-engine they have a shorter exhaust anyway that resonates at higher frequency naturally.
My suggestion is two part. First part is, that you could look in to creating a stepped headers (should you redo them anyway at some stage) to increase the high rpm scavenging and tune the sound. By having the steps at equal length, you can perhaps alleviate the sound effects of non-equal length primaries. Anyway, steps are good for sound, just look at F1 10-years back.
The second part is, that you could experiment with adjustable j-pipes to cancel out low end drone and unwanted frequencies to tune the low rpm sound. Combine this with smaller diameter pipe that will cancel the low end boom naturally. When you muffle the low end, the higher pitch increases (relatively anyway).
Bonus suggestion is that you get into contact with a 360 owner (or rent one for a few hours) and record the sound at different rpms (those that you drive regularly on your Alfarrari) and analyze the fequency peaks on a real F-car. There you have your blueprint! There are cheap mics and RTA software for mobile phones readily available to do the analysis part.
Oh man that acceleration at 20:10 from the outside view is what i have been looking forward to seeing and hearing for so long. Once everything is buttoned up you need to do a 5-10 minute video of some raw sound driving through the mountains or something. What a beautiful noise it makes! So cool seeing it on the road with some spirited driving
I'll be reminding Jeff too, to do this.
@@TheCluelessEnthusiast find a tunnel to blast through.....
@@klobucarpa definitely needs some tunnel runs included
@@stevenwest1494 will be awesome ay. Im sure quite a few regular Jeff viewers will be wanying to see this
Love that it sounds more like a little Alfa than a Ferrari but, moves like a V8 Ferrari, great build Jeff!
"last of the v8 interceptors"! As an American, I can't fathom only driving that thing 60 days of the year... I can say this though, I've watched every episode since the day you dropped the 1st video. It's amazing it's been 5 years. Cant wait to see your next project after the truck. I vote Datsun 510/1600... Congratulations on the huge milestone
The smile on your face when revving up is priceless 😊
Bloody awesome Jeff, the satisfaction after a major build is something to experience (I know, I've done it). Here's an oddball request, I'd luv to see the rear windows working with your homebuilt actuators! Cheers mate
I suspect you have some other strange fetishes!
I followed all the build, and it is great to see you finally driving your masterpiece!!! Congratulations!!!
Followed this channel since the beginning and finally able to hear this thing scream. It seems like 5 years has flown by and finally you're actually driving the thing hard.
And then as I listened, I couldn't help but notice it. That engine, in that car, for whatever reason, sounds almost identical to the worked 3S-GE Blacktop I had in my RS200 Altezza with ITB's. The redline was 8200 and it had the almost exact same deep-throated induction bellow, metallic raspiness up top and overall acoustics throughout. Really freaky actually... and they're completely different in every way, shape and form!
Despite all the little adjustments you still want to make, the best thing about this video is that you are enjoying your self-built car, finally!
And what a beautiful sound!! 👍🏻🙂
Soooo good to hearing it rip on the open road!!!
Thanks mate. It is great to actually be able to drive it when I want.
@@HomeBuiltByJeffthose 60 days are guna disappear quickly whilst testing mate, congratulations Jeff on finally now getting to use this lovely car
It sounds pretty nice, does not need to sound like a Ferrari, since it's a alfarrari, get i touch with a gearbox specialist, maybe make video on that, nice it has plates now, regards sören
Foam backed tape around the connectors like Toyota used to do in the 80s and Tesa tape on the wiring loom will cut down on rattling coming from inside the dashboard.
I had the same issue with a Fiat five speed jumping out of third gear when cruising or power being backed off. Unfortunately, I have to tell you it was a worn synchro. It's worn in a manner that when power is released and the rear wheels drive the engine the load acting on the worn synchro pushes the selector sleeve away from the selected gear and into neutral. Sorry to say, but looks like the box is coming out. That's my two cents worth.
I had the same thing on a different gearbox and it was a bent selector spring.
Indeed, correct. I had same issue.
I hope you gear heads pass down your knowledge. It’s imperative that this type of inventive, spectacular engineering is passed on
Hi Jeff . What a happy ending to a beautiful build. Loved the journey.
I’m a mechanic and I’ve had an issue way back on a subaru popping gears.
It was a synchro worn. Unfortunately… but if not that check the external linkage adjustment and bushings on top of gearbox.
So good to see the car buzzing along Jeff. I thought of the controversy over your choice of yellow but am sure everyone would applaud the colour which now characterises the car!
Well done Geoff, I remember that feeling when I got my Marlin Roadster kit car 'finished' and on the road.
As a 105 fan from a boy in the 70's, this is one of the best builds on the internet - thank you for bringing us along. Nothing more satisfying than drive one you built!
It's because of people like you that i have started building my own vehicle. When you see it done it seems impossible. But little by little, lots of work, ingenuity and some good tools that's what it cn be done. Amazing.❤
Good work Jeff, looking forward to seeing all the tweeks
Been leaving this one till I had a moment to fully enjoy it! Sounds awesome already Jeff, I can’t wait to hear what some 3D printed EL headers will do! Great job tackling all these smaller items that are easy to overlook, but the car would be incomplete without. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Jeff 🎄💪
Merry Christmas to you too mate. It is one thing the get it all together and running, then the next job of sorting out all of the little things begins ;)
Can't wait to see this thing in action in Canberra!
Have waited a long time for this moment.... It sounds great!
Those drive by runs sounded so good
That off-board shot was the sound I’ve been waiting for for years now. It did not disappoint.
The sound is great! More Alfa Romeo than Ferrari, more 4 cylinder than 8 cylinder. Wow!
I 100% agree, so weird!
I look forward to a new Jeff video every week. You didn't disappoint yet again! Thanks for the quality work! I'm living vicariously through you on that first drive with number plates.
Jeff, you should be rightly proud ,and it sounds EPIC!
Bravo Jeff, brilliant achievment !
Love everything about the build, keep up the great work. You have a dedicated viewer for all your videos.
@19:36 that laugh speaks volumes to what the experience was like
Such a great job Jeff, a build from the ground up takes plenty of patience and cash. Pity about the sound though, it's not horrible but it sounds more like a Cosworth 4 cylinder from back in the day. God speed.
Hi Jeff. This is a comment. So hope you get some more money
One of the sweetest looking Alfa Romeos, didn't need all that power, but still awesome
Wow that a thing of beauty. And sounds awesome too. I'll have to check some of your earlier videos.
Your comments regarding the build being a gearbox build, and build etc are spot on. Nicely put mate. Now tell us what is causing the engine issues on that old Mercedes lol 😆
So delighted to see you so happy - worth the amazing effort. Something which might help with the header issue. It’s not about the length but the volume. If one is longer than the other, calculate the volume, and maybe use a smaller diameter tube on the longer pipe. As long as the pipes have the same volume the length doesn’t matter. Best of luck. Excellent work. 👍
Great to hear it on full chat, amazing amount of effort to get this far
Great to see you finally driving it!
That's one bad ass little car man ! Congrats on the build. Glad you're having fun with it.
Thanks Jeff and your wife good presentation , well done guys
I have forgotten what your exhaust setup looks like but if you have a twin system, an x pipe should help giving it that high pitch note. If it already has that, hopefully you can figure out a way to get some equal length headers in there like you said. Either way, i am so happy to see it driving on the road. Been a long journey but in the end it has paid off ten fold. Absolutely love this car!
Great little car but the exhaust sounds like a 4 cylinder buzz box glad to hear you're going to try doing something about that good luck with that
V8 Ferraris are fitted with a flat plane crank - so don't sound like a 'US style' V8 which is fitted with a cross plane crank. Flat plane crank V8s sound like two in-line fours that are slightly out of sync.
Congrats Jeff, my only concern is the roll bar behind you head, it may look closer on TV, however hope you head wouldn’t hit it in a rear end collision, it could be nasty.
Was thinking the same thing.
Yeah it needs some serious padding on that top bar and the vertical. There’s fia rated foam for roll cages, some of that with some softer foam over it then some leather would look alright.
It is well behind my head
Forshortening.
Its artifact of the video process.
Its well clear
Hi Jeff, yes work to do, however inside the car as you are driving the exhaust sound like an old Hilman until you revved it, nice ..... hahaha. Jumping out of gear maybe just worn synchromesh rings, yes, I know you don't want to disassemble the gearbox but you may have to; also check the gear lever gate for full travel to engage the gear. Doesn't sound like a Tipo 33 either. Beautiful car.
Am I the only one sitting here grinning like a crazy person every time that Jeff gives her some beans. As someone who has watched every episode it feels like I am there in the car too. That exhaust sounds amazing.
It sounds really amazing! The sound fits the car so well!
And listening to it is a joy, it asks for revving.
I've also followed this build since the start and you ve done something incredible.
I'm learning a lot from the channel, and I'm always eager to watch every new episode!
Awesome to see it screaming on the road with plates finally, awesome stuff
Congrats Jeff. Well done , Great job, Really happy for you bro.
Funny how it sounds like a frisky 4 cylinder 😁
Looks awesome! Fun to see it drive 🥳
funny bloopers this week, good to see you enjoying your car out on the road
Great to see it out and running! The steering column may need to be disconnected completely and clocked to fix the detente for the indicators.
Feeding the algorithms! Thanks for the all the videos you make
I love the way it sounds. It's awesome to see it out driving.
It's funny, through phone speakers in car audio sounds like the old BDA escorts on full noise. So good to finally see it out on the road getting driven like it's meant to.
Of course you will find lots of things you want to tweak now that you have it on the road and can make proper testing. Anything else would be like magic.
But man, bit congrats to this milestone,. You have dona a fantastic job getting it to this point.
I also like how you all the time peek on the dash to see that everything is ok. Things kan go south really fast if you don´t notice the warnings.
Well done sir!
That sounds so nice, and the best thing, it still sounds like a 4 cylinder with that flat plane crank...what a noise
sounds great when you give it the beans in 2nd and 3rd. Well done, Jeff!
Car is sounding great. Keep us up to date on the progression of the ECU tuning. Fascinating stuff. I want to put a modern ECU to improve my 76 Jaguar V12, so I'll be following with interest. Beautiful countryside where you live.
Incredible Jeff! I'm so in awe of what you have created. Well done legend!!!!!
jeff, with it popping out of gear, easiest thing might be the shift linkage not allowing a certain gear to fully engage.
If not that, perhaps the transmission needs to come apart for a good look inside.
Everyone loves a gearbox rebuild 😅
Sounds just like my old 1750 GTV........Wow...the Power! AWESOME 👍🤙
Great, that you're finally able to drive it. Weird to hear your first impressions. It seems like it's been done for so long yet you're only getting to drive it. I know that's how it works. There you're doing it the right way. I guess the only way it's just from our perspective. It seems like it's been built for so long.
Sounds great, more like a 4 cylinder than a V8 Ferrari. You can hear the lower revs vibration. Great to see it finally in action. Great work!
I thought the same thing, like a K20 but in stereo. Which I guess a flat plan V8 is. The sound suits the car perfectly. Great stuff.
V8 Ferraris are fitted with a flat plane crank - so don't sound like a 'US style' V8 which is fitted with a cross plane crank. Flat plane crank V8s sound like two in-line fours that are slightly out of sync.
Does it really, truly need to sound like a Ferrari? It’s its own car: an Alfararri making very cool Alfararri noises, and I love it!
So stoked for you Jeff!!!
Hey Jeff. Great car. Good to see it finally on the road. Yeah it doesn't sound like a Ferrari but that would be the custom exhaust methinks. Sounds very European. Very unique. As for the gearbox jumping out of gear. It would not be the syncro because it is for helping it go into gear. I had this problem with a couple of cars. I didn't pick up on what box you have? My problem was a broken spring retainer. When you put the car in a gear a hub slides over the gear which compresses 3 plates to lock in the gear. There is a retaining spring on each side of the hub holding the plates in place. If one spring is broken it will go into gear but won't hold under engine load ( acceleration ). It pops out and the gear is not held. If you google a borg warner 4 speed single rail manual box internal diagram you will see what I mean. I think most old gearboxes have this same system. Do you have a T5? Same diff. Errr I mean gearbox. Te he! Hopefully this might help. Unfortunately you'll have to take the box apart to fix it. The parts are cheap though.
Hell yeah! So happy to be watching this moment. Congratulations on a fantastic milestone. Absolutely love this car.
Also, the sound from outside the car is FANTASTIC and I doubt that video is doing it justice.
It does sound good, but I plan on making it sound better :D
Well done Jeff;great job mate.
Damn proper hotrod. I’ve loved watching this beast come about.
Those 3rd gear pulls and the smile on your face.....WoW... says it all. I just thought, thats faster than that little Alpha would ever have gone! you'll get there mate, as always with any build, the lasr 5% is always the hardest, even after shakedown. You're right, it doesn't sound like a ferrari, its not mid mount and therefore resonance but it is sort of still alpha sounding, like some of the other commenters are saying, very GTV like just hyped up, which I think is cool. I know you want that ferrari high pitched sdream, so you do you. I hope you can achieve it.
Jeff, great work! Personally, i love the sound, but it's your car, so do what you do best. About the engine vibrations; i believe that 2010 Porsche GT3 had dynamic engine mounts that changed stiffness according to varying car parameters. Looking forward to the next installment.
Makes a great sucking sound like the side draught webers/dellortos of the original 1750/2000Alfa...... especially from low revs and its that deep gulping.......fantastic sounds
It's so good to see you getting to take the car out and actually enjoy it!🤘
When a car makes you smile unconsciously, it's a keeper.
Sounds amazing and looking forward to the developments going forward
I had the same problem back in the day with my door handle. Araldite worked a treat. And I was able to later remove by lightly heating the handle
Having owned several Ferrari’s from that era, I believe you’ve got it right. They all drive like trucks until you get going a lot faster.
As a 105 owner two of the issues, you noted are reasonably fixes. 1. INDICATORS: The system is a friction fit with a spring wrapping around the steering collum to cancel the indicators, just wrap the spring around one more time. Will re tension the system. 2. EXHAUST SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT; . Have a look at the original Alfa 105 exhaust system ( rear most muffler), it has what are effectively giant rubber bands mounting from the muffler to the body. Very effective , keeps the system in tension and lasts forever
I remember when it was green. Thanks Jeff
Glad you mentioned the ‘sound’ .. this car needs to sound as good as it looks! 👍
probably the best build I have seen on youtube. The concept is cool, the outside looks better than original, the inside looks better than original... very good result. My only problem with the car is that the steering wheel is in fact on the wrong side :)
No, it’s quite clearly on the right side 😉
The smile on your face is priceless, good job.
Now the fun begins, take care
Jeff, perhaps tighten the detense adjuster for the gear that keep popping out. I just had to do the same for a hollinger box I built. David
congrats on getting her legal Jeff, a testament to your dedication! Shakedown time can always be fun as you not only get the reward of the first drive but the slight gentle tweaks towards perfection always feel so rewarding! shame it looks like a worn gearbox syncro but thats well within your capabilities to solve. Soundwise would you experiment with mid box position on 1 pipe to counteract the unequal length headers? or maybe making the crossover point further back of space allows?
Love it! Sounds immense in those drive-by shots! Great to see you terrorising some very familiar test/shakedown roads :)
Geoff I was grinning like an idiot watching that. I can only imagine what it was like to drive. Epic. But please next time you drive it, get the wife stood at the side of the road filming more of those moving shots. 👍
So great to see you enjoying the car and your hard work. Wish I could give it more than 1 thumbs up.
Congrats, mate! Long time coming.
Congratulation, it looks and sounds great 🎉 I have followed the build from episode 1 and to see and hear it now is fantastic 🤘 best channel on TH-cam 😊 cheers from Denmark
5 years in de making that great smile mate!
Wonderfull👍
I’ve been waiting on this video for a very very long time. Definitely gives me inspiration with my GTV 2000 Build. I ended up getting a TREMEC T-5 transmission, which we will be test fitting in the next few days.
Amazing build, the smiles say it all!
FANTASTIC, I was with you in the car, thank you, a 5 year build, really? I remember you going to pick up a heap of rust 🤣As usual, always a pleasure following you.
As for your problem below 3k, I have an easy fix, not too expensive either, just drive above 😜🤣
To be fair, a Ferrari is not best at town speed, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Again, I wouldn't worry about the sound (even though it could sound better), it actually is a bit Alfa like.
Anyway looking forward for part 2 🤣🤣🤣
You need to do a Drive By video so You can appreciate the engine sound outside 👍👍👍
Can’t wait to see this thing in the metal.
Can’t believe I have been watching this for 5 years. And like you , have been waiting for the day you drive it so we can hear it. 🚀
Well done Jeff. Have to say it sounds a lot like a twin cam Alfa! 😊
Sounds great Jeff when on it, really enjoyed the Jeff journey, thanks Matey 👍🍺🇬🇧
Nice appropriate yellow paint! 🔥 Looks good out there
Hi Jeff, fantastic build, I enjoyed every video.
Keep going.
From Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
Awesome to see and HEAR it go Jeff faaaaar out