{"id":512,"date":"2011-07-28T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2011-11-02T09:04:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:04:17","slug":"awkward-alfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/projectcars\/awkward-alfa","title":{"rendered":"Awkward Alfa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful looking GTV had been giving it&#8217;s owner headache and heartache for months. The owner wasn&#8217;t shy when it came to getting his hands dirty and certainly know&#8217;s his way around Alfa&#8217;s. Everyone needs a little help from time to time though and we&#8217;re more than happy to work alongside the owners efforts. \u00a0The car has a pretty big turbo blowing through twin 40 DHLA carbs with a Canems ECU controlling the sparks. Every part of the system had faults that\u00a0interfered\u00a0with each other making the task of getting it running like trying to knit spaghetti. We did a little rewiring and resetting of things which improved the situation. Sadly as hard as we tried the carbs wouldn&#8217;t work sweetly, although it was healthy enough for an MoT. These projects are rarely a quick fix, more work in progress. The owner has new carbs on the way and we&#8217;ll try again when they arrive. Despite the challenge it&#8217;s a pleasure working on such a beautiful and special classic.<a href=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-513\" title=\"DSCF2847\" src=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2847-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2847-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2847-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-514\" title=\"DSCF2850\" src=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2850-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2850-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/aasilencers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSCF2850-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful looking GTV had been giving it&#8217;s owner headache and heartache for months. The owner wasn&#8217;t shy when it came to getting his hands dirty and certainly know&#8217;s his way around Alfa&#8217;s. Everyone needs a little help from time to time though and we&#8217;re more than happy to work alongside the owners efforts. \u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,28,3,30],"tags":[127,128,115,103,75,101],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aa-sport","category-garage-services","category-projectcars","category-track-day-toys","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-canems","tag-classic","tag-ecu","tag-turbo-conversion","tag-wiring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"alfa romeo,canems,classic,ecu,turbo conversion,wiring\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" 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