New Alpha Romeo Spider owner.. quick question plz...

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Cableguy - 20 Apr 2006 23:18 GMT

Hello All.. New to the group and had a quick question to somebody who
owns an Alpha Romeo.. Last week I bought an 87 Alpha Romeo Spider with
39k miles on it, great car and I'm enjoying myself driving around with
the top down. the question I have is what's the top speed on these
cars? I get it to 80 or 90 mph with little problem, but doesn't want to
go much faster. my other car is Benz c230 Kompressor and I can go 130
mph before I feel I have to slow down. not that I'm out to break any
record or anything, just it seem slower than I thought it would be.

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Domestos - 20 Apr 2006 23:21 GMT

> Hello All.. New to the group and had a quick question to somebody who
> owns an Alpha Romeo.. Last week I bought an 87 Alpha Romeo Spider with
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> mph before I feel I have to slow down. not that I'm out to break any
> record or anything, just it seem slower than I thought it would be.

Where can you go faster than 70mph in the UK?

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SteveH - 20 Apr 2006 23:27 GMT

Schools still off?

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George Graves - 20 Apr 2006 23:48 GMT

First of all its A.L.F.A Romeo (for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili
or the Lombardian Automobile Manufacturing Company) or just Alfa Romeo,
not ALPHA Romeo. :->

The '87 Spider has about 130 BHP from a 2-liter DOHC 4-cylinder engine
for a top speed of about 112 MPH. The top speed is a trade-off between
acceleration and top end performance. It is possible to change the
rear-end ratio and get a few more MPH out of one (at the expense of 0-60
times), but the drop-head hood (top) isn't very aerodynamic up or down
so I've never seen one even with Twin-Spark motors or other modified
powerplants get much over 120. I've a friend with an '83 spider which
has about 160 BHP from a later Twin-Spark engine that he bought from
Australia. Even with the extra 30 BHP. The car will barely make it past
120 MPH and that takes many miles of flat-out driving to accomplish.

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james.bywater@gmail.com - 21 Apr 2006 10:14 GMT

> First of all its A.L.F.A Romeo (for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili
> or the Lombardian Automobile Manufacturing Company)

Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili means Lombardian Anonymous
automobile factory :-)

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Dr. Boggis - 21 Apr 2006 00:19 GMT

If you wanted a dragster, you should have bought something else. OTOH,
if you want to enjoy yourself in a Spider, pick a nice day, a nice empty
twisty A-road and give it some welly.

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bmtmale@sbcglobal.net - 05 Feb 2007 23:52 GMT

thats about tops. its only a 2000 cc engine

>Hello All.. New to the group and had a quick question to somebody who
>owns an Alpha Romeo.. Last week I bought an 87 Alpha Romeo Spider with
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>mph before I feel I have to slow down. not that I'm out to break any
>record or anything, just it seem slower than I thought it would be.

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