Car sold

[Allora#2]

Hi,
after a long test drive Reimund has decided to change the engine,
so the next Stratos is arrived here on my work shop for an heart transplant!
the original engine is gone to heaven after more than 200000 km.
Reimund and i have found a new Alfa 3,0 V6 12 V,
it will be good for the next 200000 Km! i hope,
i love this job and when it's finished also the test drive.

Enzo

[Griff]

Enzo,
Would my plenum chamber and cam covers be of any interest / use to you?, regards Griff

[Allora#2]

Hi,
after a long test drive Reimund has decided to change the engine,
so the next Stratos is arrived here on my work shop for an heart transplant!
the original engine is gone to heaven after more than 200000 km.
Reimund and i have found a new Alfa 3,0 V6 12 V,
it will be good for the next 200000 Km! i hope,
i love this job and when it's finished also the test drive.

Enzo

some work is done and the new engine (it's an modified QV engine with 200 PS code AR06430)
is finished to come back into the car.

[Allora#2]

now the engine is back into the engine bay,
and i have modified the cooling system with an electric water-pump!
i hope this helps anti overheating.

Enzo

[pim]

Hi Enzo,

Sad to hear the car was overheating , honestly i never had any problems with engine temperature. Last year i went to the Eiffel rally those were hot days and i had no problems at all. Mostly temperatures were between 70 and 80 degrees while driving, only when i stopped for traffic lights the car would heat up a bit and the fans started to run. Could the spare wheel be the problem, because that was the last modification i made before i sold the car to Reimund. The spare wheel is very close to the louvres so mayby the hot air can't get out?
Anyway, a new fresh engine is looking good, maybe see you and Reimund at this years Eiffel rally, and hope overheating problems are over, good luck.

[Allora#2]

Hi Pim,

i think also it was the spare wheel but i am not sure,
but the overheating has probably destroyed the head gasket (it consumed water)
and the electric water-pump is a little help for the cooling system.
Reimund comes to the Eifel Rallye, i hope we all see us there!

Enzo

[ölmännchen]

Hi Pim and Enzo.First of all many thanks to Enzo for the quick help fixing my Stratos to rallye-conditions.The spare-wheel was not the problem of the overheating.I did some very fast testdives at a hillclimb section without the sparwheel and the engine
started overheating,so that the gasket of the cylinderhead gone to heaven.Enzo put a electric waterpump in addition so the
Stratos is back on the road again.Will will met at the Eifel-Rallye at Daun(closed to the Nürburgring)27.and 28.July.Hope to meet other stratos-drivers there for a smalltalk-roundup.Bye for now Reimund(Ölmännchen)

[Allora#2]

now finished and done more than 300 KM test drive! and all works perfect!