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| Engine
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| Configuration |
Straight 8
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| Location |
Front, longitudinally mounted
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| Construction |
alloy block and head
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| Displacement |
2,905 cc / 177.3 cu in |
| Bore / Stroke |
68.0 mm (2.7 in) / 100.0 mm (3.9 in)
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| Compression |
6.3:1 |
| Valvetrain |
2 valves / cylinder, DOHC
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| Fuel feed |
2 Weber Carburettors
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| Aspiration |
Twin Roots-Type Superchargers |
| Power |
220 bhp / 164 kW
@ 5,800 rpm
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| BHP/Liter |
76 bhp / liter |
| Drivetrain |
| Chassis |
aluminium body on a welded light-gauge box-section frame |
| Front suspension |
trailing arms, coil springs, tubular shock absorbers |
| Rear suspension |
swing axles, radius arms, transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs, tubular shock absorbers |
| Steering |
worm-and-sector |
| Brakes |
hydraulic drums, all-round |
| Gearbox |
4 speed Manual
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| Drive |
Rear wheel drive |
| Dimensions |
| Weight |
1,100 kilo / 2,425 lbs |
| Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) |
2,799 mm (110.2 in) / 1,349 mm (53.1 in) / 1,349 mm (53.1 in)
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| Performance figures |
| Power to weight |
0.2 bhp / kg |
| Top Speed |
245 km/h (152 mph)
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| Resources |
| Suggested reading |
- Alfa Romeo Tutte le Vetture Dal 1910, by Luigi Fusi
- The Immortal 2.9, by Simon Moore
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