http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALFA-ROMEO-V10-RACING-ENGINE_W0QQitemZ8003698089QQcategoryZ10370QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Try that for size



About the same price as a 500 bhp hayabusa

wonder if he has a buy it now price

I'm hazarding a guess here, but if you bid the starting price,, I can't see many bidding against you...

It would make a nice coffee table!

I was going to bid but the cost of the exhaust system made me think again

Mick

What interests me the most is the fact that the seller has used a copy of a printed picture, rather than a real photo.

For such an expensive item, couldn't he beg, steal or borrow a decent digital camera for 10 minutes?

Or doesn't he want to show the engine in its current state?

Suspicious of Suffolk

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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Suspicious of Suffolk

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I see from his other items he has a used v6 up for 14.5k..which will need rebuilt in 600kms!

hardly locost but how awesome would they sound...!

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Originally posted by ned
what is there in suffolk to be suspicious of?

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ok, so there's yo talking funny to start with then david, or did i miss something?

Interesting selection of items in his history...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&catego ry=47268&item=7163483738

and heres what the V10 came from;

Produced in 1988
Numbers built 1
Weight 750 kilo
Power 600 bhp / 448 KW @ 12000 rpm
Torque N/A
BHP/Liter 171 bhp / liter
Power to weight ratio 0.8 bhp / kg
Top Speed 340 km/h / 211 mph
0-60 mph Acceleration N/A

From the early eighties the European rounds of the F1 championship were supported by a 'Pro Car' series which saw famous drivers battle it out before each F1 race in a heavily modified BMW M1. As the M1 came to the end of its production runs a new car or a new series was needed to replace the Pro Car series as support race. A new series was proposed with cars very similar to the contemporary F1 cars but with a body similar to road cars, a true silhouette series.

Only one car was built for the series as most manufacturers didn't want to invest the money needed. Alfa Romeo's race department Alfa Corse built that one car with a lot of help from the Brabham F1 team. The silhouette built resembled Alfa's top model of the time, the 164. The engine remains completely unique as it is the only Alfa Romeo V10 engine ever built! With a top speed of over 210 mph it was actually a bit faster than the F1 cars as its bodyshape allowed for much higher top speed.

The 164 Pro Car was never raced, and now remains as a unique reminder of a wild plan. One of motorsport's best kept secrets and a genuine would / could have been.

so theres only one engine ?

is that weight for that car , or just the engine !!!!

that'll be the whole car...it was a spaceframe with a 3 piece Alfa 164 shaped body attached