Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C

Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C front side view

Alfa Romeo Autodelta dedicated tuner has announced that it will be the world’s first modified Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione presented in Birmingham this week Performance Car Show.

The 4.7-liter V8 engine in the car masterpiece is obviously a slightly higher performance using a new engine management software. The engine develops 444 hp at its plant stock and Autodelta incarnation promises to 17 more to offer. Technical refinements to the chassis of the car and the suspension was also promised, but no further details were released by the company.

The little finesse is remarkable, as we heard the last time on the tuning company, consisted of the 159 V6 Alfa Romeo 352 hp and 435 Nm of torque. And if that sounds extreme, we must think about the Alfa Romeo 147 hatch of the company has developed recently. Picture this: a gasoline engine with 400 hp, which is, with the first hundred in 4.8 seconds and takes up almost reached 290 km / The crazy part is not revealed, the car is front wheel drive! It has a revised suspension and all good things (like a limited slip diff), but still …

Auto Delta Alpha is also the visual improvement. And it is such a joy that the company inconspicuous appearance packages, the car barely whisper mood to other drivers developed.

In view of the above data, we were a Hitachi expect performance for the 8C Competizione, after all, is the lack of grunt the Achilles’ heel, since the car was started. But let’s not an Alfa to evaluate the specifications.