Alfetta GTV/GTV6
Featured Cars
Restored, built, prepared and raced.
The parts that CSR supply for Alfa Romeo GTV and GTV6 cars have been developed over many years. Our knowledge has come from restoring, building, developing and successfully competing in these cars. Here we detail some of the cars and the history behind them. These cars have been the platform on which our parts were developed.
1975 Alfetta GTV Group 2 (1981 spec)
This is the car that got us remanufacturing parts for the racing Alfetta
Purchased as a rusting wreck, this car had languished in a container for over a decade. The car itself was a 1975 Alfetta GT 1800. It had been converted for racing with the Alfa Romeo Dealer Team by Peter Hilliard and Loe Bertorelli. Used as a Group 2 car, for the 1981 TT, it used Autodelta sourced parts. It was then raced in The AROC series in the early ’80s before being retired.
This is the car that got us re-manufacturing parts for the racing Alfetta. At the time there were very few of these parts available.
The shell was completely stripped and repaired. It was in very bad condition but it was important to retain the shell as this is the identity of the car. To have re-shelled it would have lost all the history.
The suspension has a lot of special parts that we re-manufactured. We can now supply these parts to anyone. The parts used on this car include 30mm Luigi style blade front anti-roll bar, 35mm torsion bars, aluminium adjustable torsion bar beam, rose jointed wishbones with revised geometry, lowered watt linkage with solid rose jointed links, rose jointed de-Dion bush, Auto Delta 25.4mm rear anti-roll bar and Quantum shocks all round. We have developed the set up over the last few years and have a very sharp and fast 2.0l package.
The engine is a tuned CSR 2.1l Nord giving around 205BHP
It has a solid universally jointed prop-shaft, strengthened clutch housing (using the original BTCC pattern), our twin plate race clutch, close-ratio straight cut gearbox with LSD.
The brakes are standard on the rear, but it has the option to go vented. The front brakes use a twin calliper AP CP2561 balanced brake set on Dealer Team brackets and vented discs.
We have been running the Alfa Romeo in the HRDC Alfa challenge/CTCRC pre-83 and HSCC roadsports invitation . In the hands of Chris Snowdon and George Osborne, it has performed fantastically. Regularly battling at the front of races and achieved may podium finishes.
1985 Luigi Racing Alfa GTV6 LR8513
The car has some clever front-end geometry and runs all the group A special parts including aluminium wishbones
A couple of years ago we had the privilege of restoring this, a genuine ETCC Luigi Racing GTV6 Group A car.
LR8513 was built in 1985 on the series 3 chassis by Luigi Racing. Luigi racing were a works backed racing team that ran GTV6 and 75 models in multiple European championships in both racing and rallying. This car was built to take part in the European saloon car championship. It was driven throughout 1985 by drivers including Francois Xaxier Boucher. It competed at all the 85 season rounds, including the Silverstone TT and Spa 24 Hours.
The car ended up in Belgium, unrestored and in a sad state but fortunately complete. We were lucky to be able to acquire it for our client Guest Motors.
The car was then fully restored by CSR with the majority of the original parts refurbished and retained.
The one area where we had to start from scratch was the engine. The original Group A engine had long since gone so we developed the 2.5 12v V6 to run reliably as a full race unit. This included developing CNC ported heads and new high compression pistons. Special injectors and full ECU mapping were developed by our partner Rude.
The car has some clever front-end geometry and runs all the group A special parts including aluminium wishbones. We are continually developing this car to become faster, and at the same time, remain reliable. It now runs a further evolution of our engine package, Quantum shocks have been installed and we have retired the original gearbox in favour of our own close ratio gears.
The car is now back in Europe and we hope it’s still performing as these cars should.
Group A Alfa Romeo GTV6 ARDT BTCC car
Our commitment to rebuilding this car to original spec includes having the originally fitted Compomotive TH split rim wheels reproduced
This car was the Alfa Romeo Dealer Teams British Touring Car driven by John Dooley from 1982 to 1985.
We finished restoring this car in 2025 back to its 1982 specification. This famous car was the only Group 1 GTV6 to race in period and was converted to group A for 1983. It ran in Napolina livery until the second half of 1985 when it became a John West car.
Purchased directly from John Dooley, in a rather sad state, we have undertaken a complete shell rebuild. She is the only surviving BTCC GTV6 and we had to save as much or the original car a possible and re-establishing many of its unique features.
Our commitment to rebuilding this car to original spec includes having the originally fitted Compomotive TH split rim wheels reproduced. These wheels are now available to purchase and can be found on this site.
The car has now taken to the racetrack with its debut at Goodwood Members Meeting in 2025 with Chris Snowdon and Tiff Needel at the wheel. 2026 has seen the car out again at Goodwood with Tiff and Chris then appeared racing with the CTCRC at Oulton park for the BTCC support races. Its first outing at Oulton since 1985.
We are still developing the car to bring her competitive edge to the for in Modern Historic racing.
Group 1.5 GTV6 Alpilatte Replica
…built to compete in the Goodwood Members Meeting Gerry Marshall Trophy
This car was originally built to compete in the Goodwood Members Meeting Gerry Marshall Trophy. Build by CSR it is based on an early GTV6 shell and built to group 1.5 BTCC regs. It was given the period livery used by Imberti racing in 1982 and raced by the likes of Lella Lombardi.
The Group 1 regulations allowed more freedom in engines but fewer in suspension and narrower tyres. The set up is less sophisticated than the Group A formula that replaced it.
It competed a couple times at the Members Meeting and was sold to to Paul Clayson. Paul has allowed CSR to continue contributing to its development. New developments included a fresh 2.5l 12v, reworking of the driveline with a solid prop shaft and close-ratio, straight cut gearbox. Revised elements of the suspension include stiffer torsion bars and our Quantum shock absorbers.
Now owned and Raced by David Alexander, we continue to supply and develop parts with Tom Smith Historics who run the car for David.
Road-going Alfa Romeo GTV6
This beautiful GTV6 has been given the full CSR handling treatment.
The cars we work on and the parts we supply are not just for racing. This beautiful green South African import GTV6 has been given the full CSR handling treatment. The car was first given a complete strip-down and rebuild.
Although the engine and gearbox, in this case, is standard we do uprated engines and transplants for road cars. We can also offer GTV6 gearboxes rebuilt with LSDs (Limited Slip Differentials).
The main work carried out on this car centred on the suspension. Every part has been removed and refurbished, black powder-coated or zinc plated. It now benefits from many of our developed and manufactured parts. These include our Quantum shock absorber kit fitted, front anti-roll bar, geometry adjusting upper ball joint, 105 caster rod joints, 30mm torsion bars, height-adjustable torsion bar beam, SZ de-Dion bush, spherical jointed watts linkage and height-adjustable rear springs. The brakes are currently standard but it could have one of our 4-pt CSR brake kits fitted if required. The wheels are our 15” x 7” TH Turbos.
South African GTV6
A rare white South African 3.0 GTV6 updated and improved by CSR
3.0 SA Homologation Special
This white South African 3.0l car is one of just over 200 homologation cars produced and has all the unique features you expect to find on these cars.
3.0 carb engine, 15” Compomotive CX rims, Naca duct GRP bonnet and Front spoiler.
This car was imported into the UK in the late 80’s and in the same ownership for since 1991. The car finally changed hands again in the 2020s and CSR were tasked with recommissioning.
We undertook a complete suspension and brake overhaul, with all new joints and bushes fitted to freshly coated suspension parts, an overhauled gearbox and the engine given a good service with the tricky carbs given a very hard looking at.
The biggest thing with these cars is replacing the petrol tank and all the lines, to avoid all the decades of debris blocking the carb jets up.
Alfetta Turbodelta Tribute
A special customer led Turbodelta replica built by CSR using genuine Autodelta parts
Turbodelta Tribute
CSR were commissioned to build a Group 4 Turbodelta replica based on a series 1 Alfetta which had been used in sprints and hill climbs in a previous life.
As it happens we know a thing or two about works race and rally cars and amongst our shelves of spares there existed a pretty comprehensive kit of all those special parts that made the Turbodelta special. We had all the moulds to reproduce the wide arches and huge bonnet that are so unique to the grp4 car. We even had the moulds for the unique Turbo delta doors and a full set of very rare magnesium Campagnolo wheels that were again unique to the Autodelta rally project.
The shell was altered and seam welded with reinforcement as per the works rally cars to give it that period rally feel. We decided to fit an original Aluminium roll cage which had previously been used in an ETCC Luigi Alfetta GTV6.
The suspension was given a light CSR treatment with larger roll bars, rally ball joints , Autodelta torsion bar adjuster, CSR adjustable rear springs etc. Stopping power came in the way of CSR 280mm 4-pot brake kit and standard rear brakes.
Gearbox was a 2.0l 75 TS box with enhanced differential, Helix clutch plate and cover with a balanced standard prop.
The Turbo charged 2.0l engine uses a Garrett T3 Turbo on a 75 evo manifold, Jenvey throttle bodies, Venolia turbo pistons at around 8:1 compression and produced 206hp with a highly controlled 0.5 bar boost. Plenty of room to open the gates later for much more power but honestly with over 200hp per ton she is a handful.
A really good looking and purposeful customer build.
George Osborne's 75 Racer
A very quick and precise handling club racer Alfa 75
George’s 75 Racecar
George (one of CSR’s great friends) built this incredible V6 Alfa 75 race car and CSR have been privileged to be able to help him develop it into one of the best handling 75’s out there, with many class and outright wins in the Alfa championship .
So what is the car’s current specification? well quite racy with a 3.2 24v V6 producing around 300HP with a full straight cut close ratio dogbox. The suspension is quite special, with everything upgraded by CSR, which helped to develop the suspension with George. In its early configuration, George went down the tubular route with front upper and lower wishbones, deleting the torsion bars and running a full coilover set-up with standard uprights, while the rear was left pretty standard. Several issues were identified, including spindle flex and a lack of front tyre temperature.
CSR looked at the set-ups used by early Alfa 75 Touring Cars in the late 1980s and in particular the BTCC cars of Alfa Romeo Dealer Team. These were a direct development of the previous season’s GTV 6 and initially the GTV 6 suspension was directly transplanted. This had shortcomings when transposed into the 75 but made a good starting point for George’s car. The biggest change up front was the use of an Alfa 6 upright, which has a much bigger spindle and inner bearing, and limits the flex caused by the larger loads of big brakes and wide slicks. Positive geometry changes were made by using the factory steel wishbones and mounting the uprights on top of the wishbones, plus a height-matched ball joint on the upper arm. The effect was a straighter lower wishbone and more rising rate camber when cornering.
Alfa Romeo 75 Track/Sprint car
Alfa Romeo 75 Track and Sprint Car
Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twinspark
Trackday and competition cars tend to wear their battered, chipped, scuffed and pranged hearts on their sleeves, but this 1992 Alfa Romeo 75 Twin Spark couldn’t be more different. In fact, this road-legal production racer looks close to immaculate. The finish of its red paint is deep and mirror-like, pinging beneath the sun. Its taped-up headlamps give off an air of menace, and its gorgeous replica Compomotive alloys wrapped in asymmetric Advan HF Type-D A008 tyres indicate genuine intent.
CSR have helped the owner Paul improve the cars handling and his cars sprint and hill climb performance, withing the rules of his production car class.
Small suspension mods along with better geometry, better brake pads and a set of our production fit Non adjustable CSR/Quantum shocks have seen Paul really getting his teeth into his cars potential.
