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Alfa Romeo Tuning Tips and Modifications
Maximise your Alfa Romeos driving pleasure
Alfa Romeo Car Tuning Tips And Advice. Alfa Romeo Really Do Make Drivers Cars. On Paper The Figures Seem Average But When You Get Behind The Wheel You Appreciate That You Are Driving A Thorough Sports Car. With Some Sensible Modifications You Can Take The On Paper Figures To New Highs And Improve On An Already Impressive Range Of Cars. We Have A Wide Range Of Tuning Articles Covering All Models Of Alfa Romeo From Small Engined Family Cars To Large Engine Hot Hatches And Executive Cars. Following Our Tuning Tips You Will Avoid Many Of The Common Mistakes And Actually Achieve The Car Setup You Desire. Please Join The Forum For Model Specific Questions And Answers And To Meet Other Owners And See What Modifications They Have Done.
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- 156 156 Saloon 2.4 JTD 20v Multijet TI 4d - 2387 cc - 175 bhp - 385 Nm
- 156 156 Saloon 1.6 TS Turismo 4d (01) - 1598 cc - 120 bhp - 146 Nm
- 156 156 Saloon 2.0 TS Veloce 4d (LT) - 1970 cc - 150 bhp - 181 Nm
- 159 159 Saloon 2.4 JTDM Turismo 4d QTRONIC - 2387 cc - 200 bhp - 400 Nm
- 156 156 Saloon 2.5 V6 24V Veloce 4d - 2492 cc - 192 bhp - 218 Nm
- 156 156 Sportwagon 2.4 JTD Lusso 5d (02) - 2387 cc - 150 bhp - 305 Nm
- 156 156 Sportwagon 2.4 JTD Veloce 5d (LT) - 2387 cc - 136 bhp - 304 Nm
- 156 156 Sportwagon 1.8 TS Veloce 2 5d - 1747 cc - 144 bhp - 168 Nm
- 33 33 Hatchback 1.5 Ti 5d - 1490 cc - 105 bhp - -
- 156 156 Saloon 2.5 V6 24V Lusso 4d (00) - 2492 cc - 192 bhp - 218 Nm
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156 Tuning
TorqueCars examin the 156 tuning options and report on the best modifications. Alfa Romeo 156 are popular cars and with a few performance modifications you can increase your driving pleasure. Read On
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Remapping a turbo diesel engine is one of the best value modifications around. You will often see a power increase in the order of 30% and get more Torque, BHP and better MPG. Read article...
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Modern Turbo diesel engine can be very easily tuned to offer substantially more power and torque. In many cases the MPG will remain the same or better so it really is a win win tuning solution with a remap. Read article...
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Remapped ECU or sports computer tuning are an excellent way of adding power to the car. The characteristics of the engine can be completely revised and more power released over the conservative factory tuning map. Read article...
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