Alfa Romeo BUSSO V6 - What makes it GREAT? - ICONIC ENGINES #15

Japanese engine names actually make a lot of sense. They almost always have the generation/family of the build and a suffix for notable technology.
For example the 13b is the second-generation rotary after the 12A, 13 for 1.3L, and there are suffixes like TT for twin-turbo or REW for Renesis.
In my Skyline I have an RB25DET - RB is the straight-six of the 80s/90s succeeding the L-engine. 25 = 2.5L, D for dual camshafts, e for electronic injection, and one T for single turbo.

Yes it's iconic engine but the timing belt destroyed the engine and always you must change it and replacet anew kit and this is the mistake that engine build like this way

Otto, Diesel, Wankel...just to name a few.

Dude, how many languages do you speak ;)

This engine reminds me of Hondas C32B used in the BEST and FASTEST SUPERCAAR Honda NSX. Both of these have same stroke and bore at 3.2 Liter form only huge diffrence is that C-series v6 engines are angled in 90 degree. Both have very small aftermarket but are best sounding v6 engines and both were transversely mounted. Also both made almost same power numbers but honda wins just roughly with the VTEC!

If you are real petrol head and enthusiast, you had to have "bella" at least for some time.
I had my gtv v6 3.0 24v.
It was cabriolet (or convertible if you rather), and I still miss her dearly.

I remember the engine from the first-series Alfa 6.

The first-series Alfa 6 was, and still is, the fastest Alfa Romeo in history. It would go from zero to complete rust bucket in four years. After four years, it received a "keyless entry upgrade" - the rust holes in the body were so large already that the locks were no held in place; you could just punch them and they would open.

Wonderful engine, never screamed, just conveyed the confident voice of authority.

Everything electrical in the car failed. Including simple wires. I had the gut feeling that the alternator change intervals were shorter than the oil change intervals.

To get the engine's power to the street, the Alfa 6 had rear-wheel drive which came with a 25% limited slip differential as a standard. If you asked for power, you got it. Immediately.

The speedometer always broke. Warranty repair, all the time, unless you got tired of your Alfa 6 spending more time getting repaired than being on the road. So wtf, who needs a speedometer anyway? Of course, that also meant that the odometer wouldn't work...but engine life was a non-issue, and the rust holes were blatantly obvious.

I had, in the last few years, always wondered whether my admiration of the engine was just me, glorifying the past like so many old people, or whether is was really that smooth and responsive. Yes, it wasn't me; this video confirmed it.

That was the Alfa Rome I had ever sat in. Quality was so ridiculously low that many Alfa Romeo fans ceased to be fans and went to other brands.

Seven first-series Alfa 6 were modified for the US American market. They went to the junk yard right away.

A few years ago, I saw an Alfa 6, second series, with the 2.0 liter engine, in perfect condition. That was a Wednesday. July 17th, 2019, around 7pm, near Frankfurt am Main. I ran around the parked Alfa 6, dumbfounded. No rust! How is that possible! BTW, one out of 1771 ever built. Much rarer than, like, a Ferrari Testarossa.

And nowadays Alfa Romeo is running ads on the radio. "You can get an Alfa Rome out of Italy, but you can't get Italy out of an Alfa Romes." Ouch. In 2003, I wrote a piece of software for a large car manufacturer. They also had a division which made Italian sports cars (no, it was not Fiat), and they transported the raw car bodies to Germany, to have them pained there. Apparently, more than 20 years after i had experienced the Alfa 6 debacle, Italian cars still had rust issues. The software allowed the Italian car bodies to run through the paint shop, but to be redirected from the conveyor belt to a "side exit." Yup, made no sense to send Lamborghini bodies onto an Audi A6 assembly line. So, if Alfa Romes still can't the "Italy" out of their cars....thanks, no, I'll pass.

Still, the engine...

Okay, 18 liters per 100km in real life (Alfa Romeo claimed 15l/100km). Still more fuel-efficient than some other performance cars of that era. Like Porsches.

Highest performance engines are Italian unless you're arrogant

The bussy v6 is a tight engine

The best intake noise on a car of any displacement or cylinder count

Of all the languages? I like Italian the best. Especially when your angry at someone.

You forgot the V6 Busso with Callaway volumetric compressor.

SO YOU MEAN THAT A VR6 ENGINE DOESN'T SOUND BETTER THAN THIS ? 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

I've been wondering where you came from but I guess now I know 😂

Please do the lampredi twin cam!

Your Italian pronunciation is not bad at all

I CHOOSE THE ALFA GTV BUSSO! NATURALY ASPIRATED OVER TURBO ENGINES ALWAYS!

The best sounding V6 ever made!

As a GTV6 owner I know all about «trial and error» in tuning, and yes you can pull some good power from the Busso, but the driveline will be your next problem🙈
Very nice video indeed sir, thank you🤝
PS: loved the rap😎

A leggendario motore,ciao from Grecia bonjiorno ❤🇮🇹🔥🇬🇷

My realistic dream car was already a 156 gta due to it having a legendary engine and being a car that my dad had (he had a jts not a gta iirc) for the first 15 years of my life. Learning giuseppe busso died the day i was born just solidifies its place on my heart

you're very funny. I can see Agnelli in an Emperor cloak. It is worth noting that the Giulia became the standard for the Police and the Carabinieri, and they are buying Alfas to this day.

cult of personality worked great for the italians in the 1930's

So Alfa stuffed a Busso in everything, but it's still uncommon and has poor aftermarket support.

There are lancia kit stratos that use the busso as a powertrain and electronics donor. Amazing.

Great video man, as always. If I can just make one note. The tipical italian hand gesture (hand pine shaped shaked up and down) has its own meaning wich is "WTF are you taking about", and it isn't necessary to use it as a communicative conjunction ;-p. It's like thinking the US citizens eat hamburger from brakfast to dinner and nothing else, a little bit too much stereotyped. Anyway, really appreciate your allways clear and precise explanation

Very nice Video, well done

It was great in the and. Where you are from? The only information I've found was : born in the USA. If so, what was your very first language?

I was this morning thinking about how to modify this ledgend to a B6 Busso. Well, everything is possible, but this will be crazy and expensive too ❤. Bunanotte

This would be a awesome motor to put in a Delorean!!!!!!
I wonder if its been done.🤔
Busso'DeLorean. Delorean d' Busso😎

What can you do with this engine? Just listen to it! ❤

Teste motore dasent make any sense but the rest iz good enough 🇮🇹

Great vid.

The 3.2 24V was also fitted to the GT.

BTW it is coupé, not "coop" (which is the yanks mispronouncing). Your pronunciation is not bad, though.

P.S. Thanks for putting "Bella Ciao" as the most iconic italic song.

I see you don't (yet) have videos on transaxle transmissions, which were employed gloriously in the GTV6 and 75/Milano Bussos, before the FIAT overtake.

I know you seem to be more focused on engines than on suspension or transmission, but I need guidance to convert a 147 GTA from FWD to AWD with the Q4 hard and software. A bit of a massive challenge to do properly.

Cringe rap

Ahh now I understand it was a Busso V6 which smote me with the throaty roar. I always remember that day 30 something years ago, a red GTV I recall.

Dad joke!

What's a Busso with boost called?

Busto (= Italian for "Corset")! 😜

"you gotta love the Italians: even an engineer's career is like a soap opera"
Here's where I loose it 🤣❤️🇮🇹

Absolut grossartig! 👍👍👍

Nothing about a V6 is great.
You have room for a V6, you have room for a V8.
V6s are not intrinsically balanced. There is a reason Porsche, Lambo and Ferrari don't use V6s.
There's a reason that Toyota used an INLINE 6 for the MKV Supra when they have the rather robust 2gr-fse.

rubbish engines. why are they stopping while driving, why are they not starting ? why do you ask, i dunno. rubbish cars.. but they are so fun to drive we dont care !!! 1 v6 engine why not 2 or 3 as backup as you KNOW the 1 engine will break down... why this engine hate... well i was a member of a alfa romeo club... its normal... but we love them engines... after many years of mental abuse most members goes to toyota and never look back... should i mention the electrical or rust problem... ?? no... but v6 engine, that sound... offff... cmon.. its porrn

"Making lemons out of lemonade" 😂

I had a 1957 Giulietta Spyder in the 1960's. I would open the hood and just stare at that dohc engine, I was in love. The car was thrilling in a large part due to that engine.

Regarding German names conjunced to Engines -> ever heared of the Diesel engine? Or the Wankel engine? Or Otto-Engine?

No need to name the specific version after a constructor. The Busso engine is an Otto engine.

Damn bro, how many languages you speak?!? Making me feel like a dumb American here 😂😂

Thought about a cool engine swap for a Lancia Monte Carlo, which comes with a Lampredi, and a Busso made so much god damn sense, especially knowing that it was supposed to be a V6 powered car