QUOTE (Tony Matthews @ Jun 10 2009, 11:57)

I know that one Champ Car team 'lent' an Ilmor-Chevrolet 265A to Alfa Romeo, and as a result the Alfa engine suddenly appeared with an identical plenum chamber to the Ilmor. It also meant that Ilmor completely revised their relationship with their customer teams, I think buying back all the engines and thereafter only leasing them. Paul Morgan was spitting feathers when I asked him about it.
I am doing a piece on the CART Alfa's on 8W/Forix right now and I know about that story and what it eventually ended up with.....
It was Pat Patrick who did that and man he had to pay dearly for that later on....
Looking on wat Alfa achieved with their engines, Pat should have saved him the problems. I don't know what the italians did with that engine but the opportunity was wasted on them
But I've seen someone else going beserk about an CART Alfa Romeo related matter: scale models of the cars....
Watch 8W for the details on that Story....
Meanwhile, I wished I could include that cutaway drawing of the Alfa V8 on the website that I work upon.....
Henri