History of Alfa Romeo 8C[1932 - 1936]

At the aforementioned time, back antagonism cars were no best appropriate to backpack a mechanic, Alfa Romeo congenital the aboriginal distinct seater chase car. As a aboriginal attempt, the 1931 Monoposto Tipo A acclimated a brace of 6 butt engines adapted side-by-side in the anatomy . As the consistent car was too abundant and complex, Jano advised a added acceptable and acknowledged racer alleged Monoposto Tipo B (aka P3) for the 1932 Grand Prix season. The Tipo B accepted itself the acceptable car of its era, acceptable beeline from its aboriginal airing at the 1932 Italian Grand Prix, and was powered with an continued adaptation of the 8C agent now at 2665 cc, fed through a brace of superchargers instead of a distinct one.
The 8C was awash as rolling anatomy in Lungo (long) or Corto (short) form, usually to be adapted with bodies from a alternative of coachbuilders (Carrozzeria), alike admitting Alfa Romeo did accomplish bodies. They additionally had a convenance of rebodying cars for clients, and some antagonism cartage were awash rebodied as alley vehicles.
In 1933 the supercharged bifold aerial cam straight-8 engine, continued to 2.6 litres (8C 2600) for the Tipo B, was adapted to the Scuderia Ferrari 8C Monzas. Scuderia Ferrari had become the "semi-official" antagonism administration of Alfa Romeo, who were no best entering contest as a branch accomplishment due to the poor bread-and-butter bearings of the company. With the antecedent 215 hp of the 2.6 engine, the Monoposto Tipo B (P3) racer could advance to 60 mph (97 km/h) in beneath than 7 abnormal and could eventually ability 135 mph (217 km/h). For 1934 the chase engines became 2.9 litres.
In 1936 the 8C 2900A archetypal was introduced, as a accompanying seater adaptation of the 8C-35 GP racer, with rear-mounted gearbox and abounding absolute suspension. The 8C2900A was additionally a chase car advised for the Sports Car category. Fewer than a dozen were built, followed by the 8C 2900B, actual agnate but additionally awash as alley car in about 30 examples. At the aforementioned time Alfa Romeo's Tipo B 3.2 litre was acceptable beneath competitive, yet Tazio Nuvolari managed the accomplishment of acceptable the 1935 German GP at the Nürburgring at the caster of a 3.2 Tipo B adjoin the added able Mercedes and Auto Union. The blocks had accomplished their accommodation limit, and a fresh casting was bare to added enlarge the agent accommodation to its final admeasurement of 3.8 litres. This was done in 1935 to be adapted into the Monoposto Tipo C which entered its aboriginal chase at the Italian Grand Prix in September 1935. Earlier that year, addition attack to claiming the German car's above ability had been fabricated with the Bimotore (basically a Tipo B adapted at the Scuderia Ferrari with a additional agent abaft the driver), which raced at the 1935 Tripoli GP and AVUS GP, with little success as the tyres couldn't cope with the car's ability and weight. The Monoposto Tipo C (aka 8C 35) 3.8 was entered with some success during the 1936 season, followed by the 12C36, a Tipo C now adapted with a fresh V12 agent of 4064 cc. In the above races, the Monoposto 12C 36 and 37 could not bout the Mercedes and Auto-Union cars.