Alfa Romeo Indy V8 engine

The Alfa Romeo Indy V8 engine was a turbocharged 2.65-litre racing engine that Alfa Romeo designed and built for the CART PPG Indy Car World Series, where it ran from 1989 to 1991 in March and Lola chassis. It was first campaigned by Alex Morales Motorsports with Roberto Guerrero, missed the first four races of 1989 because it was not ready, and debuted at the Detroit street circuit with an eighth place finish. Patrick Racing took the project over for 1990 and Danny Sullivan drove it in 1991, but the engine stayed uncompetitive and never challenged for a race win. The programme ended when Patrick Racing was sold to Bobby Rahal ahead of 1992 amid rumours that it had passed an Ilmor-Chevrolet engine to Alfa Romeo for study, and the new team leased Ilmor-Chevrolet engines instead.