--- title: Carlo Chiti · HICONIUM description: Carlo Chiti in the HICONIUM register — one file carrying their credit. canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/people/carlo-chiti image: https://hiconium.dev/og/people/carlo-chiti.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [People](https://hiconium.dev/people) › Carlo Chiti > On this page: [Wind-tunnel bodywork](#wind-tunnel-bodywork) · [Racer made roadworthy](#racer-made-roadworthy) · [Works team off-site](#works-team-off-site) · [One file carries this name](#one-file-carries-this-name) ![Portrait photograph of Carlo Chiti.](https://hiconium.dev/_derived/images/people/carlo-chiti/portrait.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) People # Carlo Chiti Autodelta general manager who commissioned Franco Scaglione's body for the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Born | Pistoia, 1924 | | Died | Milan, 1994 | | Nationality | Italian | Wikimedia Commons The record Aeronautical engineer who ran Autodelta as Alfa Romeo's racing department and, on 17 December 1966, entrusted Franco Scaglione with the body for a road Tipo 33, the 33 Stradale. He was born in Pistoia on 19 December 1924 and graduated in aeronautical engineering at the University of Pisa. After a job at Montecatini he entered Alfa Romeo's experimental department at Portello in 1952 and worked on the 3000 CM sports car. Enzo Ferrari called him to Maranello in 1957 to replace Andrea Fraschetti as chief engineer. As chief engineer his Ferrari work included the 246 Dino and, for the new 1.5-litre formula, the rear-engined 156 with which Phil Hill won the 1961 Drivers' Championship. After the November 1961 walkout from Ferrari he was chief designer, with Giotto Bizzarrini, of the ATS T-100, which raced and folded in 1963. On 5 March 1963 he and the Chizzola brothers founded Auto Delta at Feletto Umberto for the Giulia TZ. Alfa Romeo bought the firm in 1965 and made him general manager of Autodelta at Settimo Milanese. The Tipo 33, begun by Satta Puliga and Busso at Portello, then passed to him; Autodelta developed a new two-litre V8 on the factory H-frame. On 17 December 1966 he formally entrusted Franco Scaglione with the body for a road Tipo 33. The 33 Stradale used the same aluminium-and-magnesium V8 on a steel frame with the wheelbase lengthened by 10 cm. It was shown at Monza on 10 September 1967 and then at the Turin Motor Show. Teodoro Zeccoli had won the racer's debut at Fléron on 12 March. ### Wind-tunnel bodywork Ferrari records that the 246 SP's low bonnet came from his wind-tunnel tests. After the Portello project passed to him, Autodelta developed the Tipo 33's mid-mounted two-litre V8 on the factory H-frame of aeronautical type. ### Racer made roadworthy The 33 Stradale kept the Tipo 33 V8, in aluminium and magnesium alloys with dry-sump lubrication. The changes for the road were a steel frame and a wheelbase 10 cm longer than the racer's. ### Works team off-site Auto Delta was founded away from Portello so racing work could move without the production plant. After Alfa Romeo bought the firm in 1965 he remained general manager at Settimo Milanese. The stations 1. 1952–1957 Alfa Romeo Engineer, experimental department 2. 1957–1961 Ferrari Chief engineer 3. 1962–1963 ATS Chief designer 4. 1963–1984 Autodelta Co-founder, then general manager 5. 1984–1994 Motori Moderni Co-founder The house [![Alfa Romeo](https://hiconium.dev/images/marques/full/alfaromeo.svg)](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/alfaromeo) Credited through Autodelta. In the register ## One file carries this name - [Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale Technical lead · Autodelta 1967–1969 €12M 1967–1969 €12M Rating 99.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/alfaromeo/33-stradale) The files above are the register's own record of this name. [The people index](https://hiconium.dev/people) holds everyone the register credits. 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