RE: 2.0 V6

["Glenn Wasserman" <glennwa@domain.elided>]

I would think that would be even harder than a 3.0 or 2.5 conversion, since the turbo has additional plumbing. In fact, the low hoodline of the Spider is a problem for the V6 conversion due to the intake manifold height.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Keith Strini [mailto:keith.strini@domain.elided] 
	Sent: Thu 5/9/2002 3:28 PM 
	To: George Graves; alfa@domain.elided 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: 2.0 V6
	
	

	On 5/9/02 3:02 PM, "George Graves" <gmgraves@domain.elided> wrote:
	
	> on 5/9/02 11:07 AM, alfa-digest at owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided wrote:
	>
	>> Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 08:33:58 -0400
	>> From: "John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>
	>> Subject: Re: 2.0 V6
	>>
	>> George Graves, responding to a further comment on the 2.0 V6 Turbo, writes
	>> that ""The 2 liter V-6 just has a shorter stroke, I believe. Same weight,
	>> size, etc." as the 2.5. Small quibble, a shorter stroke AND smaller bore, 80
	>> x
	>> 66.2 mm against the 88 x 68.3 of the 2.5 and the 93 x 72.6 of the
	>> three-liter.
	>> Pretty close to the bore/stroke ratio of the 116 Giulietta 1.3 (80 x 67.5)
	>> and
	>> the 78 x 67.5 of the Junior version of real GTA.
	>>
	>> Not meant as nit-picking, just adding data in the spirit of more-is-better,
	>> which it is in some things.
	>>
	>> Cheers
	>>
	>> John H.
	>
	> Thanks for the info. I've never seen specs on the engine, I was just going
	> by what I remembered reading once.  My point was that while the little Mazda
	> V-6 is a tiny jewel of an engine, the 2.0 liter version of the Alfa V-6 was
	> the same block as the 2.5/3.0 liter version. One thing that I always
	> wondered: the Mazda engine was universally praised when it showed up in the
	> MX-3 coupe. Why did Mazda not drop it into the Miata? Now THAT would have
	> been a car! Opinions, anyone?
	
	
	Could not the same be said about dropping the 2.0 V6 turbo Alfa engine into
	a spider?
	
	Keith Strini
	
	
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