Re: alfa-digest V9 #451

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that I've read that the rear 
Alfetta 4-cylinder brakes and those of the later GTV-6/Milano were the 
same. Only the front brakes were upgraded in the V-6. No, the rear V-6 
factory brakes are not vented.

I still think the original poster would be better off starting with a 
GTV-6 and take bits from the 4-cylinder car and put them on the V-6 car 
rather than vice-versa. It would be less work, and end up being a 
better car. I mean, he has to change the engine, drive shaft, most of 
the instruments, he needs the hood from a V-6 car as the rakish slope 
of the 4-cylinder will not clear the V-6's intake plenum on top of the 
engine, and who knows how many other engineering workarounds he'll have 
to come up with. If he wants a car that looks like a 4-cylinder but has 
the guts of the six cylinder, trim-out a GTV-6 to look like the 4 
cylinder GTV Alfetta, not upgrade the 4-cylinder to a V-6. Just my 
opinion, you understand.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0S



On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 09:32 PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:55:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Paul Witek <pwitek@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Milano engine into Alfetta
>
> > I don't think there's any difference between the 4-cylinder Alfetta's
> > rear suspension and the Milano's..
> Yeah, but I'd still grab the Milano stuff.  Swapping out the front 
> suspension gets you the bigger brakes of the V6 cars (plus the bolt-on 
> caster arms instead of riveted on), and swapping out the rear parts 
> will give you rotors with the same bolt pattern as the front.  (I 
> can't remember if the rear brakes are bigger, too - maybe the V6 rear 
> rotors vented as opposed to solid discs for the Alfetta?)
>
> The speedo sender will be a bit of an issue, as I recall there is a 
> distinct difference between the Milano and GTV6 parts.
>
>
> - - Paul Witek
> (CBA - Currently Between Alfas)
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