[alfa] V6 Engine swaps

[Brad Porter <zarda124@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

	It's me again... the annoying wordy guy that drops by the list once every 
year or two in the wee hours of the morning to ask questions about 
projects/ideas I'll probably never finish, let alone start, using way too 
many commas, ellipsis and run-on sentences.  I'm currently trying to 
decided what to do with the 3.0 164 motor I have.  I've got a few questions 
to help get me dreaming in the right direction.  The motor I have is from a 
'94 164 and still has the 5-speed transaxle attached.
	My first idea was to shoehorn the whole thing (engine/trans) into the back 
of a second generation MR2 (since I have a '91 MR2 turbo, and love it... 
almost as much as I love the Alfa V6).  I have the rear half of an MR2 body 
shell, which would make development of the bits and pieces needed for the 
swap easier, but initial rough measurements indicate that it would be a bit 
tight in the engine compartment.
	So now I'm thinking of using some other small rear-wheel-drive 
car.  Hmmm... the V6 Spider has already been done.  I wonder if there 
exists some other abundant, cheap and perhaps slightly more *cough* modern 
*cough* little RWD drop-top?
	I'm currently trying to figure out what to do about a transmission.  In 
the V6 Spiders that have been done (particularly ones using LS or Q 
motors), what transmissions have been used?  I'm wondering if a 4-cylinder 
trans would be able to handle 300+ horses (hey, this is my dream, and in my 
dreams all cars are turbocharged).  If I could find... oh, I don't know... 
some small car with... just making things up here... a normally aspirated 
1.8 liter and a six-speed transmission, could I expect the trans to survive 
behind an S motor, or a turbocharged S motor?  I've got friends in the 
machine shop biz, so fabrication of a custom adapter plate shouldn't be a 
problem, so long as there's nothing bizarre about this... er... 
hypothetical... six-speed.
	BTW, if you're wondering why I'm not putting this motor into a GTV6 or 
Milano, it's because my Milano is currently being fitted with the other 164 
motor I have.  I'm always open to fanciful ideas... what would you do with 
a 164 motor and trans if it were sitting on your garage floor?

	Sweet dreams,
	 -Brad Porter (new resident of Maitland, FL!)
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