Re: [alfa] V6 Engine swaps

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Well, the Fiero immediately comes to mind.   Very light, handles well and already a mid-engined transaxle car so the swap would probably be relatively simple (as swaps go).

If you have a penchant to go racing, I think CSR goes up to 3.0.   It's a tube frame single seater with a 'user supplied' engine.   I'd imagine it would be pretty quick.   If DSR doesn't fit then ASR certainly would.   No turbo charging allowed but ASR is primarily for former Can-Am cars which usually pack 800-1200HP in a V12 configuration and weight 1200lbs.

Like you, I'm known for crazy projects.   I have 3 of them going right now.   

-Peter

> 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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