Re: [alfa] V6 Engine swaps

["Brett Frymire" <brett.frymire@xxxxxxxx>]

How about a Porsche 944?  There are people putting a chevy v8 in them, and
the V6 might make a better balanced car.  And the transaxle will handle quit
a bit of HP, especially if it is the Turbo.



> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:55:23 -0500
> From: Brad Porter <zarda124@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] V6 Engine swaps
>
> 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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