[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1055

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

heh.  Have to agree there!  You would basically, be making a GTV6.
Fantastic brakes on the 944, though!

Hey, what about the 914?  Mid engined, light, plenty of people make kits to
make V8 swaps, so you could get the other parts easily...

-- brett


>
> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:31:03 -0500
> From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Re: V6 Engine swaps
>
> As much as I dislike the 944's engine and respect the rest of the car, an
> engine transplant sounds like an awful lot of work to make a wannabe GTV-6
> a little more like the real thing, when you could pretty easily just go
out
> and buy a real GTV-6.
>
> - -Joe
>
> - --On Saturday, January 3, 2004 5:39 PM +0000 alfa-digest
> <owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> > 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.
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