RE: Re: [alfa] V6 Alfetta sedan for sale

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

I know of at least one person who bolted a V6 into an Alfetta coupe, very
little effort involved other than headers/exhaust, wiring, ecu, etc.

Some comments within:

> Happy to help but you might not want to hear what I have to
> say. Fitting the V6 was hard work, and to make it road worthy
> there will be alot of enginering to be inspected. The engine
> mounts are altered and you require a V6 radiator (which

Why don't the motor mounts work?  The mounting points on the block appear to
be the same between the 4 and the six.  If you can bolt a 6 into an Alfetta
coupe using Alfetta mounts, why wouldn't the same apply to the sedan?

> doesnt just drop in). The engine does fit under the bonet
> however I had to cut some of the bracing on the underside of
> the bonet. In order to use an alfa 90 drive line I had to
> widen the "trasmission tunnel" thus a different rear engine

What's the advantage of the Alfa 90 drive line?

> mount was required. If you want to keep the car road worthy
> you will also need to run five stud wheels and V6 Brakes.
> Nothing to hard there but they are required. Then there is

I'd disagree wrt them being required.  Certainly worth doing, but not
required, imo.  The real modification, again imo, would be to update to the
stiffer springs, torsion bars, and sway bars, so as to account for the
increased weight of the motor.

> the issue of fuel injection lines surge tanks ect ect My
> opinion is if you are going to fit a V6 fit a 3lt. A hot 2lt
> will keep up with a 2.5lt. A lot of effort and expense when

Agreed.

> you could modify your 2lt or buy an alfa 90. I have fitted a
> twin spark into a gtv and I know several others have into
> sedans. That was also a big job but not quite as hard.
> Fitting the fuel injection on the twin spark was the hardest
> part and I tried to talk the owner into fitting 45mm carbs
> and do away with the hassel. With the standard ecu there is
> little you can do to increase power. The other thing, with
> the twin spark in victoria, all we had to do to make it legal
> was change the engine number. Because it is not heavier than
> the standard 2lt bigger brakes are not required. Also there
> are know alterations that need an engineres report. Anyway
> its so hard to get mine road worthy im selling the car as a
> race car only. Also have a 24V 164 super for sale and a 1980 GTV.

Again, I know of one individual who popped a 2.5 into an Alfetta coupe in
the early 80's.  He carried over things such as headers/downpipes, engine
wiring, etc, but the rest of the mechanicals worked just fine.

???

bs
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