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

["Paul Bayly" <thebaylys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why would you fit a "V6 into an Alfetta Coupe" when Alfa already did it for
you and called it a GTV6  ???

Beatle
Oz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>
To: "'Dean'" <tessiedog@domain.elided>; "'alf digest'"
<alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [alfa] V6 Alfetta sedan for sale


> 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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