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That it does, however, the 24v is lower geared to compensate for the different torque characteristics and also it revs to over 7000rpm, the scream of these engines at high revs is insane. These are long-lived engines if treated correctly and 12v's as you said, are getting rare and even to rebuild o...

Hi Fedezyl, I am still on the 727, at least for now. I fully expect to be out of work any day now as my airline is parking it's entire fleet. However, at least I passed my recurrent training so I am safe to fly for another year! Hopefully I can get another job as a pilot. Good luck in you training,...

Go for the 24v, you can pick up complete cars for less then £1000, and transfer the whole drive-train & fuel injection over. That's true Bruce, but the 12 valve produces it's torque lower down the rev range and comparatively it's a lot cheaper to build/fix/maintain than the 24 valve. I was righ...

Alfa engines from the Giulia and Alfetta platform cars. 8) Ah, so are you saying that I won't do the install?? - Ok then, hypothetically speaking - I have been offered a 12 valve drivechain from a 75. Are there any particular types I should be looking for or asking? Cheers Darren Well, as you now h...

What kind of gearbox do you plan to use? is the engine longitudinaly or transverse placed? If it's transverse placed you'll probably want to use a fwd gearbox. a 75/Milano is not a good idea then since it is rear wheel drive and doesn't come with a good flywheel for your needs... You need a complet...

Mats wrote:Alfa engines from the Giulia and Alfetta platform cars.

Ah, so are you saying that I won't do the install??

- Ok then, hypothetically speaking - I have been offered a 12 valve drivechain from a 75. Are there any particular types I should be looking for or asking?

Cheers

Darren

After all, t's JK's main reference material. How could you go wrong? :D I'm thinking that a Nord or TS will never find it's way in there so probably Guy Crofts book (s?) are better in this instance. Hi Mats Sorry, I don't follow you? What are Nords or TSs? I have Guy's book already and used it for ...

I am stuck in my annual recurrent training at work. It's five intense days that don't allow me much time for forums or anything else. I am attaching the bibliography from my book. The first 18 items are NACA reports. Numbers 22,23, and 24 can be found in most book stores, I suggest starting with Pa...

Lancianut69 right now so need to do some research.reading and any recommendations for material would be greatfully received. ..mate, just to help you along.. I been thinking you are getting stressed out with all this high tech thinking and if you keep this up you could just blow a fuse or something...

Something to note with Greg's blower installations is that he has room (not much!) to put the blower on one side of the engine. He then uses piping to get the air where he wants it. (this gives lots of options about how you want things to work) That MGB link I pointed you to takes a different aproa...

Think of it this way; the intake tract I showed in that picture is no more complex than it would be with either a turbo or centrifugal supercharger using an air to air intercooler. It's just not a problem. I just don't have time to go over all the pros and cons of the various throttle positions rig...

In the picture I posted the throttle body is located before the supercharger. This particular setup goes air filter, throttle body, supercharger, intercooler, intake plenum. More often I leave the throttle where it is and go air filter, supercharger, intercooler, throttle body, plenum. There are ad...

Bruce wrote:I was going to suggest a Thema 16v turbo engine which will give you easily 300hp but those are getting quite rare now!

Hi Bruce,

You're not kidding! And it's not a straightforward install. Has been done though. This is Ken Haven's car from the States.

Cheers

Darren

Another way to think of the manifold thing is this....the supercharger (or turbo) is a compressor and compressed air is a little bit less sensitive to imperfections in the inlet manifold. The manifold for the carburator is actually a little big for the engine when you use a supercharger (or turbo)....

Perhaps the weights are closer than I think, but having moved them around in the shop, it seems to me the Alfa V6 is quite a bit heavier than the Fiat 4cyl. I have not weighed them, so I could be wrong. With all things equal, a supercharged Alfa 12 valve V6 will put out more power than a supercharg...