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Zamani wrote:Is the main problem only the liners not being stable due to the fact that they are removable and open deck at the top? Epoxy? The rods can be fixed without too much expense. What about the crank? Too wobbly? Why? By design and construction? main bearing caps not sturdy enough?
Liners move, blocks flex. Crank not such a problem - big and heavy compared to some of the stuff out there.
You can of course go the Jim Steck/Alfaholics method to sort the liner movement, but gets spendy quickly.
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I cant believe what i have just seen...Evo, whats happenend mate, is everything ok over there..? Did someone steal your alfa engine..and you had no choice..?
Why, oh why! :shock: :lol:
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GarthW wrote:I cant believe what i have just seen...Evo, whats happenend mate, is everything ok over there..? Did someone steal your alfa engine..and you had no choice..?
Why, oh why! :shock: :lol:
Talking to me? 8)

I said I thought about it, didn't say I did it. Race regs call for an Alfa engine in an Alfa body (or silhoutte resembling an Alfa, with severe weight penalty) so the Evo engine was really never a choise. Also, with the brittle drivetrain of the Alfetta you need a really bad engine. :shock: :lol:

I also have the 155 Q4 (almost same as 16v Integrale) engine laying around the garage, didn't use that due to the fantastic cost involved with the rebuild and the just mentioned fact that the gearbox would shit itself before even coming close to the potential of the engine. Hell, I even didn't use the 75 TS engine due to that fact...
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Sorry Mats, i think he means me... :oops:

Cheap horsepower and as a testbed for the front gearbox build. that are the two most important reasons to build it with the'wrong' engine. :wink:

Maybe someday an Alfa engine will get back in it. But for now this is a cheap way to have a lot of fun with it. :twisted:
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Giuliettaevo2 wrote:Sorry Mats, i think he means me... :oops:
Yeah, that makes more sense.. 8) :wink:
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Going back to vette trany swap take a look at this
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... &start=240

Hell it this can be done on volvo 340... than it has to be doable on a gtv6!
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Hardly any changes to the floor at all... 8) :lol:
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why?!?!?! ther was not a more attractive body in the junkyard?
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Regarding the transaxle to front, Alfalfa actually used a front ZF on the Alfa 75 (V6 2.5 Ltr), It's the same I have in my '89 Monsterati Biturbo. I have a good spare if anyone's interested. Low miles of course.

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Good find QreteiP :D

Rad one. I think it's more to do with power to weight of a small body.
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brookstroutr wrote:Regarding the transaxle to front, Alfalfa actually used a front ZF on the Alfa 75 (V6 2.5 Ltr), It's the same I have in my '89 Monsterati Biturbo. I have a good spare if anyone's interested. Low miles of course.

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Alfa used a ZF dogleg in the Alfa Sei. That is indeed quite similar to the Maserati Biturbo one. But the bellhousing is different on the Maserati box and that is a very hard part to get from a Sei... :(

But if someone really wants it i have one spare (the bellhousing and clutch fork that is)... :wink:
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[quote="MD"]
Rad one. [quote]

Like it MD! but I prefer 'O' Rad one.... :lol:
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