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Originally Posted by Gos
Mirabeau, with hard top.red. FCG415S. Currently off road, sans engine.Alicante, Spain.I would like to contact Jon, re fitting an Alfa engine. Cheers,Gos.
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Hi Gos,
It's been a while since I was on here - you wanted to discuss the fitting of the Alfa engine. It's a bit tight but ok.
Here goes....
It is fairly straightforward in terms of engine mountings etc. the main snag is the gearbox casing fouling the n/s upper wishbone. This I had to modify by replacing a straight tube with a curved one so it curves over the top of the end of the gearbox.
The beauty of the Alfa V6 is that the gearbox is designed for the engine so you don't have to worry about adapter plates, disintegrated clutches etc. oh, and it has an intermediate driveshaft and bearing built in so you get equal (ish) length driveshafts.
Driveshafts will need to be modified for the inner cv joints
Don't forget to upgrade the brakes!
Gearshift can be cabled - the newer 3.2 V6 engined cars have cable change anyway and it would be an easy swap - mine is 3ltr 12 valve and the gearbox selector took a lot of modification to get it to work! I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you are very confident with your engineering skills: welding, machining etc.
I'm an Alfaholic and have owned a lot of these cars. I currently have a 3.2 Gt (my wife runs a 156 JTS 2.0 and I'm selling a 2.0 twin spark GTV - our poor kids!), this engine is amazing and a joy to feel and hear - what a sound! From a low rumble to a sonorous roar! If i was doing this all over again I would go for this newer engine albeit with more ecu wiring challenges than the old Motronic system which was quite simple to work with. There are specialists out there that can do this though.
I hope I haven't gone on too long but this summarises the work involved - worth it if you want that v6 torque, revs (the 3.2 pulls like a train from 800 to 7000 rpm!) and of course that sound.