Just looked at an Alfa

[DrEntropy]

'74 Spider, two "spare" 2L engines, a trans, body rot but not as bad as the one I'm drivin'... Really rough shape tho. Painted a silver of some description, pranged front valence, spare wheel well rotted out. Floors replaced with sheetmetal. Gave it a pass. Too many other projects.

 

[tony barnhill]

You know, Doc, I find myself doing the same thing more & motre...passing on cars I once would've bought.....guess we're getting old.

 

[DrEntropy]

Oh so true, Colonel.

If it'd been a GTV I may have been more enthusiastic.

 

[TRDejaVu]

Since receiving the BAT e-mails, I keep spending more time reading about the Alfas. Am I coming down with something?

 

[jessebogan]

Not necessarily "older" but more experienced. ( Read that "smarter!!")

 

[DrEntropy]

"Don't ~BUY~ work!" :wink:

I *did* suggest to th' kid I was well experienced with 'em and if he'd want to get it back on th' road, I'd be fair with my rate...

 

[billspohn]

Yo, Doc - ever give thought to how well a nice Alfa 2 litre would propel an MGB.......

 

[DrEntropy]

<span style="font-size: 17pt">STOP THAT THIS INSTANT, BILL!!!</span>


<span style="font-size: 8pt">...and "yes" I HAVE contemplated it. </span>

Luckily, the Alfa pan is just too wide and too deep for it to fit without re-engineering the crossmember. I ain't even tempted.


much.

 

[kennypinkerton]

Yeah, but a GTV6 in a spider would be nice too.

 

[billspohn]

Luckily, the Alfa pan is just too wide and too deep for it to fit without re-engineering the crossmember. I ain't even tempted.

1 - I had to cut and weld the crossmember of my MGA to fit the 3.4 - no big deal if you do it right.

2 - the other approach is to toss that nice il pan and make up a steel pan that fits. Lower oil cpacity, but what do you care - oil coolers were meant for that.

I could put you onto the guy that machined my upper plenum - he could take off all that Italian stuff on the front of the cover and cut a nice MG in an octagon for you.....

I have personal experience with how those engines work - some of the guys I raced against ran nice stockish looking Giulietta Sprints - with 2000 cc engines. One notable SOB had a twin plug head on his!

No wonder it took so much effort to beat them......

 

[DrEntropy]

I'd want to keep all the cast alloy stuff. It's too elegant to discard. As for the performance aspect, I've had to start putting a mental dollar sign on th' Spider tach at around 4K RPM lately just out of economic necessity. I'd have to be nutso to stuff a two-leeter Alfa mill into the MG...
tho I ~do~ have a "spare" one sittin' here on a dolly in front of the Elan... :shocked:

 

[William]

<span style="font-size: 17pt">STOP THAT THIS INSTANT, BILL!!!</span>


<span style="font-size: 8pt">...and "yes" I HAVE contemplated it. </span>

Luckily, the Alfa pan is just too wide and too deep for it to fit without re-engineering the crossmember. I ain't even tempted.


much.

Our old car guru is-or was at one point-putting a Zetec into an MGB GT. Same shop sold Birkins, so he knows the engines inside out, so I can imagine it'll go like the proverbial shovel borne materiel when finished.

-Wm.

 

[hottvr]

Recently pulled this out of a 78 Spider I bought for its Weber set up. What to do with it?
Rick

 

[Steve]

Those engines really are things of beauty, aren't they?

 

[Guest]

Recently pulled this out of a 78 Spider I bought for its Weber set up. What to do with it?
Rick

Coffee table base?
Shine it up, glass top...

 

[DrEntropy]

OOohhh... th' blanking plate is there too!

 

[hottvr]

Good eye Doc. Keepin' it there until I make something to replace it.
End table came to mind, but PO rebuilt it and it has no miles after the rebuild.
Anyone ever make a 2 person cocktail out of 2 wire wheels, the axels and a piece of glass?
Rick

 

[DrEntropy]

Was it run in? IOW: Are you confident of the rebuild? It looks kinda grotty for just bein' gone thru. :shocked:

 

[MtnDriver]

Well, you're doing the same thing that I'm doing with the motor out of my B: holding a dolly firmly to the Earth. (Can't have those dollies just floating around, can we?) Don't worry, though... with your luck an engineless orphan Spyder will be left on your doorstep in the dead of night.

Tim

 

[DrEntropy]

Oh, GREAT... 'nother orphan Alfa.


...jus' what I need.