[alfa] Re: sports sedan

[Joe Elliott <jelliott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:47 AM +0000 6/28/04, alfa-digest wrote:
> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:50:23 EST
> From: tessiedog@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] sports sedan
>
> Ok, now before you ask I am not drunk.
> I would like any info or web sites dedicated to alfetta gtv sports sedans.
> I am thinking of putting the gearbox up front with a quad cam V8 
> (probably jap yuck). The cutting of the tansmission tunnel and 
> engine/gearbox fitting isnt the problem its what to do with the back 
> end of the car. Any suggestions would be helpfull.
> Cheers,
> Dean

I think that problem could be solved easily enough with the rear end 
from an Alfa 6: 
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jee/junk/cutaways/alfa6(car)rear_end.jpg

On the other hand, when some people in New York (I can't say whether 
or not they were drunk) crammed a quad cam V8 in a GTV-6 
(http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/jee/junk/other/GTV8.jpeg), they 
retained the transaxle layout, and I'm not sure why you wouldn't want 
to, given that a V8 in the nose will probably weigh a lot more than 
the 4 and throw off the weight distribution even without shifting the 
gearbox forward.

-Joe
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