All, a friend is looking at building a kit with the alfa v6, 3.0 24v jobbie. what pros and cons does this have? is it easy to convert to RWD?

To me it seems like a cheap way to 220bhp as std or more with a decent system/injection etc.

Anyone else using one? Oh they do sound great too

Pro's... They sound great! Good power and so smooth.
Con's... Electrics are iffy. Prob' a bit heavy for a 7.

Don't know what 'box you'd be able to use. Probably needs an adapter plate.

The 2.4 I had in my 156 had 190bhp but felt like a lot more when driving it. I pulled away from a police VolvoT5 (with blue lights on) with ease once on the M6; He was after a Merc doing 100+ and I needed to get out of his way (1st+2nd lanes full of trucks). Once I was clear of the trucks I moved over and slowed and he came alongside, put his thumb up and went.

adrian

The unfinished project I bought has one (but an 8v) & I've seen one in a 7 on here. There's also a regular on here with one in his "plastic car" & he made the bellhousing for both his & mine to fit it on a Ford type 9 gearbox. I remember reading somewhere about it being a bit hit & miss whether the crank will be machined to take a pilot bearing as the Fwd cars dont need one.

Pro's : sound noise bark

as for cons: it's a bit big, a bit heavy.

not as high as you may think on power but these are a torquey motor which makes for some nice acceleration.

...it's all relative though as there are some that refuse to move away from the driven path (excuse the pun).

Personally I think it would be wicked in a seven, it's more work and meand breaking from the mould.

but remember ba11s to the wall driving isn't everything and you could enjoy the exhaust not for the other 90% of the time

Steve

The later ones are 220bhp, so with aftermarket injectors it should be a cheap/reliable 250bhp and weigh less than a pinto

He's looking at what kits it will fit in unless anyone has any ideas.

the motors are very reliable, its just the electrics that play up however in a kit thats not really the issue.

John Moore (jonmoore() has one in his Viento I believe and loves it big time!

I have an even bigger anchor and but love that just as much - the exhaust orchestra and the torque make even pootling a joy...

You could consider a Duratec V6 which might prove a little cheaper and easier to mate up to a RWD. Mine is the ST200 which gives a healthy 230bhp (with an aftermarket ECU) and bags of torque.

He looked at them but they don't sound the same!

im building one using the 12v engine,bit less power but all same fitting problems ,this is quite easy to wire up with a complete engine /ecu loom ,later ones are fly by wire like most cars nowadays bit more involved but the information is available on the stratos forum,i am using a bmw box,smaller and cheaper than a ford,there is no inline alfa box,the75 had the transaxle which i put in my last conversion,call for more info or for a look,forgot ,fits in haynes chassis easy .weighs simillar to pinto all alloy block and heads phil 01254382963

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He's looking at what kits it will fit in

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There is a guy on here putting one in a Dax Rush. Not sure on his name but have a look at his build site (alfadax.com)

From what I'm told the 24v are a bit more fragile than the 12v

I've pointed my mate in that direction.

Think he's going to look for a unfinished dax as they're bloody expensive new!