went and bought an engine

[countrybumpkin]

i went and bought this alf 2lt twin cam and 5 speed gearbox today

 

 

mostly compleat with pair of twin 40's, it will look lovely when its all cleaned up and fitter in my escorts engine bay and all for the small sum of £150

 

i will put a beter pic up once i unload it from my van

[Vista]

Very good Those twin cam alfa engines are cracking lumps and really produce the goods, cheap as chips too when you compare them to a BDA or Lotus twin cam.

 

Where did you get it from in the end?

[countrybumpkin]

it was in south molton but i found it advertised on ebay, it dose need a total rebuild but thats no problem as i dont like fitting untested engines

[countrybumpkin]

i took some better phots of my new engine and box today, such a nice looking lump

 

 

[Copey]

cool, what power are you hoping for? and how hard does it look to drop in?

[countrybumpkin]

as standard its supossed to be 132 bhp but i'm hoping to get it closer to 200bhp, its length and hight are smaller than a pinto! i'll have to have a custom rad made not really a problem, the only dificult thing i can see is the gearbox is 8" shorter than a standard 4 speed so i might have to make remote linkage but its a small price to pay for a 5 speed box that i can pick up with one hand its so light

[Copey]

wow, that is light, gonna fly when its all in

[countrybumpkin]

wow, that is light, gonna fly when its all in

 

yeah the hole lot is just moving the engine arround i would s that its not a great deal heaver than a crossflow definatly nowere near as heavy as a pinto, i hope its going to fly

[Rick]

good choice its nice to see people exploring new avenues

[countrybumpkin]

good choice its nice to see people exploring new avenues

 

thanks, i dont know if its exploring new ideas more going back to proper old skool tuning

[bortaf]

Kewl

i aint seen one of them used for years

drove one in a spider sounded sweeeet

[Copey]

good choice its nice to see people exploring new avenues

 

thanks, i dont know if its exploring new ideas more going back to proper old skool tuning

 

maybe, but at least its summert different from the norm!