Both true statements, but I recall the late John Hertzman telling me that he had an Alfa Sei differential lying around from an unfinished project. Does anyone know what became of his parts collection after his passing? I also know there was at least one complete Alfa Sei in the USA ten years ago (w/ Tom Zat), and enough of them have donated their transmissions to V6 conversions of 105/115 cars that there must be a few orphaned differentials out there somehwere.
-Joe On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:54 PM, George Graves <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Idea. Now, to FIND one. My understanding is that they were never sold > here in the States and are rare, even in Europe. > > George Graves > '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S' > > > > > On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Joe Elliott wrote: > >>>> One problem that I suspect you will run into, Frank, is the !...@#$%^&* >>>> Alfetta shift mechanism. Unless you use one from a Milano, it's damn >>>> near useless. >>> >>> >>> My late-evening musings on this subject have led me to the notion of >>> using a pre-'75 4-cylinder engine with attached transmission, and the >>> DeDion setup from an Alfetta or other 116 car with an aftermarket center >>> section/diff, maybe something from Quaife. This would require the design >>> and construction of a structure to provide the necessary mounting points >>> and to ensure their stability, and one would lose the benefits of having >>> the mass of the gearbox at the rear. I think it would be easier to >>> compensate for that than to duplicate the mindlessly slick gearchchange >>> of the older Alfa tranny using the 116 transaxle. Although I am aware >>> that the Milano's shift action is the best of all the 116 cars, it >>> remains the one thing I actively dislike about the my example. >> >> >> An Alfa Sei driveshaft and differential, no? >> >> -Joe >> -- >> to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >> or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
