It's an "Alfa Six", a large executive saloon from the late seventies
and the first Alfa (as far as I can tell) to use the 2.5 Liter, 12-
valve V-6. It's of interest in the context of this discussion in that
it was NOT an Alfetta. IOW, it had the transmission and flywheel/
clutch mounted traditionally to the front-mounted engine rather than
in the rear of the car (like the later Alfetta sixes) making it easier
to adapt the V-6 to other projects such as the one that the OP has in
mind. This car was never imported into the USA and the European
critics (like the British magazine "Motor") hated it because it used
six single-barrel Del Orto carburetors instead of the later Bosch L-
Jetronic FI and apparently was hard to start, had lousy throttle
response, and as an extra bonus, got lousy fuel economy. Also, it
seems that it was nigh impossible to keep the carbs sync'd. In 1983,
Alfa did a facelift of the "Six" and finally replaced the troublesome
Del Ortos with L-Jetronic.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Richard C. Wagner wrote:
Hi Gang:
Perhaps I missed something reading the Digest yesterday, but could
someone please throw me a bone? What's an Alfa Sei?
Rich Wagner
Montrose, CO, USA
'82 GTV6 --
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