That's an interesting question. I think that it will work; that is to
say that the tranny can take the power, especially if we're talking
about a stock 2.5 liter unit. It's less than 25 more horsepower than a
stock 2-liter four at that engine's most powerful (154 HP for an
American market 2.5 liter six, against 130 HP for a 2-liter four).
Also, keep in mind that racing versions of the 2-liter 115 engine are
routinely tuned to give around 160 HP and the tranny's don't seem to
be a problem.
The challenge is in mating the two. While front transmission versions
of the V-6 were made, (the Alfa 6 Saloon comes to mind here), they are
rare, especially in the States where these cars were never officially
sold (due to small numbers made, I also suspect that in Europe and the
rest of the world, the bits needed to mate these engines directly with
the transmissions and the front-mounted transmissions themselves, have
long ago been cannibalized from these aging Alfas). The problem is
mating the bell housing to the engine block, and fitting a clutch and
flywheel to the V-6. It could be as simple as an adapter ring for the
bell housing (and drilling a hole in the end of the engine's crank for
the pilot shaft) or as complex as having a custom bell housing built.
I think Larry Dickman Jr. of Alfa Parts Exchange in Tracy CA has done
this (he recently installed an Alfa V6 in a late-sixties, or early
seventies vintage Bertone GTV). I don't know this for sure, but I
don't believe there is room in the back of these cars for the Alfetta
transaxle and suspension, so I suspect that his conversion uses a 115
tranny and rear end. You might want try calling him and asking how he
did it.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Feb 24, 2010, at 9:47 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Is there a simple way to connect an Alfa V-6 engine to a 115
transmission?
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