GTV2000 engine swap

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Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 02/04/2003 12:30:15 AM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:27:20 EST
> From: JohnHuntD@domain.elided
> Subject: GTV2000 engine swap
> 
> 1) Does anybody out there know how much a '73-74 GTV2000 f.i. engine weighs 
> with all engine-mounted accessories but not including fluids?
> 
> 2) At the risk of outraging all self-respecting Alfisti, has anybody 
> successfully swapped into a GTV2000 without butchering it a 
> larger-displacement (i.e. 3.0 - 4.0 liters) all-aluminum engine from either 
> some other Alfa or another manufacturer? 
> 
> I love the looks and handling of my '73 GTV2000, but it is sorely lacking 
> in 
> the 'go-power' department. A respected local Alfa mechanic did a 
> compression 
> test and test-drove it, and concluded it is a "good-running Alfa" as 
> opposed 
> to having a sick engine. 
> 
> I'm told with the usual hop-up modifications the power can be boosted to 
> about 160 HP, but that power is only achieved at very high revs. I'm more 
> interested in increasing power in my daily-driving engine speeds of 
> off-idle 
> to 3-4,000 RPM. 
> 
> I'm not keen on turbocharging, and I've not heard of a supercharging kit 
> for 
> a GTV2000. I've done engine swaps off and on for 40 years in American and 
> British iron, and I'm wondering what the alternatives are for installing an 
> engine with substantially  more displacement but light enough to not upset 
> the Alfa's weight balance and making it a nose-heavy beast. Somebody out 
> there has bound to have done it and lived to tell about it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> John Doak in Baltimore, MD
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