07-02-2007, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by FMD159
what about then engine though I was thinking of going 2000 as opposed to 1750....from originality perspective its not good but there really isn't much difference visually apart from the mechanical capacity which you cannot see, between the two engines...you could sell it as a 1750...majiority would not know the difference...!
Do you see the benefit of going to the 2000.....? I was told from an engineering colleague whom has been working and racing Alfa for 40+ years that the 2000 provides more torque and would be better suited as a daily drive......what do you think?
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The real question is that you have a really nice car that you are obviously going to a lot of trouble with. What do you want the car to be when you've finished? To keep it original will greatly increase it's value as a working piece of history. To make it a competitive race car will increase its value. To do a bit of both will make it neither.
If you change the engine then most likely when you come to sell such a nice car it will go to someone who knows these cars so you can't pass it off as original when it isn't.
My opinion is that for a daily driver a 1.8 engine is good enough for 90% of situations (ask yourself how many times you will be over 5,000rpm). A rebuilt and mildly tweaked 1.8 with tuned webers and cams will be equal to a standard 2.0. (This advice is from me that wants to put a 3.2 V6 GTA engine into a 105 but I would find a junk car to do it in and not ruin a nice one.)
Of course if it is going to be your car for a long time then to heck with the next owner and put in a nice twin spark 2000 and keep the original engine so the next owner can play with it. What do you want the car to be?
Good luck with it and keep us posted.
Last edited by AndrewO; 07-02-2007 at 02:10 PM.
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