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Biba:

I think they used a TS155 8V head on a TS75 block. A guy called alfa-of-course and I started another thread to explore the technical differences of mating the two. There are a couple of really minor things to do for that. It's a slightly better head design, but one would have to go with a full-on FI changeout - MS or GoTech, etc.

My plan is to run my TS stock until it needs a rebuild. It was an easy transplant and I'm enjoying it. At the time I need to rebuild, I would do a whole bunch of performance mods to it while it is appart, along with programmable FI. And that being the case, I might as well source a TS155 head to do it to. With all those mods I'm sure 180+ hp could be had, and I don't really need more than that. I realize that I could probably do that with the TS75 and not bother with a 155. Since I'm not there yet, I'll explore that when I get there. I'm just so intrigued about having the last Alfa head.

Now the topic of the Fiat based engine, I'm not as dissappointed as some are with the change. In Alfa terms yes, but when it comes to putting a non-Italian engine in an Italian car, I am quite disappointed. It's nice to read about all the challenges one must do, and the skill of these people that are posting their progress is top notch. It's just that if I saw the car at a car show, I would glance inside the engine bay and just walk off to the next car. That sort of makes all the effort seem futile.

So, for all that effort, I would way prefer to put that Alfa/Fiat engine in an Alfa. There would be quite some machine work to turn a FWD engine back around and mate a gearbox to it, but look at all the work that those guys are doing to put Honda and Chevy engines in.

I've dreamt of putting the FWD 4V Fiat/Alfa engine into an X1/9. That would be fun. Someone here in the Bay Area has done it with an Acura FWD engine, so it shouldn't be any harder. Putting one in a Lancia Scorpion (Montecarlo) would be awesome too.