Will you two cut the crap please!
Reading this thread is like watching a train crash. I can't look away, but I don't like what I see either.
I read this BB because I enjoy it, but this thread is p!$$ing me off! Especially now it's resorted to infantile self-aggrandising and name calling.
Phil, it's his car. He can do what he likes and you can't stop him, so leave him to it. It's as simple as that.
FMD (I don't know your real name) it's your car so do what you like with it.
You seem to understand that you're in the realm of Alfa enthusiasts and experts alike, and therefore many of them will have strong opinions when it comes to anything Alfa.
Don't take those opinions personally. But DO expect brickbats when you start telling them that you're going to take a car the love and transform it into a boy-racer.
I am by no means an originality fanatic. Originality nazi's would hate my car. I love mods. I do mods - within justifiable reason.
I would love to take one of my 105's and drop in a hot-modded TS engine and go mechanically nuts a la’ the Alfaholics car.
Admittedly though, some of your ideas are ludicrous... Metallic Ochre???
Crikey!
Pimp-my-Alfa!! - Did you find a stash of something else left over from the Sixties hidden in that car?
But then... Oh boy, another red 105 - woohoo, yippee, oh wait... *
yawn*.
British Racing Green - You’re not inspiring me here!
Swapping a 1750 motor for a 2000 - umm... pointless! Mate, I don’t care what your experts tell you. I'm an expert too, and I'm telling you the engine swap is a waste of time and money, period!
Despite appearances to the contrary, I don't
fully agree with Phil's point of view. I have completely different motivations.
I think James offers the voice of reason. In whatever form, it's certainly preferable that another car find it's way back from the Abyss rather than down it.
I'm looking at the engine swap question from a practical point of view, and it doesn't make sense to me.
Now, if you said you were dropping in a 2L TS lump from a Alfa 75 I could understand the nett benefit and power gains versus the effort and the cost, and I would actually say go for it and direct you to some resources to help you out! Send me the plans afterwards so I can avoid some mistakes when I get around to the same job.
As for the paint, you already know that I like that colour. Throw a set of Momo Vega’s on and I LOVE that colour! But colour is a matter of personal choice, and I can understand that you don’t like it.
I agree with you on one point FMD - it's your car, and it's your time and money. From experience, I can say you'll need a good supply of both. hehe.
As for the spreadsheet, the most obvious thing you’ve missed with that is the
delete key. My one and only tip would be to ditch it. Project manager or not, if you try to estimate what this will cost you you'll be wrong. If you count what it costs you by the time you finish (time, effort and money wise), you'll cry. This is an Alfa, you can forget logic - they don't mix!
These are just my opinions; I am entitled to them just as much as you are to yours. I won't try to talk you out of your plans. I am just offering my feedback as you asked.
Generally you seem to take criticism well and (recent name calling excepted) generally you seem to respond diplomatically.
I hope you will sit down and re-think at least some of your ideas over a few weeks before you proceed.
Criticism aside, I personally wish you best of luck with your project and hope it turns out well. I'm sure you will be happy with the result. However I’m also sure this won’t end here. Be prepared for much more... umm...
advice from other BB members
Cheers,
-Col-
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