Alfa Power (Engine conversion)

Jon Weywadt · August 15, 2011, 07:29:17 AM

Quote from: matramurena on August 14, 2011, 12:11:49 PM
After four years this is how far I am with my conversion..
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The end is in sight now...

Wow!

What a beautiful job. Easily worth waiting 4 years for.

RazorbackNOR · August 15, 2011, 10:29:36 AM

Quote from: Jon Weywadt on August 15, 2011, 07:29:17 AM
Quote from: matramurena on August 14, 2011, 12:11:49 PM
After four years this is how far I am with my conversion..
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The end is in sight now...

Wow! What a beautiful job. Easily worth waiting 4 years for.

Indeed very beautiful! Unusual carpet thou....(haven't seen that orginal at least....)

matramurena · August 15, 2011, 07:15:38 PM

It ain't a carpet, but nylon flocking over the bare steel. Looks good with the colour of my car and it won't curl up anymore, so the isolation-tape at the bottom of the rear windws can be removed.

RazorbackNOR · August 15, 2011, 09:28:39 PM

Smart idea.

How are your plans on moving to Norway coming along?

matramurena · August 15, 2011, 09:38:42 PM

We are going to Norway end of September.... For a holiday only unfortunately......

As far as cars concerned we have everything settled. The Murena can be imported for a small amount (even with the V6) and our Avantime which has now just 5000 km on the clock is a 10 year old car concerned to toll so it is importable. (still cost a shitload of money, but so does a second-hand car in Norway)

Our last problem is selling our house. We give it some time, but we have a price we need to move to Norway that gets a little lower every month. As soon as anyone want to buy our house for this or lower we'll be gone! Can't wait to leave extually..

Hilsen,

Martijn

RazorbackNOR · August 15, 2011, 09:54:16 PM

Actually I was partying with a dutch guy this weekend, intern at my friends work, driving a Land Rover. He loves being in Norway, as he can use the 4wd now and then.

uberprutser · May 03, 2013, 09:06:10 PM

For various reasons this project has been slumbering the past year.
But recently work resumed and the first results are here. The engine is running

Not in the car but in a test setup. It took some time to setup but in the long run it will probably save a lot of time getting in and out of the trunk of the car.
There are quite a few things to sort out but I'm pretty happy with this result so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6LCg_4baE&feature=youtu.be

My test rig

Oil spill because someone forgot to tighten the oilcooler lines.

matramurena · July 08, 2013, 06:35:44 PM

Mine's driving now! Finally.....

I am still testing it and are being very careful to see that everything is working fine. So I haven't fully tested the engine yet, but I can tell you that it is fast! It drives smooth as only a v6 will do and the power comes in at very low revs already...

Cheers,
Martijn