Thanks, Jarrid!
We in Finland do say: "You must see the forest, not only the trees".
If I understod you right, we can get about 140 hp out of the 1725 unit
without gray hair. And it still is useable in street use, though I think
daily traffic with an overtuned Alpine (in jams) is not a sort of fun the
Alpine roadster is made for. When more power is wanted, a new engine is
rather good idea.
But let me know more about engine changes:
* Ford in-line fours, Cosworths, american Ford fours, are they lightweight
or "old"? Cosworth is modern, but is it easy to find or maybe expensive
inside EU?
* Ford V6 units are good, but are they "easy" to shoehorn into Alpine
engine bay?
* In States it could be posseble to find a Maserati V6 unit from a Citroen SM...
* New japanese alloy-V6:s, they are light, compact and effective. But, I
can not imagine myself driving a japanese stuff...
I still am "in forest" about alloy/steel pushrods. My mkIV has alloy ones,
are they original? A 1725 unit from hardtop "Alpine" from 70's has steel
ones. I have not weighted them, but the difference in weight should be 20 -
40 %, should it? Did mk V really have steel pushrods????
BY the way, a decade ago I changed the engine of my AJS motorcycle to the
unit of a 600 cc Norton twin. The result was a great "classic" tourer,
which gave to Me and my wife great tours to Britain and to the Alps.
But the work was so great that there was no sense of doing it. I am afraid
"project Alpine" allso has hidden Sisyfos inside a simple engine change...
Days are getting dark here at the Polar Circle, but you european Alpinists
should visit Scandinavia at summer, at the time of the midnight sun...
"Larry Leaflet"
"Lorenzo Pamfletti"
"Lars Broschyr"
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