Actually Tim that's a Ford 2.8 V-6. Don't go the 2.6 route or you will have
big trouble finding parts. If you are interested check out the Installing a
2.8 V6 tech tips on TJ Higgins' Sunbeam Alpine page (don't remember the web
site right now. Search for Sunbeam Alpine 59-68). I bought a kit to do mine
from Joe Rodrigues. If you want to save money, unless you already have a
2.6, you might want to look into going the 1725 route. No engine swap is
cheap. All depends what you want. I don't know anything about the Toyota
engine, though it does sound interesting. I'll have to wait and check out
Tim's :-)
At any rate, it's all fun!
Welcome, and don't forget to "Come back Shane!" Sorry, had to...
Tim Beloney
VAR Development Manager
Wyse Technology
www.wyse.com
tbeloney(at)wyse.com <mailto:tbeloney(at)wyse.com>
510.749.9432 (phone)
510.714.2067 (cell/pgr)
-----Original Message-----
From: tim vb-o'brien [mailto:vbob(at)primenet.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 1999 8:02 PM
To: shane
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
Subject: Re: A newbie who just bought a Alpine
Shane, glad to see you here...
Oil coolers - standard...
Interior parts.. Not cheap. Sunbeam Specialties or Classic
Sunbeam...
Depends on where you are.. both are classy organizations
with Rick and Curt
(even if he did drive up the price of those tiger rings)
both being well
respected and knowledgable about the cars.
Sunbeam Specialties - Campbell CA - 408-371-1642
Classic Sunbeam - Ossining NY - 914-941-8673
Before you put down interior parts.. make sure you have good
metal in the
pans and rockers. Put down something like POR15 to stabilize
the rust.
As far as putting a ford engine in a Sunbeam, never been
done before.
*L*
There are a number of us thinking about transplants... if
you're gonna do
the work, put something in it that will be reliable and have
enough HP for
you to go go go . My choice du jour is a Toyota 22R mated to
a toyota truck
5 speed. Others will advocate Ford 2.6 V6's.
There may be people on the list who have 'spare' 1725's
around for you to
purchase cheap. Ask and who knows.
Welcome..
tim
shane wrote:
> Hey gang,
> Finally got my Alpine yesterday. Boy is it great to
finally have an
> Alpine. By the numbers, it should be a Series
V.(B395001459) Shouldn't
> it have the small pinstars on the front fenders or was
this something
> added to later? I've been on this list for 2 months
reading about
> Alpines and I've got a couple of questions. First, the PO
left this car
> out in the weather with no top and everything is pretty
well rusted
> inside, question is, where is the best place to look for
some interior
> parts? Second question, the engine is a 1725. PO said
the thing threw
> a rod or something and he stopped driving it. Weel, it's
locked up(hard
> as a rock, breaker bar wouldn't do anything, so, I was
wondering if
> anyone has ever installed a 2300 Ford 4 cylinder in an
Alpine? Yes, I
> know how some of you feel about changing the engine, but,
I'm on a
> limited budget, and I was very happy to save enough money
to get
> it(drove 300 miles one way to get it!) I'm also needing
a grill and
> the headlight rings. Would anyone be interested in the
1725 and
> trans.? Oh, by the way, did Alpines come with oil
coolers? This car
> has one that is disconnected. Well, thats all.
> Thanks for any help in advance. Glad to be finally on the
LIST!
>
> Shane Midgley
> '66 Series V
> B395001459
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