Alfa Romeo and Ferrari have an extended historical past of working collectively, going again to Enzo Ferrari racing for the Alfa squad within the Nineteen Twenties. So, it solely is smart for somebody to drop a Ferrari 360 engine right into a basic 2000 GT Veloce. It positive wasn’t a simple undertaking.
This builder, an Aussie named Jeff, began with a rusty 1973 Alfa Romeo that wanted new physique panels behind the B-pillar. Over the course of 4 years, he did all of the work to create this wild machine.
Getting the engine was truly one of many simpler components of the construct. He discovered this one from an unique automotive wrecker in Adelaide, Australia, so no mint 360s had been sacrificed within the undertaking construct course of. Apparently, it is cheaper to purchase a Tipo F131 3.6-liter V8 than to make intensive modifications to the unique 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.
Becoming the Ferrari V8 into the Alfa’s engine bay was a much more important problem. The powerplant is not for much longer than the unique four-cylinder, however it’s wider and taller. Jeff says there’s solely a couple of centimeter of clearance in lots of areas. He has a customized metal hood with a clear part within the center to point out all of it off.
Now, you would possibly suppose that he’d use a Ferrari gearbox, however as a result of this can be a front-engine utility of the usually mid-mounted V-8, Jeff needed to get inventive. The transmission is out of a Subaru BRZ, a gearbox that usually has to deal with lower than 250 horsepower and 200 pound-feet of torque. The Ferrari engine makes 395 horsepower and 275 pound-feet inventory, which is excess of Subaru put into the BRZ. That mentioned, modified BRZs aren’t making information for blowing gearboxes left and proper, so possibly it’s going to be all proper. Jeff figures it is making round 300 hp on the wheels, a wholesome improve over the unique four-cylinder producing 130 hp on the crank.
The very best half? Jeff plans to make use of this automotive as a each day driver. It even has air con and cruise management, so it is prepped for the job. He dealt with all of the upholstery, together with stitching the seats and door panels in a striped sample impressed by the basic Ferrari Daytona. This factor seems magnificent.
Sadly, we do not get to listen to the engine run on this video, however it ought to sound incredible. The powerplant encompasses a flat-plane crankshaft, 5 valves per cylinder, and a pair of camshafts for every financial institution of cylinders. Peak energy arrives at 8,500 rpm, so the mill can actually scream.
