Shiny!

[SpikyMikey]

Whilst noodling about the car sales websites, I found an Alfa 156 GTA at a BMW specialists.
Is there a prettier engine this side of a Ferrari?

 

[NewbieAMG]

Artwork. Love it!

 

[SmartAmg]

Is there a prettier engine this side of a Ferrari?
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Probably not.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Even the humble 4 pot in the Spider the same company has is a bit special:

 

[Williamwoo]

Whilst noodling about the car sales websites, I found an Alfa 156 GTA at a BMW specialists.
Is there a prettier engine this side of a Ferrari?
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Not just a pretty engine either - one of the best-sounding too. (I've had a few over the years.)

 

[Stratman]

Changeing the rear plugs on the V6 doesn't look too straightforward.

I always thought the Daimler V8 hemi was a very pretty engine.

 

[ToeKnee]

Prefer a small block personally.....

 

[poormansporsche]

Prefer a small block personally.....

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I know sod all about American engines but saw a ITBd cobra once and every single bit of the engine was either chromed or polished and it was off the chart !

 

[ALFAitalia]

Whilst noodling about the car sales websites, I found an Alfa 156 GTA at a BMW specialists.
Is there a prettier engine this side of a Ferrari?
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Underneath the bonnet of my old Alfa 156 looked like that....but it was the humble (but very revvy!) 2.5 version not the 3.2 like that....looked the same though.

Edit found an old pic from when I bought her......loved that little car. It felt alive...

 

[BTB 500]

Retropower are doing a Stratos with the Alfa V6, albeit a supercharged version producing around 400 bhp:

Lancia Stratos ‘HF Volumex’

Were we to ask you to call to mind a picture of a Lancia Stratos, then there’s every chance that the image your brain would conjure up would be that of a rally car. And with this established, it’s …

retropower.co.uk

 

[SpikyMikey]

Underneath the bonnet of my old Alfa 156 looked like that....but it was the humble (but very revvy!) 2.5 version not the 3.2 like that....looked the same though.

Edit found an old pic from when I bought her......loved that little car. It felt alive...

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Always liked an Alfa
Here's the one that engine belongs to:
Alfa Romeo 156 for sale in West Sussex | James Paul Car Sales

 

[ALFAitalia]

Nice......Way too much money....but very nice.

 

[ToeKnee]

I know sod all about American engines but saw a ITBd cobra once and every single bit of the engine was either chromed or polished and it was off the chart !

The above engine was in a Cobra replica, mine actually. I built that engine early 2012 and finally got it to just under 500hp, quite useful in a car that weighed slightly over a ton

 

[Darrell]

Buddy of mine has 2 Alfa 159 Sportwagons. Both have the 3.2 engines and I think they are AWD cars.
They share the garage with his old Sud and a Integrale Evo 2.

 

[Williamwoo]

Buddy of mine has 2 Alfa 159 Sportwagons. Both have the 3.2 engines and I think they are AWD cars.
They share the garage with his old Sud and a Integrale Evo 2.

That's not the same engine though. The 3.2 in the 159 (and Brera) is actually a GM unit I think.

 

[Darrell]

That's not the same engine though. The 3.2 in the 159 (and Brera) is actually a GM unit I think.

General Motors!!

 

[ALFAitalia]

That's not the same engine though. The 3.2 in the 159 (and Brera) is actually a GM unit I think.

Yep.....3.2 GM unit.....not the legendary Busso unit. Sounds rubbish by comparison.