"BJL" (simplifyandaddlightness)
07/21/2014 at 10:00 • Filed to: is it worth it, sunbeam, alpine
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"BJL" (simplifyandaddlightness)
07/21/2014 at 10:00 • Filed to: is it worth it, sunbeam, alpine | 2
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Well, link below. If the engine cleans up, so be it. However, it would be pretty sweet to have a turbo 4 cylinder in the car. However, nada rates the car at 19k low retail, which could kill me at the dmv. Listed for 900, but could go lower. Thoughts?
http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/4578215507…
Ilike_cougars
> BJL
07/21/2014 at 10:08 |
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Sunbeam Alpine+Ford 302 crate motor = instant win
duurtlang
> BJL
07/21/2014 at 10:14 |
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Used to have 82 hp. If the engine is dead inserting the engine from a Fiat 500 Abarth (same company nowadays, had this been a '67) would make it as powerful as the V8 version (Sunbeam Tiger) already, despite having less displacement than the original Alpine i4 engine. Great noise too! It would need some serious suspension/brake upgrade though. Fiesta ST engine sounds like a great option to me too.
If you're not keeping the orginal engine one of these small turbocharged four cylinder engines look more attractive to me than some kind of large, heavy and overpowered (for such a small car) boat anchor V8.
TotallyThatStupid
> BJL
07/21/2014 at 10:32 |
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Never loved these. I helped a friend restore one many, many years ago, and have no soft spots for them. But at that price it's absolutely worth a look. Hell, dropping in a Miata driveline would likely be not-completely-undoable.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> BJL
07/21/2014 at 11:11 |
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For $900 it's very difficult to see how it could go wrong, provided there isn't any major chassis rust and you don't mind a bit of hard graft.