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[Jake]

I was speaking to my mechanic, who just told me that he heard you can just drop in a Maserati V6 Twin Turbo into an Alfa GTV6. I this true ? could be, somewhere i heard alfas used to make the old maserati's, not to sure tho

[Giulietta24vTT]

Yes you can ,
you will have to make some arrangements for the flywheel and make some room for the cooling system .
In the end of the day a costum built TT alfa engine isn't less potent than the Masserati one and may be easier to fit perfectly.

[Sporttunergtv6]

yea, and why would you want to trade one head ache for another? i mean the maserati parts are prob more difficult to find than alfa gtv6 parts. i heard from someone who has driven one of the biturbos that the turbo lag is complete garbage and the car is such a dog before they spool up. it probably sounds just as nice though...

[Jake]

ahhhhh very true guys, thanx

[tectoteam]

if i remenber its a 90° ve...

so it translate to awesome headacke for eshaust, maintenance..Ect...

[Alfisto Steve]

Alfa 3.0 conversion into Biturbo Maserati coupe would make more sense. Much more room in Maserati for Alfa set up than for Maser in GTV6.

[MerrilGordon]

I've read up on those BeeeeeTurbos and came to the conclusion that they just didn't spec out as well as our transaxle cars. A well tuned Maser probably goes pretty well, but they are nose heavy, have solid front rotors, the 90 degree rough cob vee6, rear-toe changing semi-trailing arm suspension, and not as good looking as the GTV6. Add a well tuned 3.0L and the performance advantage goes away. Also, the early cars had carbs! It does have three valves per cylinder but that's about it as far as I can see.
Now I admit that having something different is always interesting, and I thought it pretty cool seeing one on the track at a club track day a few years back, but otherwise it seems like an inferior car to our Alfas. Neither a Maser engine in an Alfa or an Alfa engine in a Maserati seem to add up to me.

Merril

[Giulietta24vTT]

Merril,
I think that the author was reffering to a new age Masser 3.2TT engine that comes in the Biturbo Coupe rather than the old gen 2.2 3 valves per cyl engine that came in the less sportive salon cars.
A well built turbo 12v alfa motor could supply very good power from lowdown to 7K redline ,furthermore going single turbo on a 12v would even clear some room for A/C and power steering to the lazy ones:)

[Octopussy]

would the maserati's turbos be a resonable addition to the Alfa V6

[fastcar]

Merril,
I think that the author was reffering to a new age Masser 3.2TT engine that comes in the Biturbo Coupe rather than the old gen 2.2 3 valves per cyl engine that came in the less sportive salon cars.

I don't think so, because Jake wrote he heard about the V6 biturbos.
The 3.2 liter one is a V8 appeard the first time in 89 in the Shamal.
Anyway at the same time they launched a new generation of V6s as well with 24v and 2-3 years later a 2-liter model was capable to produce 306 HP in a Ghibli or 335 in a Ghibli Cup in the middle of 90's.
Anyway I think it's a way better to upgrade our V6s with turbos than go for a 'mule car'.