It's all cool. We are not yet de-railed here. Like all families, it's ok to slap each other around a little just to see if you are awake as long as there are no rocks in those pillows we are using..
Having said that look what we have stumbled onto via our little bun fight.
I dont know anything about this gear from Corvette but I see some splendid potential. The first thing is the torque tube. Porche had it. Volvo had it. This thing has it and so should Alfa have had it cause it is THE solution to all the driveline alignments, couplings and other crapolla associated with the Alfa.
Naturally there would be engineering required behind the engine to make the tube set up work but hey, this is what I mean about re-engineering but keeping the faith. Dont expect to beat the Alfa factory at their own game without some blood and sweat but it can and has been done before.You could use a flexplate behind the engine instead of a flywheel to reduce spinning mass. OOOh Yeah.
The rest of the tranny seems like the goods having the output shafts where they belong. That could be readily modified to use inboard brakes as well without too much hassle including adaptors to mount the calipers.
If it can power a V-10 Viper, it should be up to the job for big power transaxle Alfas as well . Not something I am planning to do but there are obviuosly guys out there that do. Hopefully there are ratios that would be suitable..and six speeds SHEEEIT !!!
As for the outboard brakes, well, if they can be made to work as efficiently as the outboard units (and I know they can)then the original design for inboard application is the way to go for unsprung weight savings and better tyre tracking as we all know. I would need a strong argument to convince me to go otherwise.
Thanks guys, especially jose I for making me aware of this great find. Interesting to say the least.