my 1984 Alfa Romeo spider

by the way.. sorry,,its just alfa romeo

Alfaromeoguy said:

What are we looking at here? I thought it was some sort of injector at first...but the hold down and modification has me confused. Thanks for posting your progress; I enjoy this build! 

oem  ford speedo, cut a section off to make it fit in a very tight tunnel.., then epoxied a penny to the open top. perect fit.. and it works.. and new tunnel

just coolent lines  2 fuel lines... and wiring left  i am keeping the engine ecu separate harness from the car harness

Nice solution on the speed sensor! 

thanks it took a few trys to get it right..but nice to have a pick and pull around

new uprated  rear rotors  oem is 10.2 solid disk.. new set are 12.19 inch vented.. the rotors are waxed to prevent rust from forming, untill i mount them   

there is a video on youtube... 2.2ecotec conversion on alfa romeo spider...... have no idea how to load the video here...the valve cover will be painted flat black

rear brake hat and 12.19 inch vented rotor..oem brake disk, i cut and sanded away to shape..not perfect....do some more finishing in a week or so

rebuilt and cleaned the front suspension.. add two 13 mm spacer between the lower A arm mount and the body shell

getting oem fuel tank ready for the new ford fuel pump and sender.. cut section out of the tank,, removed the centre riser.. cleaned the area to be welded... then i will clean the welds.. solder the area to seal the tank.. need to get donor section from dead ford

also got one trailing arm ( rear ) ready for qa1 coil over adjustable, and front and rear sperical bearings to keep the rear end supple,, no binding

Alfaromeoguy said:

rebuilt and cleaned the front suspension.. add two 13 mm spacer between the lower A arm mount and the body shell

Why? They have enough issues with front end geometry as it is!

qa1 / jegs  duel adjustables are on the front of the car.. had to modify the bushes to fit, i have new rotors..will install later

In reply to Gammaboy :

i will be using a speedway motors  upper a arm,, can get diff top ball joints to adjust 

Alfaromeoguy said:

How noticeable is the rise and fall of the shift knob between gears with that setup? My car is going to need a similar offset and I'm afraid it's going to end up feeling weird to shift.

kinda cheated.. the tubes are 2.25 o.d.. i used 2.25 i.d. slip tubes to make the  connections easier to weld up, welding butt to butt,,,can be hard to make clean welds, i dont have a shop so i make due with what i have . i can slip the exhaust tube in and rotate it to fit better, esp, the curved sections under the car. will remake the header part closer to the flange later on

In reply to obsolete :

i dont notice it at all, come to hand well.. 5 th gear is an easier reach

fuel tank work    

I miss my Alfa. I had to get my fuel tank restored, but I was too chicken to do it myself. I love your build.