Found a 'sports car salvage' yard yesterday, and was appalled to find he'd just crushed all his Fiats last week. However, he does have at least four engines on the shelf. They are on the second tier of the pallet rack, so I couldn't see them up close yet. Two have the water neck through the front engine cover like my '78 does, the others don't. One without the water neck was marked '1800'. How can I identify these engines to pick out a spare?
He said he has a few transmissions, but they are Bravas. Are these useful to me? Thanks!
Engine identification
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maytag
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Re: Engine identification
to my knowledge, ALL TC's that were ever available in our cars came with the water neck through the front, between the cam gears. Early cars had a single straight outlet, where later cars had a bolted-on "T" splitter.
I've heard that the 2L have (7) bolts holding the intake manifold, where the other cars have 6.
you could take this chart with you:
http://www.mirafiori.com/id/tableeng.html
And I would be mildly interested in a good 2L block & bottom-end, if it were cheap, cheap, cheap.
I've heard that the 2L have (7) bolts holding the intake manifold, where the other cars have 6.
you could take this chart with you:
http://www.mirafiori.com/id/tableeng.html
And I would be mildly interested in a good 2L block & bottom-end, if it were cheap, cheap, cheap.
I'm no Boy-Racer..... but if I can't take every on-ramp at TWICE the posted limit.... I'm a total failure!