you will be better off with a hgt as the base, you will already have the better brakes and suspension then.
I had thought of this Dave but to be honest the spec of them isnt that much of an improvement, a magazine article i have of when they first came out only lists, stiffer suspension (so a Apex kit would do same) a thicker anti roll bar (available on ebay if needed) and vented front brakes which the alfa has so would be trying to swap them
oh and forget resale you will never get back the time n money
Time shouldnt be much and as spares is now my job again it shouldnt be much BUT im severely put off by lack of interest, if i was doing this into a Cinq in the cinq and sei section theyre would be 10 people jumping in and showing interest as you know
what you are proposing would basically never get insurance approval would be frowned upon by dvla as you are changing the engine hence taxation class necessitating a full iva check
the days of nailing a large engine in an old shed are gone if you want to stay legal
thats how it is and i was a firm follower of blydstein
1) Wrong, easily insurable with 10+ companies
2) Wrong, engine number and cc would be the onyl thing DVLA would need to be informed of
3) if you think that youve clearly never strayed from this section of the forum and especially not onto other forums
I doubt that changing the engine alone would bring on an IVA. Can't see any reason whatsoever that it would not get specialist insurance (run it by them?). I think, though, that it would need a cat -- doesn't it go by car, rather than engine? Mk2 is Euro 4, but you can't even get a Cinq through a MOT sans cat.
As above it wouldnt, A cat is easily doable, remember the 156 makes 144ish standard so even transplanting the lot it would be a substantial gain
AFAIK, the HGT did use an Alfa box (the same one the 500 Abarth is still using) -- same box as 155, etc. from memory.
I'd check it out and go for it. Lots of bitter old women in the Mk2 Punto section, but you really can't post in the Cinq/Sei section.
You know thats second time even seen someone say that, but no mention of wether its the same box as my 156, i can get a HGT box but its done 106k and out a write off and not worth the £100 hes asking looking at the state of the rest of the bits, mine has done 85k and is a sweet slick changing box with no crunches or owt
And yes i very much agree unforutunately
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We have fully declared 1.4 Cinqs in the "other place". I agree about the decat.
The IVA is essentially a points system (as to whether you need one or not) -- if it does need an IVA (unlikely, but maybe best asked on Piston Heads) cost is the only "real" issue, and a "real" insurer will probably discount anything that has an IVA (it's a kit car, innit?).
But yes, it should be declared, above board, and legal.
Really, it's just an HGV with a different cylinder head.
It wouldnt need an IVA, i litterally would be changig engine and box and making the brakes and suspension upto spec using OEM parts, if i was to custom suspension aall round and custom brakes all round and make it 4 wheel drive out of a 156 crosswagon then yes it would, but tbh why would i do that to a mk2 punto
Thankyou for all help so far Dave and fingers :devil:
Wayne