I have had a look and it is clear than I can get 50-100% more power from the little twin cam pretty cheaply. Vick Auto is in my home town and they offer cams, pistons, headwork etc. For $3500 I can "build" my 2 liter to get close to 200 hp. The downfall of that set-up will be the nature of a small displacement high output carb'ed engine. For close to the same money I can put in an 24 valve V6 with a bit more HP, loads more torque, a great sound and stock factory FI from Bosch. I just wanted to know if I should go straight for the displacement. The only real downside to the swap up to the 6 seems to be the weight, and that it will be a longer process than just slapping cams(with uprated springs to support them). pistons, and some sort of carbs. I could do ITB fuel injection instead of carbs for about $1k more on the 2 liter, but I would still be missing that torque.
I have found a 24v Alfa for sale. Price is good, now I am trying to figure out how good or bad this example is (how complete and how worn out).
I will get to know the car with the little 4. Maybe I will like it enough to keep it. It looks like almost 200 lbs of weight come on board to upgrade the motor. Adding weight and HP is not always a good thing. My truck has lots of power but is not much fun to drive...