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Re: [Fot] GT6 vs TR6 blocks - interchangeability?

To: Scott Janzen <sjanzen@me.com> pqA/O9vK1P8QEdfd+A3rKclJeswfi1nIuIpCtsaKBlpzc1xDBGv2bQHKsUonsqn56YSZBfCVkf0RRQ==
Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 vs TR6 blocks - interchangeability?
From: Allen Washatko via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:05:51 -0600
Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
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Paeco Racing is closing and selling their inventory at 50%. They have blocks 
and heads for Triumphâ??s.

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> On Jan 29, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Scott Janzen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I am rebuilding my street TR6.  I need to replace the block - itâ??s 
> sleeved, bored 30 over, and needs another bore, and I would rather just start 
> over as itâ??s not original to the car anyway.  Itâ??s a later block with the 
> horizontal reinforcement cast into the manifold side, and the car is a 1970.
> 
> I have another block, allegedly from a GT6, has a KD number indicating GT6, 
> but it has the concave/convex â??blowoutsâ?? on the manifold side to clear a 
> TR6 crank, which none of my other GT6 blocks have.  Itâ??s also 25 lb heavier 
> than a GT6 block, and has notches at the bottom of the piston bores to clear 
> the con rods, which Iâ??m pretty sure the GT6 blocks donâ??t have (though I 
> donâ??t have a GT6 engine apart and apparently my memory is not that good).
> 
> So, hereâ??s the question - can I use this for the TR6 - is it the same block 
> where at some point the factory used them interchangeably?
> 
> Or, do I need to find another block?
> 
> Scott Janzen
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