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RE: engine swaps

To: List Spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: engine swaps
From: Davies William-qswi646 <QSWI646@email.mot.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:43:53 +0100
> I was always wary of the slant engine from Triumph until I 
> got one in good
> nick, finally died of old age the head came off without too 
> much trouble, I
> think a lot of the bad stories stem from the DPO syndrome of 
> "I've had cars
> for years and only ever put water in them during the summer, 
> and sometimes a
> bit of anti freeze of a winter". The head problem only seems 
> to occur if the
> things overheat drastically, and this is usually caused by the insides
> getting furred up due to lack of corrosion inhibitor!

I remember reading recently in Club Triumph's magazine that Triumph changed
the specification for the slant-4's head bolts, going from Grade 5 to Grade
8 (I think) at some point during production, as they were stretching in
service. I've always been aware of the marginal cooling system accusations
levelled at these cars, but this was a new one to me.

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