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Re: spitfire / GT6 trans

To: Scions of Stanpart <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: spitfire / GT6 trans
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:30:32 -0900 (PDT)
On Thu, 28 Sep 1995 Silikal@aol.com wrote:

> I was reading this, and thought of something.  Will a GT6 gearbox bolt up
> to a Spit 1296 engine?  Is the GT6 'box stronger than a Spit 'box, and how
> strong is the TR6 'box compared to either?  I have noticed that the 
> bellhousing for the Spit is steel, while the GT6's is aluminum.

I'm not sure about input shafts and such, but the bellhousing is also 
different in configuration. Specifically, the GT6 starter is on the 
right side (Spit on left), and the slave cylinder on the GT6 is near the 
top, slightly to the right of top as I recall (Spit on left).

As to the bellhousing itself, I don't know about the GT6 (Never looked,
to be honest). Most Spitfires seem to be cast iron or whatever, as were
most Heralds (same tranny of course). The earliest Heralds were a
one-piece case, but they soon went to a separate aluminum bellhousing,
then to the cast iron. 

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