- 1. To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Elswick <sos@kymtnnet.org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:52:20 -0500
- Anyone out there with opinions on the pros and cons of a V6 engine/transmission swap vs. a TR6 "stroker" upgrade on a Mk III GT6 engine, please let me hear from you. I want a 140 HP engine upgrade on
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00311.html (7,394 bytes)
- 2. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Holbrook <rolling_rock_12@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:37:48 -0800 (PST)
- == -Mark Holbrook /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00314.html (7,826 bytes)
- 3. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: <rtgetzinger@scif.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 8:25:52 PST
- The choice of originality vs swap is yours. I like my original '74 but it was a lot of work and chasing parts to do it original. It leaks just a bit, it's underpowered, it's reliable, nice specimen
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00317.html (7,938 bytes)
- 4. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:57:53 -0500
- You guys ever drive a MGB-C with the 6 cyclinder, it will not get out of it's own way, the engine is just to heavy for the car, no matter how big of a motor or how much H.P. you are only going to go
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00318.html (7,446 bytes)
- 5. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: <rtgetzinger@scif.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 8:48:59 PST
- Absolutely agree. If one was to put in a higher horsepower engine with more torque and expect to apply all that it had through the spit differential and axle system, crunch. Kinda like that spit on e
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00319.html (7,715 bytes)
- 6. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:39:08 -0800 (PST)
- Larry, Rod, et al, I believe that what makes most swaps difficult is not the big things; what motor, trans, etc., but rather the 'details'; wiring, plumbing, maintenance clearance, noise and vibratio
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00320.html (9,303 bytes)
- 7. Re: To swap or not to swap (score: 1)
- Author: "WILLIAM R GINGERICH" <wrgingerich@email.msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:07:07 -0600
- Greetings, Fellow Listers! I've been following this thread, and since I'm starting to plan the restoration of my '71 GT6, I have a question. I, too, am hoping to build the engine to the 130-140 hp ra
- /html/spitfires/2001-11/msg00321.html (8,133 bytes)
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