You go, boy!
Have fun and go fast! (Your way)
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Ingate" <madmax_xx@hotmail.com>
To: "6 Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: TR6 performance motor [was Possible engine swap for Tr6]
> All,
>
> I am absolutely amazed at all the "low" numbers being bounced around
for
> building a performance TR6 motor. It is one thing to pick out some
items
> from a vendors catalog, and yet another to integrate them into a
working
> system.
>
> As many of you know, I am rebuilding "Rags" into a usable
street-racer.
> Wally Hicks (who built Paul Newman's motor for the 1976 championship)
is
> building my motor. My specification is to build a strong motor that
will
> run to 7,000 rpm with 10.0:1 compression, and last 40,000 miles till
another
> rebuild. The cost (so far) is nearly $6,000 for the long-block. I
have not
> mentioned the alloy sump, harmonic dampener, alloy flywheel, headers,
DCOEs,
> dizzie, fuel pump, regulator, etc, etc, etc. I am *hoping* that it
will
> deliver 150 rwhp.
>
> Anyone who thinks they can build a performance motor by reading the
vendor's
> catalogs is nuts. If $2500 could build a reliable-and-driveable 170hp
TR6
> motor, we all would have done it years ago, and stock motors would
exist
> only in museums and concourse cars.
>
> The performance TR6 motor is expensive to build. For less money, I
could
> easily shoe-horn a GT-40 crate motor, but that is not what I am after.
I
> could also squeeze in a mild Datsun 280Z (with turbo), Toyota Supra
(with
> turbo), or E3 BMW straight-sixes. V6s don9t enter the equation. But
I am
> sticking with the Triumph donk because it has history, and I know it
well.
>
> Gawd, am I nuts? Probably. But after 10 years of planning,
reviewing, and
> interviewing owners, builders and racers, I think I am on the right
track.
>
> My $0.02. And you wont see that in any catalog.
>
> Shane Ingate in Maryland
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