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TR6 / GT6 pistons

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Subject: TR6 / GT6 pistons
From: Richard Smith <richard@mole.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 23:08:58 -0600
Michael Bayrock writes:
>BTW, have you tried looking at TR6 pistons?  My understanding is that
>    the TR6 and GT6 engines are *almost* identical, and the only difference
>    between the early models is that the TR6 was stroked to get the extra
>    500cc.  Later GT6 engines also had differences in the head which makes
>    intake manifold swapping impossible.

No way!
The TR6 piston will never give you a measurable compression in a GT6 bore -
the gudgeon pin (you call them wrist pin?) is too far up on the 2500
piston, so that piston on a 2000 crank will stop about half an inch from
the top of the bore! (try decking the block to cure *that* one!)

Richard Smith (richard@mole.demon.co.uk)

R.G. Smith Automobile Engineering, Triumph & Alvis specialist
Tel: (+44) 729 823051, Fax: (+44) 729 824092
e-mail: triumph@mole.demon.co.uk




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