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Re: V8s/ Alternative powerplants

To: Scott Davis <ssdavis1@ews.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: V8s/ Alternative powerplants
From: Scott McGibney <mcgibney@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 20:01:16 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Action Associates
References: <3.0.1.32.19980130134817.00ad7cd0@ews.uiuc.edu>
Scott

sorry to be the bearer of sad tidings but ... the GT6 diff is, for all intents 
and purposes, the same as 
the one in the Spit - and thus pretty much at its limit at slightly over a 
hundred horses. I'd be 
interested in any background info you've found on the Supra retrofit. I will 
refer you in turn to the 
often mentioned Grasroots Motorsport magazine rotary Spit project - the Mazda 
rear end fits with a doable 
amount of machining & welding  ... and I've already got that 12B (still in my 
beater racer tho')

Scott Mc

Scott Davis wrote:

>         I would argue that the 12B or the 4A-GE are better alternatives.
> Handling, weight, reliability.  Or if you feel like starting at 250+hp, go
> 3S-GTE (2 liter turbo'd motor).  These are all small motors......
> 
>         Differentials are the parts that i have yet to figure out...  Either I
> will put in a GT6 diffy to handle the extra torque, or try to retorfit a
> Supra IRS/LSD unit.
> 
> Scott

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