Harris wrote:
Listers,
If any of you have any experience with transplanting a GT6 engine into a
Mk 2 Spitfire, I would love to hear from you!
Some specific questions:
1--I have a '67 Spit and a '67 GT6; will all frame mounts, engine/trans
mounts, rear end, etc. bolt in to the Spitfire?
2--Is the GT6 engine just a smaller-bore version of the TR6? If so,
would induction/exhaust systems bolt on?
3--Am I crazy for doing this? (Before you answer, see my signature
line--I don't want to have to go through THAT again!)
Thanks in advance for any advice or tips!
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Harris
'59 Bugeye Sprite (Buick V6 powered!) '67 Spitfire Mk 2 (awaiting
transplant) '67 GT6 (major organ donor)
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Harris - the general consensus is that it is far easier to simply bolt the
Spitfire body onto the GT6 frame, making the relatively minor changes
necessary for clearances, etc. Otherwise, no you are not crazy, it is
something the factory should have done a LONG time ago. Jesus, can you
imagine? A Spit 6 would have been so neat, and pretty damn quick too. A
poor man's Jaguar XKE drop head coupe. (sigh) Like a lot of other mistakes
made by Triumph, they dropped the ball.
Ross D. Vincenti
64 Spitfire 4
64 Porsche 356C Coupe
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