I don't have the engine number on me, but I have previously confirmed that
the block is 71 TR6. There is no sign of any force having been used on the
sump. Either this engine has a 2L crank or the strange pan is from
something that fits the 2.5L crank and still fits the GT6.
Sam
At 09:32 PM 5/4/98 +0200, H. Schoonhoff wrote:
>At this moment I am investigating on swapping my Vitesse' 2L engine for a 2,5
>L. Due tot the increase in stroke you have to change the sump. You can't
put on
>the 2,5 (in my case saloon) one, because it fouls the steering rack and a
>crossmember. The advise I've got is to give my existing 2L sump a few blows
>with a hammer .....
>Your engine could be a TR6 engine with a different sump (if that's the case I
>would like to know the origin of the sump or it could be a stroked 2L engine
>with a new sump.
>If you give me hte engine number I'll find out and does the sump looks
>battered?
>
>kind to hear from you,
>
>Huib.
>
>Sam Gentry wrote:
>
>> I have a question for the collective wisdom of the list....
>>
>> My 72 GT6 has a TR6 block. I had thought it had a complete TR6 engine,
>> however, in talking to a LBC mechanic and looking at the engine, the pan
>> does not seem to be deep enough for the TR6 crank. The pan is funny anyway
>> since the drain plug is on the right, not the left side. Every GT6 I have
>> seen had the plug on the left, more or less under the filter.
>>
>> This is the only GT6 I have driven in more than 25 years, but it has a
>> great deal of torque and power. I was certainly convinced that it had a
>> larger engine, but now I am wondering.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Sam
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