[Fot] IMSA TR8 lost a conrod

[Duncan Charlton]

Chris,

The top hat linered blocks are the way to go, from what I hear.  

There are new (not remanufactured) engines available from RPI in the UK (I’ve had good results using them in the past when I was rebuilding my Morgan Plus 8’s engine) and their website has some useful information on it as well.  You might check their ebay pages, although I don’t see any bare blocks for sale there at the moment.

Duncan Charlton
Elgin, Texas USA



> On Oct 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, MadMarx <tr4racing at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the input John.
>  
> Getting it from USA is always connected with high shipping cost and taxes.
>  
> This comes from England:
> http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/product.php?id=675 <http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/product.php?id=675>
>  
> Seems reasonable.
>  
> Cheers
> Chris
>  
> Von: John Styduhar [mailto:johnstydo at gmail.com] 
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 21:45
> An: MadMarx
> Cc: Triumph 'Friends of Triumph
> Betreff: Re: [Fot] IMSA TR8 lost a conrod
>  
> British Parts International makes a beefed-up alloy 4.6L block.
>  
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, MadMarx <tr4racing at googlemail.com <mailto:tr4racing at googlemail.com>> wrote:
> Yep!
> The engine is now toasted.
> Everything except the heads is rubbish now, including the block.
> Cause were a rod bolt.
> I stupid man didn't change the bolt just to make sure.
> As I never found any problem on my bolts, as I measure them every time I
> service the TR4 engine, I thought that would be the same on the TR8.
> Seems I was wrong. I gave 45 pounds on them as usual but maybe they were
> already tired.
> I had a full set of fitting ARP 2000 bolts on the shelf which I could have
> used instead of the ARP8740.
> 
> Need to start from new.
> First a new 4.6L block is needed.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Chris
> 
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