[Fot] IMSA TR8 lost a conrod

[Ted Schumacher]

A more cost effective positive liner location method is to pin the liner 
to the block.  Ted

On 10/19/2016 8:52 AM, Duncan Charlton wrote:
> 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 
>> <mailto: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
>> 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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