[Fot] GT6+ engine in a TR4

Andrew Packard apackard68 at att.net
Sun Feb 19 22:32:04 MST 2017


Hi FOT'ers

We lowered the GT6+ engine with TR6 tranny into the TR4 this weekend, quickly discovering the steering rack position needing to go forward and the need for an engine mount solution.  I turned to Tony Vigliotti at Rat-co for advice and provided pics to him.  I'm looking forward to his response and guidance as Tony has always been extremely generous with his time and advice.  

I also wanted to reach out to this group to understand if anyone had made this swap and what their solution was for the fitting issues.  I'm thinking we could just weld in an added cross member and move the steering rack mounts forward by attaching to this new piece.  For the engine mounts, I have no idea what the stock mounts are in a TR4 so I don't know if fabrication or stock parts solutions are needed to secure the engine.  Any specific examples of your solutions are appreciated. Please remember this is a 24 hours of Lemons project and we are looking for an extremely cheap and DIY solution.  

Andy Packard
Bay Area CA


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