[Fot] Early Block

[M&M Hado]

Joe,

You may have gotten your answer already but there were no cam bearings prior
to TS8997E which is about at the start of TR3 production.  TR2's did not
have cam bearings and , therefore, no securing screws in the side of the
block.  Your block TS1362E is clearly an early TR2 block.

I have seen heads with and without the bridge machined in the casting so I
think it is not significant one way or the other.  It seems to be more of a
stiffener than anything.

Mike


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From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe Alexander via
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:27 PM
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Subject: [Fot] Early Block

Kas and All.

Sean was stripping a block and noticed that there were no Cam Bearing
Retainer Hardware. And the center web bridged the width of the block and was
machined.
> 
> TS1362E

Clearly, running design changes for a reason. Any insights on this?