[Fot] TR6 forged pistons wanted

[John Styduhar]

Good comments Bob.  Tullius ended up running the smaller 6 in his Group 44
TR6 and dropping down a class.  Very competitive.


On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:54 AM Robert Lang via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi - I hope you get some good offers, but the other responses I've seen so
> far are more likely to pan out: British Frame and Engine, APTFast,
> TSImported, etc.
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that has the situation, but I have
> several partial sets - .020 over, .050 over from broken engines. The .050
> overs were from a TR6 running SCCA GT3 motor - the driver broke TWO
> pistons. In theory, you can get matching pistons for those sets from the
> manufacturers, but good luck finging a job number or other info. that you
> could use to get one or two pistons cut to complete a set. Especially, if
> the pistons are 20+ years old.
>
> If you wind up getting a custom set, my advice is to spend some extra $$$
> and get 8, that way you have a couple of spares for the next engine which
> will be needed if/when you break a crank or chuck a rod.
>
> Also, seems to me you should be looking at building a GT6 engine - it is
> much more forgiving if you want to spin the engine fast, like more than
> 6000. Going for huge power is over-rated unless you just want to spend a
> lot of $$$.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Lang
>
> On Monday, August 26, 2019, 11:17:50 PM EDT, Michael Zbarsky via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Anyone have a set kicking around they’d part with? Or suggestions on where
> to source them?
>
> Thanks, Mike Z
> Triumph 2000 race car (in need of engine)
>
>
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