[Nobbc] Big Engines in TRs

[Greg Tatarian]

Hi Bill, Frank, Tom and John,
Re-named this thread so we don't hijack John's Oyster Run...
I wasn't thinking of reliability so much as ridiculous and outrageous 
fun - much like the Spridget with the Jag engine. One of our members, 
Jerry Kehoe, who hasn't been on drives in awhile, stuck a BMW V12 in his 
vintage Formula 3000 race car, which he stretched and essentially turned 
into a Formula 1 car. Off came all of the ancilliaries, on went a racing 
fuel pump and custom injectors and throttle bodies. Of course, Jerry had 
many more mods to do for the engine to work in that application, but 
looking at the length of the TR6 engine bay and the size of the BMW V12 
engine had me thinking that such a conversion would be possible, and 
would definitely be interesting to drive and to look at. Particularly 
with big velocity stacks poking out of the hood!
Of course, at that point the car would need lots of driveline massaging 
to make it stay together - the engine would probably be the most 
reliable of all of the components.
Just thought it might be fun to pop the hood at a car show - two inline 
6's with the same weight!
Cheers,
Greg


On 3/17/2010 2:34 PM, William Shoemaker wrote:
> The BMW in line 6 is one of their most reliable engines..had a 3.5 
> liter in my 735 il..ran like a top with plenty of power. I would avoid 
> the V12 too!
>
> Bill Shoemaker
> Jag XJ6's
>
> Greg Tatarian wrote:
>> Ditto, John, but I'm still pondering how to fit a BMW V12 engine into 
>> a TR6. Should be plenty of room, and the all aluminum motor is about 
>> the same weight. A strong gearbox is essential then!
>>
>> Greg Tatarian