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Re: possible engine swap for TR6

To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
From: Ed McGuirk <emcguirk@optonline.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:54:27 -0400
I stand corrected.

I always get fascinated by high tech parts made out of unobtainium.

Ed McGuirk

At 11:06 AM 6/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:44:18 EDT
>From: DANMAS@aol.com
>Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
>
>Let me say this about that:
>
>A brand new 375 HP Ford 302 will cost you about $4,000, complete, and weighs
>35 pounds LESS than the stock TR6 engine.
>
>A Ford 302 with a T5 transmission weighs about 50 pounds less than a TR6
>engine with an OD tranny.
>
>A Ford 302 is smaller than the BOP/Rover engine, and only weighs about 60
>pounds more.
>
>375 HP from a BOP/Rover will cost an arm, a leg, and a small portion of your
>torso.

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