What about the 4.0 litre Jeep with a 5 speed?
>From: "Lino Baggio" <lino.baggio@idxcorporation.ca>
>Reply-To: "Lino Baggio" <lino.baggio@idxcorporation.ca>
>To: "'Gary Fluke'" <res0s0t7@verizon.net>, "'TR6 list'"
><6pack@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Heart (engine) transplants
>Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:14:31 -0500
>
>I've owned Datsun products (240Z's) for almost 20 years, and have been
>driving an '85 BMW 535i as a daily driver for the last 5 - both vehicles
>have tremendous inline 6's. I bring this up because several years ago,
>our local Datsun Club (Ontario Z Car) had a show and shine at a London
>(Ontario) Nissan dealer. A gentleman with a TR6 showed up, parked his
>car in line with the other Datsuns and opened the hood. A few of us
>worked our way over to him, mainly to ask him to move his car to the
>spectator area as it was a Datsun show after all - until we looked in
>the engine compartment. He had transplanted a 280Z inline 6, with
>triple webbers and the 5 speed. He claims that the car performed
>unbelievably - excellent power and reliability that the cast iron TR6
>motor / transmission could never dream of having. The conversion was
>very straight forward with minimal fabricating as the architecture of
>both power plants is similar. I'm looking forward to following this
>thread and seeing the different and interesting power plants - hopefully
>with photos.
>
>Cheers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of Gary Fluke
>Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:33 AM
>To: TR6 list
>Subject: Re: Heart (engine) transplants
>
>
>Sean,
>
>I love my TR's straight six, but the BMW six is my favorite six of all.
>A friend of mine has an M3 and it is, of course, very powerful and
>fabulous sounding at high revs. What a great idea you have. Road &
>Track has scale drawings of the cars and their drivetrains as part of
>their road test panels. If you need a copy of one covering the 3-Series
>I could scan one and send it to you. At least you'd have a side view
>from which you could get some rough dimensions. What part of the
>country are you in? I only ask because if you did put a BMW six in a TR
>I, for one, would beg for a ride!
>
>Gary
>CF10801U
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: oconse01 <oconse01@gettysburg.edu>
>To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 6:06 PM
>Subject: Heart (engine) transplants
>
>
> > Anyone have any experience slotting another inline 6 engine into a
> > TR6?
>i.e. BMW engine etc...is this a possibility (taking into account a
>budget and any other restrictions)
> > Thanks
> > Sean
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