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A more cost effective positive liner location method is to pin the liner
to the block. Ted
On 10/19/2016 8:52 AM, Duncan Charlton wrote:
> Chris,
>
> The top hat linered blocks are the way to go, from what I hear.
>
> There are new (not remanufactured) engines available from RPI in the
> UK (I?ve had good results using them in the past when I was rebuilding
> my Morgan Plus 8?s engine) and their website has some useful
> information on it as well. You might check their ebay pages, although
> I don?t see any bare blocks for sale there at the moment.
>
> Duncan Charlton
> Elgin, Texas USA
>
>
>
>> On Oct 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, MadMarx <tr4racing@googlemail.com
>>
>> Thanks for the input John.
>> Getting it from USA is always connected with high shipping cost and
>> taxes.
>> This comes from England:
>> http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/product.php?id=675
>> Seems reasonable.
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>> *Von:*John Styduhar [mailto:johnstydo@gmail.com]
>> *Gesendet:*Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 21:45
>> *An:*MadMarx
>> *Cc:*Triumph 'Friends of Triumph
>> *Betreff:*Re: [Fot] IMSA TR8 lost a conrod
>> British Parts International makes a beefed-up alloy 4.6L block.
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, MadMarx <tr4racing@googlemail.com
>> Yep!
>> The engine is now toasted.
>> Everything except the heads is rubbish now, including the block.
>> Cause were a rod bolt.
>> I stupid man didn't change the bolt just to make sure.
>> As I never found any problem on my bolts, as I measure them every time I
>> service the TR4 engine, I thought that would be the same on the TR8.
>> Seems I was wrong. I gave 45 pounds on them as usual but maybe they were
>> already tired.
>> I had a full set of fitting ARP 2000 bolts on the shelf which I could
>> have
>> used instead of the ARP8740.
>>
>> Need to start from new.
>> First a new 4.6L block is needed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A more cost effective positive liner
location method is to pin the liner to the block. Ted<br>
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Chris,
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what I hear. </div>
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</div>
<div class="">There are new (not remanufactured) engines available
from RPI in the UK (I?ve had good results using them in the past
when I was rebuilding my Morgan Plus 8?s engine) and their
website has some useful information on it as well. You might
check their ebay pages, although I don?t see any bare blocks for
sale there at the moment.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<div class="">
<div class="">Duncan Charlton</div>
<div class="">Elgin, Texas USA</div>
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<div class="">On Oct 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, MadMarx <<a
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href="mailto:tr4racing@googlemail.com";
class="">tr4racing@googlemail.com</a>>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
lang="EN-US">Thanks for the input John.<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
lang="EN-US">Getting it from USA is always connected
with high shipping cost and taxes.<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
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lang="EN-US"><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
lang="EN-US">This comes from England:<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
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lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"
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class=""></o:p></span></div>
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lang="EN-US">Seems reasonable.<o:p
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class="">Von:</span></b><span
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sans-serif;" class=""><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>John
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<b class="">Gesendet:</b><span
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18. Oktober 2016 21:45<br class="">
<b class="">An:</b><span
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<b class="">Cc:</b><span
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'Friends of Triumph<br class="">
<b class="">Betreff:</b><span
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IMSA TR8 lost a conrod<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
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<div class="">
<div class="">
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"
class="">British Parts International makes a
beefed-up alloy 4.6L block.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
</div>
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<div class="">
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
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class="">On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, MadMarx
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank" style="color: purple;
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class="">tr4racing@googlemail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"
class="">Yep!<br class="">
The engine is now toasted.<br class="">
Everything except the heads is rubbish now,
including the block.<br class="">
Cause were a rod bolt.<br class="">
I stupid man didn't change the bolt just to make
sure.<br class="">
As I never found any problem on my bolts, as I
measure them every time I<br class="">
service the TR4 engine, I thought that would be
the same on the TR8.<br class="">
Seems I was wrong. I gave 45 pounds on them as
usual but maybe they were<br class="">
already tired.<br class="">
I had a full set of fitting ARP 2000 bolts on the
shelf which I could have<br class="">
used instead of the ARP8740.<br class="">
<br class="">
Need to start from new.<br class="">
First a new 4.6L block is needed.<o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
<div class="">
<div class="">
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