scott.barr@mccarty-law.com wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> I don't know if any of our brethren and (?) sistern who run Spits with
> transplanted GT6 engines have made the great leap over to the Spitfires list,
> but I'm curious about the success of the transplant.
>
> I very nearly tried it with my last GT6 (a red '71; KF0247, I think) which ran
> like a champ, but had not a stitch of decent metal left on it. I had a really
> nice Spitfire tub and thought seriously about making the swap. In the end, I
> decided not to compromise the originality of the car on the theory that
>"they're
> not makin' 'em any more". I bought my '72 and handed the '71 off to a person
> with the tools/skills necessary to do the body work and resurrect it.
>
> But the curiosity remains. Does anyone on this list run such a beast or know
> one? Does it end up terribly front-heavy? How is the handling? Performance?
>
> Scott Barr
> scott.barr@mccarty-law.com
> 72 GT6
Scott,
I am pretty sure that Barry came over with the split, and he
can tell you his experience. From my experience, the transistion
is pretty painless. IMHO the best way is to put the Spit tub
on the GT6 frame. This gives the best of both worlds. If you
transplant the GT6 engine into the Spit, there is a lot of work
to do to make it handle properly. Such as swapping over most of
the GT6 front suspension and brakes, and it would be nice to have
the GT6 rear suspension as well.
Cheers,
--
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com
'73 Spitfire 1500
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