Larry, Rod, et al,
I believe that what makes most swaps difficult is not
the big things; what motor, trans, etc., but rather
the 'details'; wiring, plumbing, maintenance
clearance, noise and vibration, etc. You may very well
spend more time making 'adaptors' than fitting the
drivetrain.
Since (AFAIK) the external dimensions of the Triumph
sixes is the same, you could save a lot of grief by
just fitting the TR-6 motor. Since the engineering and
production pieces for fitting the package into the
Spitfire chassis were already done for the GT6, you
can buy, rather than fabricate, whatever's needed.
Have you driven a tweaked GT6 and/or TR-6? If not,
arrange to do so, then decide.
Depends on what you want to accomplish functionally.
What would you rather be doing, driving the car, or
working on the car.
As for me, as much as I enjoy working on the car, I
prefer driving more.
Carter Shore
--- rtgetzinger@scif.com wrote:
> Larry,
> The choice of originality vs swap is yours. I like
> my original '74 but it was
> a lot of work and chasing parts to do it original.
> It leaks just a bit, it's
> underpowered, it's reliable, nice specimen of an
> original. I am starting a
> frame off rebuild and using a 2.8 v6 ford ALA the
> Schwartz example. I still
> don't know what I am getting into, just purchased a
> donor mustang yesterday.
> Frame is painted and waiting, suspension apart about
> to be painted and
> rebushed and installed. Since you already have the
> inline 6 that sounds like
> the obvious culprit unless the block or major
> components are no good. GT6
> Stroker? Sounds like a good option if that works.
> The TR6 engine was
> shoehorned in a spit and mentioned in an article in
> Spit/GT6 Magazine. The
> author's opinion was that the extra work and weight
> was not worth the effort
> of putting it in there so maybe your GT6 would be
> similar. He opined that the
> GT6 was best, at least for a spit six. Best of luck.
> Rob
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