At 05:23 pm 4/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Paul Burr wrote:
>>
>> To all you fans of american v-8 power in little brittish cars, this web
>> site is a must see: http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
>> This quy is putting a full house 5.0 w/ 5-speed in a TR6! and it's not a
>> hack and shoe horn job. Make sure to click on the thumbnails to see the
>> full size photo's. The details, like the motor mount, alt. bracket, and
>> lower pulley are worth the trip. The 2 Edlebrock 4 bls. and Gt40 heads
>> are a nice touch, too!
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>Uh, does anything seem peculiar about the fan in the view of the ready
>to be installed engine? For instance, the fan is shown installed
>backwards.
>
You are correct; the TR6 guy is going to have a problem. The late model
302's normally use a flat ribbed belt and the water pump and fan run in
the opposite direction to the old 302, 289 or 260. It looks like this guy
is using the late model reverse fan with a V belt that will run it backwards.
Not only that; but if he is using the late model (reverse) water pump his fancy
setup will self distruct very quickly due to over heating. If he is has the
normal direction early model water pump then he will only have air
flow problems.
Jim Barrett TigerII 351C and others
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