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Re: GT6 with TR6 engine

To: Sam Gentry <hsgentry@cfw.com>
Subject: Re: GT6 with TR6 engine
From: "H. Schoonhoff" <8gees@wxs.nl>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 19:08:57 +0200
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <199805040135.TAA16676@triumph.cs.utah.edu>
I would still like to know what the origin of  that sump is...   Anyone any
idea??

Thanks,

Huib

Sam Gentry wrote:

> I have a question for the collective wisdom of the list....
>
> My 72 GT6 has a TR6 block.  I had thought it had a complete TR6 engine,
> however, in talking to a LBC mechanic and looking at the engine,  the pan
> does not seem to be deep enough for the TR6 crank.  The pan is funny anyway
> since the drain plug is on the right, not the left side.  Every GT6 I have
> seen had the plug on the left, more or less under the filter.
>
> This is the only GT6 I have driven in more than 25 years, but it has a
> great deal of torque and power.  I was certainly convinced that it had a
> larger engine, but now I am wondering.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sam




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