It may be sleeves, but what would rather worry me is the mixture of A and B
in one engine as that obviously means different bores as well. Factory was
supposed to have put sleeves in engines when the casting turned out to be
porous. Kinda "B" quality engines, but that doesn't say its not up to the
job.
Gernot
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> From: Andrew Mace[SMTP:amace@unix2.nysed.gov]
> Reply To: Andrew Mace
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 3:25 AM
> To: Jeff Nathanson
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR6 cylinder sleeves?
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Jeff Nathanson wrote:
>
> >
> > Fellow Triumphants,
> >
> > I just removed the cylinder head off of my '72 TR6. To my
> surprise,
> > I saw
> > cylinder sleeves in all 6 bores. Is this standard, or did some
> > previous owner
> > do this?
>
> On a '72, what you might be seeing in the cylinder bores are not sleeves
> at all, but simply a recess in the very top of the cylinder wall -- a
> feature of the later, low-compression U.S.-spec. Triumph Spitfire, GT6
> and TR6 engines.
>
> --Andy
>
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