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Re: Valve cover for GT6+

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net, WINDOWSEET@aol.com
Subject: Re: Valve cover for GT6+
From: iani@mail.tcp.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 06:34:01 +0000
Comments: Authenticated sender is <iani@popmail.tcp.co.uk>
Any 6 cyl Triumph rocker cover will fit, the only difference is in 
the breather outlet tubes. On some covers this is at the front, on 
others it is in the middle, so you may have to fit a longer hose to 
your emission valve.

> From:          WINDOWSEET@aol.com
> Date:          Fri, 22 Aug 1997 01:11:51 -0400 (EDT)
> To:            triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:       Valve cover for GT6+
> Reply-to:      WINDOWSEET@aol.com

> All listers;
> 
> Always wanted a polished aluminum valve cover for my GT6+. Finally have the
> money for it and they dropped it from the Vickie Brit catalog. They list one
> for the TR6 but their customer service department says that if it fit the
> GT6+ they would list it for both cars. From the articles I've read the head
> on the TR6 and GT6+ are identical except for the amount of machining that was
> done to provide the correct compression ration. That doesn't affect the valve
> train area. If the valve train is the same on both cars then the cover for
> the TR6 should fit the GT6+. Before I go ordering one for a TR6 is there
> anyone who has any experience with this issue or anyone who might know of any
> subtle differences between the two heads. I will probably order it anyway
> since I plan to replace the aging 1998cc engine with a TR6 engine sometime
> this winter. 
> 
> Greg Wolf
> 1970 GT6+ "Ian"
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> Winnipeg MB Canada
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Regards

Ian

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