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1. Re: Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: mjb (Mark Bradakis); Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 13:31:57 -0700; Lowering the engine may be more difficult that you realize. In a GT6 the motor is already resting on the steering rack at the front, where the bonnet clearance trouble exists. If you redesign the ent; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00196.html (6,946 bytes)
2. Re: Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: Geronimo x54903 page 951-3432 <GENDIMEN@T12SYS.intel.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 13:02:50 PST; mjb Just as a matter of curiosity (since I'm a GT6 owner who wishes he had a covertible) wouldn't it be easier to put a Spit body on a GT6 chassis? Does a Spit body pretty much bolt on to the GT6 fr; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00198.html (7,359 bytes)
3. Re: Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:44:16 PST; to get it low enough to fit under a Spitfire hood you also might want to remove the front crossmember. I have dents in the hood of my gt6 from hose clamps being put on with the screw on the upper si; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00200.html (7,171 bytes)
4. Re: Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:52:55 PST; It will bolt on BUT........ The reason Triumph didn't do this isn't because they couldn't see the market opportunity. It is because the whole spitfire frame only weighs about 110 lbs and it will not; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00201.html (7,407 bytes)
5. Re: Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: rkg@XamenEk.ateq.com (Richard George); Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 14:09:38 PST; You can't lower the engine in its present position very much because the rack is mounted immediately below the engine block up front (in a GT6...). The only way to do this effectively is to move the; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00202.html (8,156 bytes)
6. Spit/GT6 conversion (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 92 13:11:04 -0500; The problem is the increase in torque. Personally, I don't think the change from a 1.5 liter to a 2.0 liter 6 is going to cause that much trouble. I am further considering stroking the GT6 2 liter to; /html/british-cars/1992-03/msg00216.html (7,719 bytes)

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