>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 93 14:19:52 PDT
>From: marrone@optilink.com (Frank Marrone)
>To: british-cars@autox.team.net
>Subject: Tiger motor swap
>I have a '64 Sunbeam Tiger with a worn out 260CI engine. Rather than
>rebuild the 260 I would like to install a later model 289CI engine.
>Besides the obvious increase in displacement the later 289s' are much
>more plentiful and the method used to guide the push rods is improved.
>All 260CI Ford small blocks have a 5 bolt bellhousing while most 289s'
>have the 6 bolt pattern which was introduced in early 1965.
I was recently at a collector car auction and watched with great interest the
biding on a Tiger with a 302. It didn't sell. I tracked down the owner
afterwards for a "market status update." He said that collectors want 260s. If
you want more power there are lots of things you can do to a 260. Of course you
have to figure out how to get more power to the ground :-).
Then again, resale doesn't matter if you couldn't bring yourself to part with it
anyway.
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