Thanks for the reply. It is a '64 TR4 and we haven't test fitted the engine
yet (just got it yesterday). We'll be on the look out for the issue you have
pointed out. Hopefully the engineers in our team can find a solution! (I'm
finance and marketing with some wrenching skills!)
Andy
On Jan 8, 2017, at 6:03 AM, Yellow04 wrote:
> Is the car a TR4 or a TR4A? I bought an early TR4 that some previous owner
> decided to put a TR6 engine in, what a hack job. The quality of the job is
> summed up by the fact they welded in the cross tube, the bit that spans the
> top of the spring turrets, the bit you remove when pulling the engine!
> Anyway, my point is the TR6 oil pan was too far forward for the steering
> rack. Or maybe it was the whole front crossmember, I don't remember. No
> problem, they just cut what was in the way and sort of reattached it further
> forward. Can you say "bump steer"???
>
> I don't know how different a GT6 oil pan is, but I would certainly do some
> test fitting of the engine to the chassis before getting too into the
> project!
>
> Obviously, you are in the clear if it's a TR4A...
>
> Good luck!
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2017 12:18 AM, "Andrew Packard via Fot" <fot at autox.team.net
>>
>> Hello from Bay Area:
>>
>> We have finally restarted our TR4 24 hours of Lemons race car
>> project. Initially we were going to use a rotary drive train from an RX7,
>> but
>> have since abandoned that and returned to a Triumph drive train. Thanks to
>> Jeff Durant, we now have a GT6+ engine.
>
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