Hi FOT'ers
We lowered the GT6+ engine with TR6 tranny into the TR4 this weekend, quickly
discovering the steering rack position needing to go forward and the need for
an engine mount solution. I turned to Tony Vigliotti at Rat-co for advice and
provided pics to him. I'm looking forward to his response and guidance as Tony
has always been extremely generous with his time and advice.
I also wanted to reach out to this group to understand if anyone had made this
swap and what their solution was for the fitting issues. I'm thinking we could
just weld in an added cross member and move the steering rack mounts forward by
attaching to this new piece. For the engine mounts, I have no idea what the
stock mounts are in a TR4 so I don't know if fabrication or stock parts
solutions are needed to secure the engine. Any specific examples of your
solutions are appreciated. Please remember this is a 24 hours of Lemons project
and we are looking for an extremely cheap and DIY solution.
Andy Packard
Bay Area CA
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