Erik,
You can use your head with the old-style block if you use a head gasket
designed for the old-style (non-recessed) block.
Hugh Barber
San Jose, CA
'73 TR-6
'82 Ford Escort
'87 Mercury Cougar
'97 Ford Ranger
At 03:28 PM 11/4/97 -0500, Erik Quackenbush wrote:
>OK, the saga of the thrown rod continues. ;O
>
>I bought a decent used engine from Triumph Rescue which I plan to use as
>the basis for my rebuild (good compression & thrust washers). I had planned
>to use my old head since it has been shaved to give 10:1 compression (this
>is a PI TR6). I pulled the valve cover last night and found that the two
>rocker arms for the #3 cylinder were broken off <sigh>. Now I need to find
>a good machine shop in the Philadelphia (Chester County?) area who can
>magnaflux the head for me, check the two pushrods for straightness, and
>maybe even balance the rods (is it worth reworking old rods?). Any
>suggestions here?
>
>My other concern is the new block- it is an older "non-recessed" TR-6
>engine block; CC55 something. The damaged original block (CF something) has
>the recesses in it. Is this just a matter of using a different head gasket
>or do the head and block have to be matched? I already bought the wrong
>gasket set from TRF; can I just remove the rings or should I exchange it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Erik
>--
>Erik Quackenbush N3ZVC, IC Engineering Manager, Scala R & D
>1-610-363-3343 mailto:erik.quackenbush@scala.com http://www.scala.com
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