Terry,
You can't just redrill the frame, you actually would have cut on the frame to
make the engine sit low enough. The wider mount points on the TR4 engine won't
fit down into the mount points on the TR3 frame.
Switching the front plate is a three hour drill, besides, you could replace the
front seal and insure the new engine doesn't throw oil all over the place and
relace the timing tensioner!
Ciao,
Bruce Clough
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> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:24:27 -0500
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> Is there any reason why the front engine mounts couldn't be relocated by
> drilling new mounting holes in the frame? Seems less work than tearing
> the front plate off.
> Just asking:)
>
> Terry
> '61 TR3A TS72955L
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