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Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?

Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:33:11 -0600
Yes, there were a few re-engined with a very small but potnet V8 of american
ancestry, but I forget whose. Like many other of these projects, few were
really thought out. His was probably a TR6, as they all had problems with
the differential mounting. As the 6 had IRS, the diff was mounted to the
frame on a bracket with rubber isolaters, which in the cases of either the
front or rears were quite strong, enough indeed that the bracket, make of
stamped metal, couldn't hold up. They all cracked, the question was when. I
remember having mine welded. Even the torque of the original motor could
break a diff loose when badly cracked. Oh, those english!

 

From: Piers Hemy [mailto:piers@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:50 AM
To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?

 

Bill, your words remind me of an off-list exchange with Walt Wayman, who
discovered that his re-engined TR (I think it might have been a -5 rather
than a -6, but I can't remember the size of the new and bigger engine he had
put in it) had rather more torque than he had expected, and considerably
more than the back axle could handle.  As far as I recall, the back axle was
ripped off the bodyshell. Completely.

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pearce [mailto:bs.pearce@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 November 2010 23:29
To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?

When I had my TR6, I noted frequently that generally there was adequate
space in the engine compartment for a nice Buick/Rover V6 with supercharger
or a small V8, so the straight six was easy to work on, but rarely needed
it. The electricals were remarkably reliable, as long as you didn't want
lights, defroster, wipers and the radio all at once. Sure had a lot of
torque.

--snip

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