Realized the 2nd year anniversary of my Triumph ownership was this past week. Seems like it would be good to have some a big progress to celebrate. How about some news on the re-engine portion of the project? The motor is a 3.6L VR6 24 Valve, direct injection, variable valve timing, variable intake, all the goodies. In stock form was rated at 280 hp. Best I can tell the motor weights similar to the GT6 motor, maybe less. It's mounted further back and the Battery will be relocated to the rear. Overall balance should be better than the factory GT6. Time will tell.
About a year ago I bought the donor car, a 2006 VW Passat, for the engine. Was very anxious to get started on that but forced myself to stick to the body work (which took way too long) to get the back of the car in solid shape before moving on. Then the winter came and progress halted for the winter.
Back to the GT6
The first weekend back I made some wooden supports to put the GT6 back on it's skates so it could be moved to the side to make room. Then the donor car was towed into the garage and deconstruction started. This past week I pulled the motor and started fitting it into the GT6. I wasn't sure the engine was going to fit so was quite interested in doing a test fit. Still a lot of fiddling and fitting to do but it looks like it can be made to work (with enough cutting and welding about anything fits. Right?). The engine may even keep it's factory intake.
The hood still doesn't quite close yet but I was out of time to work on it. I think the the hood bracing in sitting on the intake. Will have to do some checking on where it's hitting
when I have some more time.
The winter break was a little longer than anticipated as somehow we got the idea we wanted to try sailing in Florida for a vacation trip (since flying has gotten so complicated). Which ended up with us buying a fixer up boat and me doing a lot of projects in the driveway in the cold instead. (How was this better than working in the garage in the cold?). Anyway the boat was finished (well finished enough) and the sailing trip was a complete success. Six great days of sailing and covered about 100 miles.
Back to the GT6
The hood still doesn't quite close yet but I was out of time to work on it. I think the the hood bracing in sitting on the intake. Will have to do some checking on where it's hitting
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