[ROVERNET - UK] 2000 SC auto

[James Dean]

I have a  69 2000TC I am gathering parts to take off the back burner.  This 
seems like a good time to ask, since the thread is engine or gearbox swaps.. 
I sold it about 20 or 25 years ago, and bought it back 5 or 6 years later, 
and properly restored it over a 10 year period.The interim owner had removed 
the TC engine and fitted a 2000 single carb engine. I would like a little 
more pep, and power to run the AC system as well. I need to replace the  4 
speed gearbox, so will be removing the engine, anyway..The easiest would 
just be to source a used complete TC engine and install it. I assume the 
high compression causes pinging and other problems. I have a 2000TC head 
that had been  reconditioned; though I do not know the year of that head, or 
of the present 2000 engine. Would I be better off to fit the 2000TC head and 
carbs to the present 2000 engine, to give better performance, but not quite 
so high compression? Are these fully compatible? James Dean, Ft. Lauderdale.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at swbell.net>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] 2000 SC auto


> Hi Bill,
> Torque characteristics of the TC are not well matched
> to the automatic.
>
> Kent K.
>
> --- Bill Robertson <rover2000nut at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok this might seem a simple answer unless you really
>> want a manual gearbox
>> if your auto box is shot or in need of a rebuild but
>> why not just convert it
>> to a TC automatic.........Has anyone not done
>> this.......Or is it that the
>> exhaust system would have to be reworked to clear
>> the wider
>> transmission.............Or are there issues i'm
>> missing
>> here................
>>
>> Bill Robertson
>>
>>
>>
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