P6 2000TC engine wanted

kbonney88

kbonney88

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Hi again guys,
Started to go over my P6.. and I have decided that if possible I will put it back to stock..
It currently has a 2200TC engine in it but has a few big probs...... So, has anyone got a good 2000TC engine they are willing to sell?
If anyone has I will come up with a plan to get down and pick up..
Kindest regards,
Kevin :)
 
to be honest I am not sure, but I am one that likes originality.. if you know what I mean? and deep down I want a 2000 in it.. I will keep my eyes open for one.. see what happens.
 
There's one for £160 on ebay, however, I believe that it's an early 2000 SC block, with a TC head fitted. It would give you originality, if rebuilt though.
 
Is the oil cooler included? Good start for a full rebuild. Looks like HD8 carbs also - Lovely carbs IMHO , did MANY 1000s miles on mine.
 
I'd stay away from that one. It's a very early engine, and likely requires the early steel head gasket. That means the engine block is slightly taller and you're forced into sourcing rare parts.

The other issue I see is it's been sitting in the weather for a long time and if those spark plugs have been out all along the bores will be a mess & the pistons unuseable so you'd be looking for a set of OS early pistons as well.

Yours
Vern
 
Ah, there's the serial number. 400xxxxxE means it started life as a 9:1 SC engine and is almost certainly a steel head gasket engine.

Yours
Vern
 
Thinking on the fly today. You could convert the block to use the later head gasket by getting it decked (top machined) .013". But it's still an engine that needs everything, and then some.

Yours
Vern
 
You can use the later head gasket on the early blocks, or just fit an early two-piece head gasket
 
If you use the later head gasket on an early block, you'll find it hard if not impossible to fit the chainwheel to the cam with new chains. And you lower the compression ratio, so the engine will be down on power.

Yours
Vern
 
I have a suffix B engine on my 1968 TC and have used the composite gaskets since the first rebuild 40 years ago. Even with new chains, I haven't had any difficulty fitting the chainwheel and have not milled the top of the block, other than very little for smoothness.. That being said, this engine being out for as long as it has, there will be a lot of internal corrosion. The only real value is probably the block.
 
If i remember correctly, using the suffixes to compare the age of engines make sense only among engines with the same prefix, i.e. 400XXX like this one.
A B suffix TC (415XXX?) could well be a later engine than an E suffix 400 engine.
 
Demetris said:
If i remember correctly, using the suffixes to compare the age of engines make sense only among engines with the same prefix, i.e. 400XXX like this one.
A B suffix TC (415XXX?) could well be a later engine than an E suffix 400 engine.
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I must admit that I do not remember type of gasket was removed in that first overhaul, or if it was even an original with the vehicle being 10 years old.
 
The workshop manual clearly states that suffix G onwards should use the composite gasket (and why) and does not differentiate between engine "types". A secondary way to identify engine blocks designed for the composite gasket is to look for the cast boss on the block adjacent to the aux. drive sealing plug. Interestingly enough, my engine is a suffix B but also has the cast boss. There must be an error in the workshop manual. The presence of the cast boss seems to be the best way to determine which type of gasket should be used. I see that the engine for sale does not have the cast boss, so is meant to have the steel gasket.
 
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