looking for a g63b engine for mish truck an came across a familiar auto trans bolted to an engine block

sure enough it had a "teg" cast into it. i couldn't identify it (upside down, no head) when i flipped it, i found it was a 6 cylinder

5m was stamped in the id plate

now this engine isn't very long....i think it would fit in a 7 series.....

Edited August 15, 200521 yr by mikeys toy

aww, 7M-GTE's are orite yeah?

No.

got headgaskets ? :)

i think you're all being too harsh

change the head gasket every 100,000km and a 7M just keeps on truckin

and the dude from zoom is making 300kw at the wheels from his 7M-GTE

 

 

ROFL! :D

Bahaahahahah.. Oh damm thats So true...

meh, so change it with a metal one or whatever it is that people do and :D

the problem is the head, not the gasket

The Falcon SOHC 6 have the same problem the alloy heads heat and cool diffrently to the cast iron block causing distortion, allowing the head gasket to blow out. A sure tell tale sign is coolant dripping between the block and the head very common problem. That aside the M series as Super Jamie pointed out aint bad as long as they are maintained. Getting good power out of them isnt hard either :D

A sure tell tale sign is coolant dripping between the block and the head very common problem

 

Hey, that's what's happeninig with my 3SFE... Except, it's like not just dripping, it's a bit of a shower in there...