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School me on TVT691's
« on: February 03, 2012, 09:54:01 am »
Getting back into racing and ran into a friend who use to own a small engine "mower" shop.
He has a brand new COMPLETE (less muffler) 20 HP tvt691-600814 Enduro VT still in a box he'll sell me for $300.

Good starting point??? or look for another base engine?

I know the TVT691 have a long history but not educated on newer versions vs. older ones.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 01:23:45 pm »
It's a good engine. A TVT is a TVT no matter when it was made.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 06:28:11 pm »
hmm >:D
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 06:53:40 pm »
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 07:20:13 pm »
excellent.  bring the pain tom
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2012, 07:50:53 pm »
I'm a little concerned with the "VT" part. This sounds like an early OE691, which has crappy factory roller rockers and smaller valves. It's easy to tell the from the outside. The old stamped rocker-armed engines had stamped tin valve covers, whereas the roller rocker versions have finned cast aluminum covers.

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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2012, 08:33:46 pm »
This is a standard tvt model stamp steel covers stamped rocker arms 5/16 valves. The good part is EC has everything ya need to build it into a monster motor. Of the tecumseh motors its the best one to build in my opinion.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2012, 09:09:41 pm »
Thanks Bert and George for your input..much appreciated. For $300 I'm grabbing it.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2012, 09:21:53 pm »
You build it right it way more than that vanny you did.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2012, 09:39:12 pm »
Right is the only way!!!
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2012, 11:09:02 am »
Tom, great to see you getting back into it!  I'm still working on my 691 project as well so I'll be watching for your posts as well as Berts and Georges.  $300 sounds like a good deal as the best deals I have found and bought were close to $500 brand new in original boxes.
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2012, 11:13:05 am »
Glad to be back in the groove as well...not sure if this season will be a race season or just helping out at events..just dropped almost $5000 the other day on a new furnace!
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2012, 08:46:16 pm »
Quote from: Tom Fox on February 08, 2012, 11:13:05 am
Glad to be back in the groove as well...not sure if this season will be a race season or just helping out at events..just dropped almost $5000 the other day on a new furnace!


dude stop your racing.  see u march 3rd for positive encouragement
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2012, 01:44:32 am »
Glad to see you get back into racing Tom. If your ready this season we should have a real good season of bp racing!
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Re: School me on TVT691's
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2012, 08:02:30 am »
Hey Mike!!  Not 100% sure I'll be racin' this year, but will help out either way! 
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