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Post by dannyboy on May 24, 2009 20:22:40 GMT 12
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Post by dannyboy on May 24, 2009 20:23:06 GMT 12
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Post by gordo on May 24, 2009 21:47:29 GMT 12
Looking good, Danny, going to confuse a lot of people with that plug cover - make sure they stay confused, hehe.
Seems to vbe a good fit in the engine bay - how does it look for routing the exhaust around the steering gear - Iif I recall correctly, you're using an internal pedal box, etc?
As an aside, I believe an old mate, Ian Attwood, from the Northland Car Club in Whangarei is also using the same power plant - in his case it's in a nice rally Mk2 Escort (when I last saw it it was still running a BDG 2 litre).
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Post by mikuni on May 24, 2009 22:00:25 GMT 12
Looks right at home in there mate. Very nice to see indeed! Iif I recall correctly, you're using an internal pedal box, etc? Those lines would be a bit of a hint to the answer to that question. |
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Post by dannyboy on May 24, 2009 22:01:40 GMT 12
Hey Gordo, yeah it fits in real nice. pedal box is inside, brakes are all hooked up in the photo above so no worries with the booster getting in the way. Steering isnt easy but is nearly sorted, had to put two universals and move the collum over to make room, you cant quite see it but there is one just out of the firewall and another off the top of the rack that gets it right out of the way. Exhaust is tight but will go through!!
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Post by dannyboy on May 24, 2009 22:05:46 GMT 12
Cheers Mikuni, will put up some more pics later in the week and will be sure to get something on youtube once finished.
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Post by bulldog on May 24, 2009 22:13:31 GMT 12
Have you fired it up yet Dan? You wiring loom gurus  |
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Post by cul8r on May 24, 2009 23:09:33 GMT 12
Nice work man, did you just scrub the engine bay or give it a quick squirt of paint?
Love the Vauxhall plug cover too
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Post by bulldog on May 25, 2009 7:33:55 GMT 12
From the looks he would have repainted it
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Post by dannyboy on May 25, 2009 21:07:24 GMT 12
Both Tony and I been too busy to do much on it, more wires on the floor than on the table now but will stil be a while away. A few bits missing that we need to get it going but will get it sorted just waiting on a guy to find them.
Didnt notice how poo the engine bay looked till i pulled the old donk out.lol
Gonna rip the dash out as soon as i can get i quite day and will get a ali one folded up.
Any bites on the coupe Bulldog?
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Post by friendlyfire on May 25, 2009 21:15:47 GMT 12
looks lovely sitting in there, was it much trouble getting it in? dont they sit way behind the front cross member on a s2000 for 50:50 weight distribution were the engine mounts much trouble? did you have to make a custom sump? are you running a link computer? or just standard computer? sorry for all the questions but im pretty keen on your project =)
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Post by dannyboy on May 25, 2009 21:34:20 GMT 12
No worries, Engine went in without too much hassle. No mods have been done to the engine, did toy with the idea of making a new sump but it has a serious old pump and oil surge set up and didnt want to mess with it. You can get a duy sump kit that would have got it a bit lower and saved some work but not money!!! We just moved the cross member and the rack, take a close look at the pics with no engines in and you will see what i mean.
Mounts were no problem to make, there is heaps of room. These engines from what i have been told dont like links, too much going on. I am running total std set up for a while but will go hondata and some aftermarket cams (once the bank balance recovers) but that is a fair amount of work to set that up.
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Post by dannyboy on Jun 21, 2009 20:59:25 GMT 12
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Post by zep on Jun 21, 2009 21:05:47 GMT 12
Looking good. Man, this is going to be one hell of a weapon when you are done!!
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Post by dannyboy on Jun 21, 2009 21:10:00 GMT 12
Still been too busy to get up to Tonys and do much work but he has now pretty much sorted the wiring out. Driveshaft is now finished and had been balanced, new radiator has been built for it and the extractors are mostly done so with a bit of luck we will very shortly plug in the loom while it is outside the car and see if she starts before taping it all up and fitting inplace. Have ripped the dash out and am going to replace it with a folded ali custom made one.
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