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| posted on 2/7/03 at 10:47 AM |
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Gremlin,
go for hte 8v if that's what you've got, the block is the same so it'll be an in/out swap for a 16v. engine mounts and belllhousing
will all fit.
re: alternators, as northy says you need to move it to exhaust side (unless using standrad plenum + injecton though will need cutting down to fit),
worth getting a smaller one IMO, daihastu has been mentioned (see siert's site), another cheap alternative is a 2cv one (low power i know but
you won't have a heater, aircon, stereo, power steering etc etc to worry about.) i'm gonna try the 2cv route.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Northy
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| posted on 2/7/03 at 12:59 PM |
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I've used a ford alternator. It came from my Cortina. It's either a LRA100 or LRA 101, or something like that. It's quite small, but
more importantly cheap and easy to get hold of.
Alternators don't tend to like being mounted right next to exhausts 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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ned
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| posted on 2/7/03 at 01:16 PM |
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maybe i'll need some heat proof wrap or something. thinking about it, i'll probably have to mount my dry sump pump on the exhaust side, so
alternator may well go under the carbs instead, just a bit lower down.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Gremlin
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| posted on 2/7/03 at 03:26 PM |
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Dame so i cant run a huge incar stereo with 3K of sound system, a playsation and dvd player!
Oh well..
EZy GreMLiN
"The only way to get rid of temptation is too give in to it..!"
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ned
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| posted on 2/7/03 at 03:47 PM |
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you could if you made an oversize chassis / got an extension (ello, ello) and carried a little honda generator....
 
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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