the only thing in the way is the electronic power pump and the steering rack is high up so the engine might go in easy ill have to wait and see
[Edited on 25/3/07 by oadamo]
hi all to day i started pulling it apart for the big conversion i think ive done well today just got to buy me an engine crane now to get the bottom
end out and gearbox. the bay looks big i think
the only thing in the way is the electronic power pump and the steering rack is high up so the engine might go in easy ill have to wait and see
[Edited on 25/3/07 by oadamo]
So wait...
You're removing the engine & re-installing it at 90 degrees, using a different gearbox and a back axle to make a RWD car??
Or are you doing something else??
Cheers
Think he's putting a different engine transverse in the back..
hi i was thinking aabout using a bike engine but a lot of people on here say the cars to big.so i might look around for a v6 but i was thinking a jag
v12.i dont mind how much car i have to cut out. iam gonna fit the engine in the front with the prop to a sierra rear diff
adam
hi i was thinking aabout using a bike engine but a lot of people on here say the cars to big.so i might look around for a v6 but i was thinking a jag
v12.i dont mind how much car i have to cut out. iam gonna fit the engine in the front with the prop to a sierra rear diff
adam
The steering rack is in the way then...
ive seen some cars in mags that the engine sits well back in the bulkhead would the rack then fit under the engine?
adam
Why not use a MK2 Escort world class cross member?
The reason the rack is in the way is because it's a front wheel drive car.
As you're converting to rwd, the rack needs to be in front of axle line, and so will the steering parts of uprights. You may get around swapping
uprights from left to right (iirc MG R did this with the ZT 260).
ATB
Simon
i have had a good look at it and the steering arms are fixed to the strut not to the hub. first time ive seen it like this.thats why the rack is so
far up if i want to lower it i think i will have to change the struts or bodge something together 
adam
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Why not use a MK2 Escort world class cross member?
engines out
tanks off
rear beam
going well lol
how about an audi/vw 1.8t 20v?
the westfield xr4 thingy forgot the name has one of them in. i work by westfield and have seen a few driveing about there like rockets lol.
Hmmmm... You haven't really thought this through, have you?
quote:
Originally posted by Coose
Hmmmm... You haven't really thought this through, have you?
heh heh I remember my first RWD conversion, I thought about it like that too!!
Best to keep it that way, 2 years on i was ranting at mine after the 5th redesign!
Built mine 1998-1999, just as I left college, RWD Pug 205, vauxhall XE engine in the front and capri atlas axle 5 linnked in the back.
Its still around somewhere, sold it to AB motorsport in leamington a few years ago.
PS I'd strongly advise familiarising yourself with escort mk2 group 4 suspension setups and having a look at a few rwd converted rally cars
(there are loads of rwd pug 205's, novas, corsas etc etc rallying every weekend)
There's no point re-inventing the wheel.