Had a wet Saturday, but still managed to sort my mock up parts – Bolted the sump on the block
Bolted the bell housing on the gearbox.
I have a water pump but no timing cover so I made some ally brackets to put the pump where it’s supposed to be.
Sunday was a better day, so it was cover off and do a bit of 2 steps back 1 step forward. Cos I’ve raised the height I thought I would move the top coilover mounts so I can still fit the original size units, also I need to redo the panhard rod chassis mount to suit the new height.
Passenger side coilover mount off
And the drivers, sometimes I wonder about the strength of my welds but after cutting them off I’m more than happy!
That’s the panhard bracket off.
Next was the clearance for the steering, I must be honest when I Z’ed the chassis I never gave the steering much thought, now that I need some I realise I don’t have room for the drag link or the box. So I need to take a bit out of my elaborate spacer piece, so while the cutting disk was out I got stuck in.
That’s it rough chopped I will finalise the shape when I sort my box mounting.
The box should sit there quite nicely.
Next I got the welder out and tacked the coilover mounts in place.
That was all I had time for so the covers back on for a few dayz.
Cheers. Tim W.