Top work!
Looks fantastic!

Sam.

Ahhh the journey continues! Cheers for the reply. It sure is fun building something you’ve had planned for a while! Few things on the go at the moment… Number one is that the sump is having a box section welded into it to clear the 5 mains bearing cap on the g15a bottom end. Secondly the intake is f...

kk, so the update is a little late... http://www.tamon.org/gallery/d/10114-2/DSCF0688.JPG Inlet with Nissan R31 TB in place. http://www.tamon.org/gallery/d/10117-2/DSCF0689.JPG Inlet matched to the TB. The Swift TPS will be easy to implement, just need to buy two bolts. http://www.tamon.org/gallery/...

I'll have an update on monday afternoon

Cheers,
Sam.

Cheers mate
Something to keep in mind!

I fiddled with the engine tilt and tack welded the temp mounts to the body to hold it all in place while I build the actual mounts. The motor ended up laying over quite a bit more so now the bottom of the sump sits higher than the steering setup (Yay for ground clearance!). Went to sprint auto and t...

http://www.tamon.org/gallery/d/10024-1/P071208_16_56.JPG Trans went on to test the angle of the block. Its a little rolled to one side, so the sump will have to come up a little more... The fuel tank has no chance of fitting back into the original location, and the battery box will have to be modif...

Yeh, the thought had crossed my mind. Really if I busted the box I could change out the gears and retain the modified bell housing... The biggest issue is that the starter that matches the carry van flywheel is mounted right on the lip of the bell housing and retaining that location would be difficu...

Thanks a lot! Ive come too far to back out now! Sorry about the camera phone pics, its all I have atm. Here you can see the upper mount that is attached to the fuel rail mounts, the block has another two mounts attached to it so the whole setup can support the engine and trans. You can also see how ...

Made up some temp mounts to attach the engine to the van, now that the motor is where it needs to be.
Ill be building the final engine mounts next week now, as im running into issues with the gearbox mounts.

Ok! The F10A is out (again!) and the conversion has began. The motor is in propped where it needs to be and im making the mounts to hold it there this week. To get the motor far enough over to line up the tail shaft took a bit of juggling and cutting of the floor pan but everything is clearing now. ...

Expect updates of the engine swap being underway in three weeks time.
I have my final exams for my Mech. Eng. for this year coming up now, so study study study!

Cheers,
Sam.

Never fear... Its still happening! Ive got it all on paper now so its just time and $$$... ECU is getting mounted in the left hand side rear kick panel, that way its close to the battery, engine (no cutting wires!), and wont clutter up the little room there is under the dash. I'm designing a 15mm al...

Good advice Al_Zhiemer. Getting the head out can prove a little tricky, as there is a fair bit you will have to remove in order to get the sucker out. Still it'll save you a heap. Ive got a few shots in my build thread of when I had my head off (also cooked). I had my radiator rebuilt and it holds t...