I posted at the start of this month i had bought a SWB N/a with a naff engine and was planning on doing a TT swap among other things and general tinkery stuffs.... ( BTW i bought this with a Big end Bearing gone.....)

 

Well i started to strip her down and upon removing the R/h Wing i found this abomination!

 

 

Then obviously having to remove the engine and planning on stripping the underside i start removing the engine beginning with the Fluids and find a certain something peeping out the sump! (the dipstick i knew about when buying the car and the look on the owners face when i asked him where the rest of it was was priceless)

 

 

 

 

This next one isnt detrimental but i thought, at least I've gained something so far from buying this.....

 

 

 

Now for my favorite surprise ive had yet...

 

L/H Sill

 

 

R/H Sill

 

Here is my replacement fan which of course electric. It comes from a lincoln Mk8 there are a number of reasons for choosing this over the stock viscous fan but one of the being there wasnt enough room for the viscous fan.

 

 

 

And some other random shots

 

 

 

good work, what kind of CFM does the fan throw out?

I bet that sump was smelly, that oil looks shitty as hell.

Yeah it stank man, although it was shipped from Canada with oil still in it. What I drained looks nice but that was horrid.

 

Someone did a lab experiment comparing e-fans and this one produced around 3400 on hi speed.

 

On the same experiment he tested a spal 16" which was rated at 3200cfm but actually produced 1800 :thumbdown:

 

Should be more than capable

Some more sump photos

 

Before it went to the blasters

In the second picture you can see the baffles i have made to stop the lower capacity of oil being a burden on the engine, even though i plan to increase it anyway.

 

The baffles are orientated like so due to the pickup being towards the left of the sump.

 

 

 

 

After the blasters

 

 

 

 

And fitted!

 

 

 

 

The fitment of the sump and the welding of the pickup have been a right pain in the ass but all done now and on with the installation!

Nice!-does it leak? lol!

I bloody hope not! Haha

 

I did check it before it got blasted but not after :confused1:

Nice work mate. Engine stand works ok then?

Yes buddy it's a beaut, you put yours to use yet? If so any pics ;)

Not yet mate. Just waiting for enough floor space in the garage to get it set up :whistling:

Need to soon though, got to get a TT engine ready to go in mine :)

Sweet, if you need a tool passer or someone to mock you when times get tough drop me a text and I'll be happy to help buddy, especially if I get to see that zed of yours :w00t:

Come and help/mock me whenever you like mate! Kettles always on :)

Well erm, ITS IN!!!

 

God damn finally and not without any cut knuckles or tears, and yes it slightly wonky at this point as a spot weld on the exhaust is propping it up one side it is literally that close!

 

 

 

How I removed the auto pilot bearing. Yep that's a camber bolt.

 

 

 

 

All I managed to do after that was adaptor plate and flywheel as my clutch never came with any bolts

 

 

 

Problems I currently face which I have noticed-

 

Manifold fouls steering shaft

I have like 2.5" for a clutch master cylinder to fit in

Fuel lines run too close to manifold

My new fan won't fit without chopping it up :(

 

Won't be believing anyone else's measurements for this conversion again!!

 

More to come soon

Edited July 1, 201411 yr by Hollings

Looks great but a lot of problems to sort mate. Keep at it :hammer:

Keep at it mate!

Sell the engine to me!

Sell the engine to me!

 

Swap it for your 99 spec!

Swap it for your 99 spec!

 

Deal! I'd swap it for my 99 spec engine any day

So it's not the casual fit people make out? Lol

Deal! I'd swap it for my 99 spec engine any day

 

Sweet ill pull it back out and get it on a pallet, might as well chuck the link ecu in too:sneaky2:

 

It went in okay ish considering I was on my own. But all it's ancillaries need modifications. I've even had to modify the aftermarket conversion bits...

Nice work mate, yours might be on the road before mine at this rate

Great work mate, I know how crap it is hauling engines in and out to make adjustments to make things fit so I can wholeheartedly sympathise :)

 

Keep up the good work! :hyper:

Amazing work mate, keep at it cant believe how much you have done. Cant wait to see it once its all done, will be amazing.

cheers guys, hopefully wont be too long until its running, i wanted it at TOTB but that aint happening realistically now.

Didn't realise you were doing a VH swap too:)

If you need any odd bits let me know, still have some bearings, seals etc. lying around that I don't need on mine that came in the kits.