Luke's Minibus 1st V6 24v cosworth now fitting a 2JZGTE

[sven]

I would suggest mounts for volvo 240... they come in different rates of strength( how hard the rubber is) and are like 60mm high and a diameter of ca 70mm.... and they are pretty cheap( at least here they dont cost much, even as brand new stock ones...)

[Luke]

how we getting on luke this is going 2 be a fast van just remember to you tube tho

yes there will be plenty of you tube vids

I would suggest mounts for volvo 240... they come in different rates of strength( how hard the rubber is) and are like 60mm high and a diameter of ca 70mm.... and they are pretty cheap( at least here they dont cost much, even as brand new stock ones...)

thanks for the info i'll see how i get on with the jag ones and if i need to swap i'll look into the volvo ones

[Luke]

Todays progress

ive got the prop off and its all measured up - i'm gonna have it modded this week then i can set the gearbox mount angle the engine fouls the subframe so i took that off and cut out the area that was in the way



you can see what ive cut away here - it will need boxing back in to give it the strength back but 1st i'll fit it back to the van to make 100% sure ive cut enough off luckly the rack can still retain the origanal position



now ive got the engine sat right i thought i'd try the inlet side and amazingly it fits perfect- quite handy as it saves me having to make something up unfortunatly the inlet is in the wrong place but i can move that by making a spacer angling it to the right a bit - should do the trick



ive also took the top hose body off to modify that

[MinorMatt]

that looks TINY

[Luke]

that looks TINY

yeah it does but it's still huge honest it's almost like the engine bay was designed just for it - i can even get the manifolds on/off without moving the engine at all

[the.little.fatboy]

keep them pics comeing luke ur doing a good job cant wait to see this finshed

[g-man]

you going to give it an outing b4 north weald..........like a small meeting at shakeys 1st

[Luke]

you going to give it an outing b4 north weald

yeah i will it'll be called "some backstreet in rotherham"

but if i get it done with plenty of time i'm up for a shakeys meet up - only thing i dont want to do is brake something serious so i can't make weald so i'd need to be done in good time

[BROWNYS V6]

oi your not allowed no pre north weald testing does look the dogs doo daas in there

[AlanN]

Looks low in there Luke, does it still fit OK with all the ancillaries back on

[MattBlackMinibus]

- only thing i dont want to do is brake something serious so i can't make weald

Thrash it good n hard, so you know you'll be ok on the strip Luke

[winterheating]

id give it some aswell then youll know if anything needs altering.

what angle is the gearbox at with engine that low

[Luke]

Looks low in there Luke, does it still fit OK with all the ancillaries back on

just needs the front crossmember trimming back a bit

what angle is the gearbox at with engine that low

about 5deg - its not much lower than the cossy mabe about 1-2" at the crank but the top is about 6" lower ive tried to set it as it was in the aristo but theres only a set space for it to go in - ive read up and i think i'm ok on the prop angles - the 1st section needs to be in line with the centre bearing as there is no u/j - ive spent ages messing with it and in the end thought sod it just get the prop made up and see what it looks like - i can always alter it after (angles) but the prop length will be the same whatever

[oldskooler]

i cant believe how well that lump is sitting in the van, and running the ifs subframe with no sump mods!!! just class! you must be loving this conversion.

[Luke]

yep i'm loving it alright

bit of progress to report ........... and

1st the

got this welded this week - it's the top hose housing modded so it wont foul on the radiator



the guy who welded it me wont let me post his name up as it was a poor quality casting and he can't garentee it looks good enough to a bodge artist me - i have faith but thanks anyway you know who you are

now the

took my propshaft down to propshaft technologys in rotherham, they have done all the previous mods to the prop on this van but they can't do this one - i wanted the toyota guibo front end mating to the transit body - as the transit prop is much bigger than the toyota one - i really only wanted something to get me going with 350bhp and i realise when i start to push the BHP that the prop will need uprating but as it is i might need to have a bespoke prop built now - as i can't imagine the van working with out a prop

still a minor set back