24v 2.9 V6 Cossie lump into a Mk3 190

[dipstick]

... OK, i can try that today ..... Currently i am just using the two diag. opposed lifting eyes on the lump, so the angle is 'fixed'....

i will let you know how i get on....

thanks for the pointers

[dipstick]

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I have just spent the afternoon trying to shoehorn the 24v lump into the engine bay.... Rather than use the factory pickup points on the 24v, i have connected two chains down to the 'eyes' on the engine mounts, this seems to angle the engine backwards, at about 30 degrees...? Is this enough 'angle'?

I have started to reshape the trans. tunnel next to the clutch pedal, but i am unsure how much to reshape it, do i need to hit it upwards, or outwards, or both?

anyone got a pic of the restyling required...?

cheers

[Guy88]

You need to bas it in about an inch. For this i uesd a large hammer yours may be different being a BOB

[Luke]

anyone got a pic of the restyling required...?

yeah i'd like to see this too i looked at my 12v ambilance today and i dont think thats had anything done but looking at mine the mk2 front seems to give more access

[madmark]

wow you have to bash it in for a v6 i thourt this was only done for the v8!

[dipstick]

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OK, thanks,i will ge a bigger hammer tonight .....!

I think the inlet tracts on the BOB may be bigger/longer than he BOA, typical!

cheers

[dipstick]

i finally got the motor in the engine bay today! i had to take off the inlet pipework to do it though..

Still, the motor now sits nicely on the mounts, so i will have a go at putting the inlet pipes back on with the motor in situ.... ?

if any one is interested, there are some more photos @

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/4359375

cheers, and thanks again for the help and avice

[Guy88]

looking good. did you make the mounts yourself

Not how im doing mine

[rover]

I'm sure things will start to look easier now Not cos they are, but simply cos you have the engine sat there on its mounts.

Its good to see some pics of this conversion actually happening, many talking...not many doing

Good luck with the rest of it

Rover.

[Luke]

the mounts look same as mine - pukka ford jobbies

and dipstick - you have new rank

[madmark]

looking good and waiting to see the final fire up!

[dipstick]

Guy and Luke, the engine mounts are Ford 2.9 Amby mounts...... I could have used the ally Scorp mounts that came with the 24v Cossie, but they don't support the gearbox, so i thought i would go for strength rather than weight saving...

more to follow tommorow i hope...... cheers

[Guy88]

the way im doing it im going to use the aly mounts and adapt the pinto ones to hold them

[dipstick]

Guy, does that mean then that the adapter plate will be self-supporting?

It certainly seems easier to use the ally mounts, if they give enough support...?

good luck.... Cheers

[dipstick]

This afternoon, i pulled the motor back out, and examined how to get the inlet pipe work back on.... It seems that i will be able to drop it into place with the engine in the engine bay...?

I might be lucky and be able to put the rhs pipework back on before i put the engine back in the Transit..... It seems to be only the 'clutch' side pipes that foul the bulkhead and trans. tunnel..?

While i was cleaning it up, i took off the fuel rails and coolant pipes and all the other crap that Ford put into the Vee..... it was full of crud, no wonder the looms are known to fail, they run right in the sh1t and just cook i guess?

I am going to run the loom out of harms way, and try to route as many of the 'services' out of the Vee as possible....?

I have yet more photos today.....if you want to have a butchers .....

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/4367112

Pulling the coolant pipe work was a nightmare, you can see the problems that Cosworth must have had designing the 4v heads to sit on the block....

cheers