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

[OxtonyxO]

that will upset the nova/corsa boy racers

[Luke]

well its sat on my drive all ready for the big drive down tomorrow

needs a drivers door seal, and i should have checked the oil in the axle - -never remember it being that noisy and its a 4.1 (or 4.4 cant remember) nemind i'll take me chances - think i did it apart from that i think it will make it

still running rough - im blaming the exhausts! but i managed to wheelspin it under acceleration in 4th rain helped tho

i have took a pic but photobucket wont work - but those going to gaydon will see it for real

[AndyG]

NICE
See ya on Sunday

[Luke]

well, made it down to gaydon in the end btw, superb weekend get yourself there next year i certanly will be, anyway on the way down had a few problems with the servo catching the plenum, the vibration was that bad i had to stop and wedge a bit of old rubber door seal in between that stopped it for a while and then it vibrated out
next services i was meeting kev (rover) we decided another bodge was the best option, kev had an old rad hose that he uses for getting customers away, he cut a slice off it and wedged it in - top bodge, lasted all the way there and all the way back
but that does need sorting asap!
apart from that it ran ok ish - exhausts too loud especially when i'd listened to tonys mk5 cossy 24v that was much much better and i think the lack of backpressure wasnt good for economy 31 litres to do 130 miles so i hope thats the problem i'd also been disconneting the battery every night so reseting the ecu each time - so perhaps that didnt help either!

all in all im pleased with the van all the vibrations and sound proofing need to be sorted - its noisier than my mk4 Di, but that will be done in time

the van won a trophy for best work in progress - which was nice, ive gotta thank steve for doing all the body work for me - cheers mate

here's a pic of me getting the trophy off peter lee

more pics of the event here on the club site and here on the forum

future plans in no specific order

finish off wiring
sort out the interior
fit rear seats
fit an over head console
sort servo clearance problems
fit front alloys - involves narrowing the axle and changing the braking system
fit cruise controll
fit fuel/trip computer
electric window conversion
remote central locking conversion
finish off paint work -eg front grill hasnt even got paint
narrow rear bumpers
refit pas properly
wire up fans
pipe in heater
pipe in oil cooler
............oh and fit a couple of turbos
and then thers all the jobs i havent even started planning yet, rear axle swap - would like an LSD and mabe even coilovers

so you can see ive got plenty to do, and i hope everyone who saw it at gaydon enjoyed looking round it as much as i did looking round everyone elses

[Luke]

Went up today washed the crap off from the journey to gaydon. that many jobs to do i couldnt decide which one to start with so i did none

a few mates came round so i took it out to give a demo to them, one of them was Will

obviously demonstrating it i had to give it some stick - 1st time ive done it in the dry, anyway i had major problems getting the power down tyres were fine it was the springs that were the problem - i guess 35 years has taken its toll - every time i accelerated i got major axle tramp another job to add to the list, if i can get hold of some springs i'll change them but other than that i'll do a complete coil over conversion at a later date

i did have one slight/major problem when i fitted the sierra calipers i didnt fit the new bolts (the ones with threadlock on) i always intended to take them off again to paint them up anyway one fell out and locked the back up under heavy braking luckly the handbrake cable stopped the caliper going all the way up, so ive fitted the new bolts and i'll do the other side tomorrow

1st job on the list tomorrow is servo- plenum problem

i realsied why mine catches and the other cossy one i saw at gaydon doesnt, basically the transit rear axle flange isnt in the middle of the van so ford mounted the drive train in line offset down the off-centre of the van - by using sierra mounts it positions the engine in the center (good for servo clearance) but i used transit mounts which positioned the engine offset towards the offside - hence the servo clearance problems i have

[AndyG]

Glad it's getting there (with a lucky escape )

What are those rear shocks like (condition wise)

[Luke]

What are those rear shocks like (condition wise)

prolly 30 yrs old cant see them helping either but i think springs more so, its a little bit annoying cos i cut throught a pair of 120 mk4 single leafs and shocks with a gas axe to get the axle off one a while back - never thought of using them on this

[gemini]

think i have some mk 2 rear springs

[Luke]

think i have some mk 2 rear springs

are you coming to the next northern meet

[rover]

think i have some mk 2 rear springs

are you coming to the next northern meet

If not I can always call in and pick em up on my way

Rover.

[gemini]

think i have some mk 2 rear springs

are you coming to the next northern meet

If not I can always call in and pick em up on my way

Rover.

i'll have a look for them

[Luke]

At the moment ive got the servo and plenum off, i'm thinking of modernising the servo - fitting the mk3 one off the ambilance including the master cyl - according to my info it aslo has a larger bore which should help reduce the long pedal travel i have since fitting the rear disks

as for the plenum well im going to have a go at manufacturing one, i just like the idea of it and it will help with the air flow when i turbo it

hopefully it will look something like this



but mabe not as shiney

[custom]

im taking 2 leafs on my van next week when i lower it and fit my coilovers if there any good to you there yours and ur not that far from me either as im only in lincoln up to you mate

[Luke]

bit of an update - got the plenum back on yesterday, couldnt stand not being able to drive it round - i just ground thee edge away to stop it rubbing, bit of a bodge but hopefully i'll be replacing it soon

apart from that got the temp gauge working and apart from giveing everyone a test drive thats about it

at least i am back on the road for the northern meet

[custom]

did you want my leafs mate as im taking them off on tuesday and if you dont want them ill chuck them