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

[Guy88]

nice to see you check the wheel bolts regularly as well

[Luke]

summer's here (so i'm told) my new plan is to use this van for summer ............. every day

fitted my black plates that i bought when i had the firevan's done here's a pic


still needs the bonnet gapping properly

i've got a long list of jobs that need doing but all being well i'll get them cracked off now

bad things are the vans been stood outside all winter - one of the side pipes is rusty you can see in the pic and at one point i had it stood under a gazebo and it blew down and has scratched the van quite badly and now needs a lot of paint work

[bigmastif]

meguires NXT metal polish will sort them pipes out luke

one smart MK1

[Guy88]

makes my pipes look new, going to get mine re chromed or made out of stainless, But i need them stretching first

[Luke]

yeah i might have a go at getting some stainless covers made in the mean time i'll try some NXT (unless it's expensive )

anyway.......................... Vans up on the ramps and the tramp bars are 80% on and i'm not getting it down till they are done

no pics yet but i'll take some when i get home i need to take me time as the roads drying out now and i'll get to see if they work if its dry

[Luke]

dunno about 80% i think i was half way back then

all done

and are they any good

OH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

proof is in the pudding (north weald this year) but imo with these on at north weald last year the BOA 24v V6 would have had the YB turbo no problem

i'll post pics in the tramp bar thread viewtopic.php?f=13&t=28634

[BROWNYS V6]

so does this mean your leaving solid black lines on the road now not black dashes

[Luke]

theres 2 black lines i made outside my works i'll take a pic if i remember me camera

Todays progress

well driving the van everyday didnt last long 3 days and ive got it in bits again plenums off to relocate my coilpack - got it too far to the left and as i accelerate the engine touches it problem is ive drilled through the bulkhead so rather than drill more holes i'll just extend the bracket
while i got the plenum off i decided to cut a piece out where it fouls the servo - so i can have the servo back in the origanal postion but the main reason was it was causing an annoying vibration
ive cut a piece out and i think i'll just cold weld a bit over it as it's ally - just a temprary bodge untill i get me new plenum

other than that tried me new merc calipers on to get the front alloys on and they dont even fit the hubs properly back to the drawing board

[Luke]

just for you paul

these were setting off (was dry at the time) without trying to spin the wheels 26' long



as far as progress on the van - ive modded the coil pack bracket if it'd stop raining it pop outside and fit it

[rover]

I could leave lines like that.........But it would be ATF

I'm surprised at those side pipes going rusty

Rover.

[Luke]

I'm surprised at those side pipes going rusty

yeah me too - strangley only 1 is bad the n/s is still pritty mint - probly a manufacturing fault - not enough chrome mabe

one more thing i've decided i think i'm gonna mod a set of mk4 hubs to get the alloys on the front - they'll stick out a mile but it'll look a million times better than it does now (looking at pic's of bez's bus made my mind up) then in time sort it to get them under the arches

[bez]

lol get them on mate, looks good

[BROWNYS V6]

just for you paul

these were setting off (was dry at the time) without trying to spin the wheels 26' long



as far as progress on the van - ive modded the coil pack bracket if it'd stop raining it pop outside and fit it

you'd never catch me doing anything like that

[AlanN]

just for you paul

these were setting off (was dry at the time) without trying to spin the wheels 26' long



as far as progress on the van - ive modded the coil pack bracket if it'd stop raining it pop outside and fit it

you'd never catch me doing anything like that

[Luke]

back up and running today

done coil bracket and thats back on - running like a gooden now - cheers andy kay for the plug lead that was the problem all along and the reason i did a crap 0-60 at ford fair 9.6 secs on 5 cyls but sorted now bring on north weald

the plenum is back on after being modded and fits round the servo without rubbing

the cut away area


and where it is


back on and the servo is also back across 5-6mm



this is only temprary as i plan to make a new plenum when i fit the turbos