v6 in a transit??

[jay]

done a simalar thing with a maestro van that i put a 2ltr engine and box from a mg2ltr efi with the interior i used the car loom at the front and just spliced the loom at the front door pillars to fit each other gonna use granny loom in the engine bay and splice that at the bulkhaed in the bay to the van loom and add any extra wires that i need to .fitted engine yesterday afternoon and bolted it in this morning having a break at the moment.strarted to get angry as some bits didnt fit and heat is getting to me so having a chill out from it will think clearer later and gonna wire it up later when it cools down a bitmaybe fire it up then if not fire it up tomoro havent got exhaust sorted yet.so going to be a bit load .

[michael]

Done a fair old bit of work there mate! Good luck with getting her started.

[jay]

wired it up today and had it running.but have a problem with exhaust burning paint on inner wing on both sides as the exhaust pipes have not been fitted yet.going to do it tomoro with the aid of my welder and mate the cutter used a fuel injected petrol sender unit off a transit van got a new one from fords as i couldnt get a good secondhand one.manifolds look differnt to transit one as exhaust manifolds seems to be closer to the engine block so it looks like i will have room near the steering column going to use the granny downpipes and modify them if i need to.oil filter has been remote mounted on the inner wing.and the fuel injection meters have been fitted on a bracket above the rocker cover on nearside very close to bonnet.

[Valsheda]

YOU'VE CERTAINLY GOT TO GRIPS WITH IT MATE , HOPE THE REST GOES SMOOTHLY FOR YER

[madvanman]

after following this thread i decided to go for a 2.8 v6 to fit in my hicube, but being the lucky ba***d that i am the first mate i called about getting an engine had a 1988 ex police riot transit with 2.8 efi and mt75 fitted and and the biggest list of svo options ive ever seen on a single transit,

[jay]

that was a lucky find then.you get the exhaust and every thing you will need when you gonna start then??

[madvanman]

after going over the van it too good to break, i considering selling the hicube and doing up the v6 as it got lots of other options fitted already and is plated at 3.8 ton, not that i ever use my vans for carrying stuff

[madmark]

madvanman you must have been lucky as it must be one of the very first 2.9inj as the one me and phill bourt was essex v6 overdrive !

[jay]

just a update..used every swear word that i know(and thats a *******lot)
had a few problems the prop would not fit then i realised i had the wrong one spent about 2 hours trying to get it to fit then other half said thats the wrong one.picked the wrong one up from my yard(doh).made up exhaust from granny bits used the granny down pipes with a bit of bending on the offside one the made up the exhaust using bits of exhaust tubing and granny silencers works well and sounds nice deep rumble .havent quite finished got to work out the gearshift lever and tidy up wires to make it look neater.

[madmark]

god you had it running allready wow !

[jay]

yeah sitting at home everyday you can get a lot done when i put engine in i worked on it all day started at 8am and finished at 9.30pm at night.good fun.even got missus to lend a hand

[madmark]

mate you have done well,what about the prop??????

[jay]

I got a v6 tranny one from a scrap yard near me.it came from a old ambulance the was in the process of cutting up.no engine or box just axles and a few other parts.(it had been in a banger race)prop was ok and came from a auto as well same type of box as granny (i think)well it fitted anyway thats the main thing .was going to do a few more jobs today but its raining .dont fancy getting wet.

[Valsheda]

WELL DONE JAY , YOU HAVE DONE THAT QUICK , BET YOU CANT WAIT TO FINISH AND TAKE HER FOR A SPIN

[jay]

already gone up road as i live in a private road about 1/4 of a mile long.no mot yet and no licence till end of year will have it done by then.Then i can go out and about in it and give it a proper test.exhaust sounds very nice only got 1 silencer. not to loud.but loud enough so that you and everyone knows you got a big engine.will be fun with local boy racers