XR6T into GQ conversion

Yeah at least you have the basic cast would pay to have it checked for alignment make sure it is all squared up as i have heard of them being out of whack and causing premature clutch failures due to misalignment .

I think I have to trust that that is OK. I am sure is not faulty just not finished.

Good progress this weekend.
Old engine mounts plasma cut off ready for finishing once new ones are in.
Motor positioned ready fabrication for new chassis engine mounts.
GQ looms removed except rear loom.
Dash out ready for motor driven Climate control. Getting dark when this one was taken....
Cant do much on engine until I sort the bellhousing issues.

Decent progress and looking good.
You have plenty of us following you, with this fingers crossed , go for it.
Cheers

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Originally Posted by twase

Started to mount up the bellhousing today and guess what, it has a few issues.
First as I already suspected I have around 6mm of interference between the crank and the gearbox input shaft.

Next the slave cylinder needs about 10mm or so spacing out to line up with the fork. Might try using a BA clutch slave and see how that goes.

The bellhousing fouls the firewall on a starter mounting tab on the bellhousing that is not even needed, I was tempted to grind it off but moved the firewall out of the way a little.

Lastly and the worst bit is the BA starter won't go all the way home into the bellhousing, it fouls the inside of the casting. looks like the CNC had a spell while it should have been doing this bit....Rang Dellow but no answer on a Saturday.

Can't say I wasn't warned about Dellow.

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Spoke to Dellow today and he is making up some spacers for me to resolve the clutch slave alignment problem.
He was also willing to post the bellhousing back at his cost and rectify the starter issue - howevfer I am going to deal with this myself.
Restored a bit of confidence in after sales support.

Decided just to check with the manifold right way up and I think I have plenty of clearance.
Very happy as I can keep the clutch booster and less custom work on the exhaust.

Something I once considered and haven't investigated yet but thought you may be interested yourself.
Is it possible to spin alloy section of turbo to reposition output to a more favourable position.
EG-- compressed air output angle up not down.
Catch I see, is re-securing actuator.
"looking at the turbo I have on my bench I can't see a reason why this cant be done".

As you will be custom building pipes thought this may help you out.

I never got around to asking a turbo specialist if this was ok to do, not affecting balance etc
Cheers

Yes the plan is to rotate the compressor housing but not until I have an idea where it needs to point. I did not consider any implications as its only the housing being rotated not the core, I would be very interested if there are any that I have not considered.

Sub Tank with a BA turbo Pump assembly in. Just waiting on a fuel sender from the states.

Anyone know where I can get some momentary switches that fit the cluster holes in a GQ? I need to remote the two RHS buttons on the BA cluster.
I have removed the latching mechanism on the Hazard switch to make that momentary but need the dash light button and the trip function button.