i m still running with the orriginal brakes and orriginal engine. but your reason looks good. 10x 4 d tip.

Well i haven't updated for a while as I've been OS on holidays...

Good news when I got home though. I have received the statement of requirements from transport SA so all is good, and I can get stuck into the project now knowing i can engineer it! woohoo..

The car is still registered until the 10th of this month so will be pulling it off the road after that. If anyone is looking for a good A12 and wants to see it running (even driveable) PM me.. as it will be of little use very soon.

Within the next two weeks the A12 will be gone and work will start progressing when the funds become available (in the form of a tax check )

hey guys. anyone of you have good blue prints or measurements of a b310. pls put them on the forum they will be apreciated. we r change a 4 door sedan into a 2 door so 2 door prints will be appriciated

Ok, I finally had a free weekend and got a chance to get stuck into the initial stages of the conversion. The car is now at my long suffering parents house, convenient for me as all the mess stays there & I get free lunch & a spare pair of hands when needed..

So here it is with a few of the parts disconnected. Basically all that was left was to drop the tailshaft..



I ended up buying an engine crane, the front wheels were a bit tall but with the sunnys front wheels on a block of wood it made short work of the removal of the A series- so long!



Here is a pic of the Mad Dat fitting kit that I ended up buying. It comes with new crossmembers and sway bar and various bushes. It seems to sit the motor quite far back in the engine bay, not a bad thing, but it's a super tight fit.



Here is the crossmember fitted. Nothing has been tidied up as yet. I can see the motor being in and out a few times yet...



The exhaust was still on in this pic but had to come off- love those rusted on nuts.. All good though, everything now prepped for trial fit No. 1..



And here it is 'sitting' in place with the aid of the hoist. A few brackets on the car needed moving and i think the firewall may need some massaging for a clean fit, but i was happy with the effort for the weekend.



I should have it in there on its own mounts this week so i can start sorting out the major parts involved in starting the thing.

One question I have so far is the gearstick is not going to come out in the original position, so need to enlarge or relocate the hole. My issue is that it looks like it may be under a reinforcing part of the car between the seats, just in front of the hand brake. Any sunny owners had the same issue?? What did you put back in its place to strengthen it?

Any way, it's finally started so I'm happy. Forgot how good these little cars are to work on! It's been a few years since I touched one but it all comes back. I was surprised how clean the car has been kept, it is in really good nick. Coolant was sooo clean, oil still fresh. If anyone wants an exhaust system, it looks brand new, take it! And the engine is up for grabs as well so make an offer if your interested..

Cheers,
Carl.

yep. the whole have to move 6 inches to the back as long as i know. mitchel (bad.310) has given me that information. he can help u better about this. what diff are u using????

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Yeah 6 inches is probably about right. It is sitting about 50mm behind the actual hole. I'm going to have a quick chat to the engineer as what i have to cut supports the seats, and he freaked a bit when i said that..

As far as diff goes, I'm undecided as to go with a bluebird 10 bolt or Skyline borg warner.. They both have to be cut and shut so probably just see what comes up at the right price..

I now have the motor supporting it's own weight! Until I cut the hole for the stick, the back of the box is held up with cable. But with the old mans help, it is in!!



Some other bits I acquired are an air con system and a coupe dash. Air con will get a new condenser etc. but i have all the bits to size things up. Dash will be as original as possible, probably just add a boost gauge.



Now the real fun begins.

Making Progress!

Keep the pics coming

Put the boost gauge where the analogue clock is, the buggers never seem to work anyway. Keeps it out of sight & in line of sight.

yep pics are great budy. keep the good work. as far as the idea of the boost guage i was wondering if instead of the standard guages you put autometer or any other brand guages.

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If I can offer a bit of advice from someone who has just gone down the shortened borwarner route. If I was to do it all again I would go the hilux route. I'm not sure what hilux parts are like in aus but here in nz they are pretty common and about the same price as borgwarner bits. It is slightly heavier than a borgwarner but you get a better diff in my opinion. It has baffles which a borgwarner doesn't it is also a better LSD as the borg warners are a cone type LSD. You can also buy 1/1.5/2 way TRD LSD Centers for them if you have the big dollars to spend. I also like the fact that you can buy an lsd from any model Hilux and be confident it will fit.