Question for the guys with the CA18 and SR20's conversion in 1200 utes,........

With the tranny tunnel to be made larger is there anyway able to leave in the heater controls/motor when fitting these type of engine conversions?,.....or can you take it right up to the base of the heater unit, should that be enough clearance!!.

comon guys surely its not that hard to answer

hi hotrocket

all after market tunnel's require the heater to be removed eg. maddat's complet weld in tunnle

it depends on if you want the gear box in and out a fair bit if not just give the stock tunnel a massarge
with a hammer till it fits thats what most ppl do that want to keep the heater and dont want to weld it a new tunnel

hop this helps ya bud cheers matty

Thanks matt
My consern is rego time comes around they require that the heat dimister/controls be in place,......or they wont past it,

Ive been looking at it theres abit of room to play with before hitting the heater unit...

dude im a mechanic! trust me if u get knocked back for no heater those mechanics r gay! u always let ppl off rego check for little #### like that!

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well il have to bring to you Cheers champ hehe........out hear in the west mate they do, but id like to try and keep it original in that way.........yep there gay cowboys lol

do u do blue slips waz1200 lol

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i cannot comment on aftermarket tunnels. but non standard tunnels dont always need the heater removed.

Im running an auto stanza tunnel in my 1200 ute, and still using the factory heater for rego purposes, and to keep me warm!

good luck

thanks ANGE....
Question: would the stanza and 120y tunnels be the same or be pretty close,
as i can get my hands on one, 120y that is!!

second what ANGE said, ive got a 180b tunnel in my sedan and the heater still fits in fine
and there is heaps more room than the stock tunnel