Not entering in the thread...I already have enough enemies...

I can attest to the ca18det_man crossmember too...fit nice, had some difficulties with the rest of my CA project for now, so the xmember sits on my shelf until after the A15 has a run in the hole.

I dunno why everyone wants to get ripped off by buying a maddat xmember?? Ca18det_man's Xmembers are almost half the price and from what I seen and heard of maddats kits is alot of problems with fitting the engine.

Andrews have no worries with fitting, as I bought an Xmember off andrew a few years ago and it's been going strong :)

Cheers
Damo

I'm about to fit the maddat crossmember into my 1200 coupe with the stumpy 5spd so I'll let you know how that goes
cheers
Bruce

ive got a xmember made by ca18detman and it looks pretty much the same as a maddat kit but at a much lower price so im not complaining
im dropping my ca in just after the weekend so ill let you all know how good is is
im sure it'll be great, great bloke to do business with too no hassles
id also like to add that i know kev too

exacty right daveman, all u on here think u know kev so well if any of u have seen his xmems u would know wat im talkin about, as for u ca18det_man no #### he is a auto elec man but he aint a quailified auto elec he just knows his #### he can make harnesses for any conversion but he also can do xmems diffs his own calitrack suspension as far as im concerned he dose it best.

Mate you didnt' have any trouble with the Maddat kit because you modified your tunnel before you even tried to fit the gearbox in it! The maddat kits definitely need tunnel mods even with the Stumpy gearbox.

Sure they work but it's not as simple as it sounds

Nothing wrong with the MadDat kits. maybe you put it in backwards

Hey there, Just go the MADDAT route, he has the simplest kits to make your conversion so easy. Ive got one in my 2 door sedan, Straight bolt in, no mess, no fuss. Cheers. Adam

Whats wrong with the Xmembers I make??? I have two that where made for 1200.com members sitting in my shed .
ACA18turbo why do you say keep the engine as close to the swaybar as possible?? I find if it sits back around 10-15mm off the firewall (around 30-40mm swaybar clearance is good for front pulley- radiator clearance ect also better weight distrubution.
I know kev Rowley quite well I have seen a fair bit of his work he is a autoelectrical guru
I havnt seen a maddat kit so cant coment I would be pretty sure his work would be top notch.