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i attacked this conversion differently than what ive read here as i wanted the engine to sit as low as possible to fit downdrough webber and hat for future turbo conversion (not for a while). to achieve this i modded the crosmember, cut 25mm out of the centre and rewelded it giving me extra sump clearance
that's exactly the way I approached my conversion - engine as low and as far back as possible.
but the drag link is the same height as the x-member. And unlike the x-member, it rises when you turn the wheels. How did you get the sump to clear that?
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aslo had to make spacers to drop swaybar down to clear oil pump
yep, me too.
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trans tunnel needed no mods
auto tunnel, I assume?
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used bluey clutch slave and rad as well, cut complete rad support out for clearance
just the opening in the rad support to accomodate the wider core, or did you cut the top of the rad support (where the bonnet catch is) too?
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used l16 water pump and pulley to gain extra front clearance due to l20b having that hydrulic coupling
all 4cyl water pumps and pulleys are the same from wht I've seen, and I've used L16, L18 and L20Bs. Are you referring to the Bluebird viscous clutch fan? I simply threw the engine fan in the bin and use a VB/C/H thermo fan which mount in front of the radiator.
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