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I dealt with "Joe"

 

Good luck dude.

 

Thanks for the number, I’ll give them a call on Monday.

Hey mate,

 

Been looking through the 7age build, awesome stuff mate. Going to be an absolute weapon when it is done. Good luck with the rest of the build, it's inspirational.

 

Cheers

 

Mick

Hey mate,

Been looking through the 7age build, awesome stuff mate. Going to be an absolute weapon when it is done. Good luck with the rest of the build, it's inspirational.

Cheers

Mick

 

Thank you for the encouragement.

Edited August 10, 201115 yr by _FNQ_rolla_

you done yet or what!

My W58 gearbox turned up last week.

 

 

 

Now I know that the W55, W57 and the W58 all look the same from the outside but below is a simple little trick to find out what W5* box you have with out pulling it apart.

 

If you turn input shaft 25 full turns in first gear the output shaft will turn;

 

W55 1st gear = 7.01 on output shaft

W57 1st gear = 7.61 on output shaft

W58 1st gear = 7.61 on output shaft

 

If you turn input shaft 25 full turns in fifth gear the output shaft will turn;

 

W55 5th gear = 29.4 on output shaft

W57 5th gear = 29.03 on output shaft

W58 5th gear = 31.93on output shaft

 

Its best to use an old clutch plate on the input and an old yoke on the output shaft, place a white dot on them, now all you have to do is turn input 25 times & count the output.

you done yet or what!

 

 

I hope to have this on the road by Xmas…. and cage next year

Sounds good haha, how's that dash coming along?

Sounds good haha, how's that dash coming along?

 

Ok, some more pics for you all.

 

Dash is nearly all stripped out (going to total rewire everything as I am fussy at what I do)

 

 

 

Filling in the cracks in the dash pad

 

 

 

I used a 2 pack Polyurethane Foam

 

 

 

I bought these Autopro gauges

 

 

 

Standard dash panel removed

 

 

 

Got out the angle grinder and removed all of the raised webbing front and rear

 

 

 

Holes in the dash panel filled and then glassed overed

 

 

 

Dash all glassed up and ready for the stainless sheet face

 

 

 

New dash panel

 

 

 

New to the old (with allowance for 2 more gauges if I need in the future)

 

PIMP!! kken to see the dash as mine i farked but i don't wanna fork out huge dollars to get it fixed.

PIMP!! kken to see the dash as mine i farked but i don't wanna fork out huge dollars to get it fixed.

 

 

Not too sure what you are trying to say with the above?

the dash top mate what u put foam in.

Sneak peek while I do the write up, should have it uploaded tonight.

 

 

. . . . stay tuned.

The last two weekends my little bomb has undergone a heart transplant. Well I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking.

First of all I premade the engine mounts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Removal of the engine

 

 

 

Fitment of a test block, making sure it was sitting in alignment before welding any of the engine mounts. To help the test block sit in alignment (level and in the centre) I used rope to hold it in place before tack welding the mounts to the engine.

 

 

 

Engine mounts all welded up

 

 

 

W58 on standard KE35 gearbox mount

 

 

 

How the engine sits in the engine bay

 

 

 

 

W58 Gearbox and Nites Bellhousing

 

 

 

How the gear shifter comes through into the car.

 

 

 

Engine sitting in place

 

 

 

 

Did you want a shifter housing a bit further forward towards the firewall?

Edited August 15, 201115 yr by cuzzo

Did you want a shifter housing a bit further forward towards the firewall?

 

No, I think the shifter will be fine in this position (as I do not have to cut/extend holes in the transmission tunnel) and I can always bend the gearstick to suit if I feel the need to adjust it. Well that is what I am thinking now, because I ordered the gearbox to suit the hole in the transmission tunnel.

 

Do you have the shifter position closer to the firewall in yours?

Edited August 15, 201115 yr by _FNQ_rolla_