Yeah mine revs the same, pretty much 4000 when coasting at 100. If you can would be awesome, I've heard about the cross member but would be handy to know exactly what I'm getting into :)

no worries, i so can't wait to get it back together, i'm painting my engine black and the rocker cover and side plate the engine bay green, i think it will look ok, if not i'll paint the a different colour, i was thinking of painting the engine silver, but it would probs look a bit tacky and it shows up all bits of dirt etc, so i think blacks the go.

G'day, got a fair bit done today, one thing i decided is that i'm painting the motor that was in it, then i'll build the other motor up as a bit of a hottie, just cam regrind, head porting and shaved, just stuff like that but nothing to serious, i'm now painting the block and side plate black, leaving head silver and the rocker cover green.

 

had some trouble with the gearbox, there were no studs on the side for the slave cyl.

 

 

so drilled 2 holes then tapped some thread in them.

 

 

then made a plate to bolt on the side.

 

 

template for stud location.

 

 

bolted studs on, then welded the nuts on the outside, then cut the studs shorter, screwed them in untill they were countersunk in about 1mm on the inside and welded them on, did this because of no clearance for bolt head.

 

 

i didn't get a pic of it bolted up but will get a pic of it on tomorrow all painted up...

 

next i started to disassemble the front end

 

was very dirty haha

 

 

after a clean up and some paint

 

 

 

so then i got the 12r that was in it out to clean it, gave it a degrease, will pull everything off tomorrow to paint it.

 

before i cleaned it, didn't get after pic

Edited June 3, 201313 yr by glenpos

Awesome! The 5 speed swap is interesting, and the front end looks clean as :)

g'day, painted the engine, resprayed the engine bay as it was a bit warmer, came up great, bolted the cross member in, forgot to get a pic of it though, i really like how the motor looks, think it will go with the rest of the car,

 

 

 

 

 

need a good pic in the light haha

G;day again, got all the black painted around the outside of the engine bay, cleaned the water pump and painted the pulley, alternator and fuel pump, and polished the thermostat housing, buffed the engine bay, dropped the motor in.

 

Cleaned the bellhousing and painted it black as i CBF cleaning it enough to leave un painted, and didn't have silver, then i lifted the gearbox up into place and bolted it to the motor, fits in the tunnel well, i have to cut the shifter hole back a bit as it was the old style 4 speed, x member looks like it will go close too, the auto one is further back than manual x member, although it has both mounting positions standard.

 

Starting to look pretty good i think :yes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 6, 201313 yr by glenpos

We should swap sheds sometime... Forever. ;) looks sweet man, good work.

haha, look again just added another pic

and I thought my engine bay was tidy :/

haha, thanks mate, gonna look trick when its done i think

G'day, have got a bit done over the last week, was away for the weekend, have made up the x member, so gearbox is mounted up where it goes, old gearstick hole has been covered, the whole front end is back together ready for wheels to go on, but i'm enjoying looking at it for now haha, dad and i got most of the wiring tidied up back in place, starting to looks pretty good :y:

 

x member mods, it didn't have the dip in the middle, and on the front i didn't cut down as much for a bit of strength, just have to paint it.

 

 

after atleast 6 hours of cleaning i finally got to paint it, they were so ridiculously dirty haha, sorry about the crappy pics haha, too dark for my phone

 

will get some more pics tomorrow of wiring and crap

Edited June 12, 201313 yr by glenpos

looking good, keep up the great work :D

thanks mate

awesome!!!!!