progress on panel work while i still await my crown mid sump.

 

this door had quite a large gouge in it as can be seen in previous pics. now metal finished

 

this door had tons of bog in it. the previous panel beating job made metal finishing very difficult but we got it very very close.

 

then here we have the passenger front door. Rust.

diff swap begins. still awaiting my crown midsump so engine mounts are still on hold.

This thing is freakin' awesome. Best Corolla here :D

diff jig complete.

 

here is a comparison between the f series axle and the g series.

 

here is the stripped hilux rear.

back in the car.hilux housing in the jig getting the crown mounts out on.

 

Mounts all welded.

 

 

back in the car.

got another 1uz today. this one came out of a crown so has the mid sump ready. also the crown manifolds. plus some plastics i didnt have before.

so we put the trans on and got that mostly mounted. and had a good suss of the motor and the angle needed plus measurements for the driveshaft.

 

also with the soarer trans having a donut style join the stock shifter wont work so going to a b&m ratchet style.

 

then after much debate i decided i wanted the motor further back so the trans mount is being altered to allow a further 30-40mm more rearwards. will most likely get onto motor mount tuesday night. tomorrow will be reworking the trans mount.

So i wasnt happy with the motor positioning. was too far forwards so we modded some stuff today and got it further back, gained about 30 mm. the underside of the sump had a nice even gap all the way around it including the draglink.

also with the heights and angles of everything in is very very close to matching pinion angle. Also being a crown normally the motor will be mounted on as lean. this will be upright.

 

The previous mounting of the trans made it nearly impossible to remove the x member without either moving the motor way back or unbolting the trans first. so the way its done now fixes that issue.

 

 

Next i got a centre for the diff and put the axles back in and some wheels on. then jacked the diff up to get to approx ride height. from there we mocked up a shaft to check the angle. all sweet.

Managed to move the centre bearing x member back and now the stock soarer front shaft can be used. we did however put the crown centre bearing on the soarer shaft. All fit up without mods.

 

finalised the motor postion up front. start motor brackets tomorrow.

would love to get the motor further back but without notching the sump it just isnt happening.

 

So Mounts are done. motor is completely supporting itself

 

went with the TUFF mount style setup. Simple to build.

 

Final position. found i did have to lean it over to clear the steering box.

 

 

This shows where the centre bearing x member was moved to. just need to add a shim and drill a fresh hole.

 

soarer front shaft with crown bearing on it. all just kinda worked.

 

drag link clearance

Getting the 1uz already mid sump winning, sump swapping ghey

and we have some colour.

 

Nice work everywhere! I especially like your diff jig and that you managed to fudge your motor and gearbox mounts until you were able to use a stock tailshaft, very clever :) .

Keep it up,

Jes

Its that the same colour you did your rolla in?

Thanks bueno. Only front half is stock. Rear half is with the driveshfat builders now. But it definitelt helped.

 

Taz. Its not the same no but it is similar. I have no name or code for this colour as its completely custom.

other completed rear door. had to rework it as a friend of mine dropped it. Ergh.

 

body off the chassis.

 

Body on a rolling frame. hopefully have it to my paint shop soon.

Mmmm very nice!