Today I got to cutting the rest of the rust out and welding in the big patch from the cut from teddys old roof..

Looks awesome mate, rust repair is one of those love hate things haha. Gonna be so rewarding once its done!

I understand the clearance reason for uprighting the motor, just wasn't sure if the plate helped the angle of the float bowls.

I guess the main purpose of the plate would be to keep your exhaust from hitting the floor as you stand the motor up then. I'll look into mounting the manifolds differently for correct float bowl angle when I make my kit.

 

Are your Dellorto manifolds a TRD item?

As far as i am aware there are no issues with float bowl when upriting.. the intake manifolds are a copy from new zealand. sheldon on clubk.co.nz does a kit. though my engine mounts and adaptor plate were genuine items from yahoo auctions japan.

Thanks heaps for the info, I'll look into Sheldon's kits and have a chat to the guy who'll be re-tuning for me.

Cheers

Been a while scince I last updated this.

Gets hard to find time between work and looking after my daughter.

Got the shape back in to the rear window opening now and started filling the dents in the roof where it was vandalized. Think I might need some shrinking around the dent on the drivers side, keeps collapsing on itself when you apply a bit of pressure when filing..