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darrenwilson wrote:Striped the Engine bay,grind and sanded it prepairing it for paint !

Yay, no more purple! haha

- Braasy

braasmonkey wrote:

darrenwilson wrote:Striped the Engine bay,grind and sanded it prepairing it for paint !

Yay, no more purple! haha

- Braasy

Yes purple was starting to look awfull i always wanted to change it

Glad for your guys feedback at times.So here are the final pictures of the engine compartment painted Hope ya'll like it

I personally like the engine bay colour to match the rest of the car. Also good not having black when it comes to tracking down leaks haha. Keep up the good work, you're well ahead of me now lol

- Braasy

braasmonkey wrote:I personally like the engine bay colour to match the rest of the car. Also good not having black when it comes to tracking down leaks haha. Keep up the good work, you're well ahead of me now lol

- Braasy

Thanks mate!

Block resting in the bay presently!

Looking like some good progress Darren

I don't mean to be negative, just some feedback , but are you sure your Passenger side modified engine mount is going to be strong enough, after being cut away & re-welded?

Kitch wrote:Looking like some good progress Darren

I don't mean to be negative, just some feedback , but are you sure your Passenger side modified engine mount is going to be strong enough, after being cut away & re-welded?

Well the engine brackets have been there for a great while no and i haven't got any problems with it the privious a12 was sitting fine on it with no issues like busting rubber mounts etc.

Gearbox will be going in tomorrow

Kitch wrote:Looking like some good progress Darren

I don't mean to be negative, just some feedback , but are you sure your Passenger side modified engine mount is going to be strong enough, after being cut away & re-welded?

I was thinking the same thing Kitch. The A15 is a little heavier and has more torque, so may cause an issue down the track? The mounting bolt also looks a tad skinny compared to the ones in my 1200. Let us know how you get on Darren, otherwise if you can track one down a 1200 ute engine cross member will do the trick.

- Braasy

braasmonkey wrote:

Kitch wrote:Looking like some good progress Darren

I don't mean to be negative, just some feedback , but are you sure your Passenger side modified engine mount is going to be strong enough, after being cut away & re-welded?

I was thinking the same thing Kitch. The A15 is a little heavier and has more torque, so may cause an issue down the track? The mounting bolt also looks a tad skinny compared to the ones in my 1200. Let us know how you get on Darren, otherwise if you can track one down a 1200 ute engine cross member will do the trick.

- Braasy

I will do try to get a ute member Mounted My 60 series gearbox up in the to car Today !

More progress lately
Won't be long untill the start up i will be sure to make a video!


Some progress pics.

Head on !