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[orangeLJ]

just not so crash hot for XU-1 parcel shelves!

Looks very nice though mate!

[lx308]

Well, we've got the diff in, brakes all bled a bit too easy. Fuel tank in & got some 16x7 commodore rims to roll it around on, or so we thought, as the r/h rear tyre rubs & the l/h is clear by about 10mm.......

Rolled it out of the shed & gave it a wash.



Dropped the motor in this morning & the bloody clutch master cylinder hits the rocker cover. I'll have to chat with Mal Wood tomorrow
Then we had trouble getting the TKO into spot. I think it's just because we can't get the engine to drop down far enough to get the right angle, but it will have to wait another week now

It's getting frustrating...

[bullitA9X]

fxxcking awesome job your doing there m8

[MRLXSS]

MMMMMMMMM! Sexy!!!

Orange hatches! MY FAVOURITE!

[lx308]

Thanks for the encouragement fella's. Made the decision overnight to pull the motor out, move the master cylinder higher. Replace the brake lines with braided lines which will also make some more room around the rocker covers. Then we can also measure up WTF is going on with the TKO.




Thanks for the encouragement fella's. Made the decision overnight to pull the motor out, move the master cylinder higher. Replace the brake lines with braided lines which will also make some more room around the rocker covers. Then we can also measure up WTF is going on with the TKO.

[lx308]

Thanks for the encouragement fella's. Made the decision overnight to pull the motor out, move the master cylinder higher. Replace the brake lines with braided lines which will also make some more room around the rocker covers. Then we can also measure up WTF is going on with the TKO.




Thanks for the encouragement fella's. Made the decision overnight to pull the motor out, move the master cylinder higher. Replace the brake lines with braided lines which will also make some more room around the rocker covers. Then we can also measure up WTF is going on with the TKO.

Double post. Don't know what hapenned there!!!

Edited by lx308, 15 December 2008 - 11:25 AM.

[ls2lxhatch]

If you are going to remove the motor then I suggest you leave the motor bolted to the K-frame and lift the body off the k-frame. Once the motor and k-frame are clear attach the TKO to the motor and lower the body back on. Let me know if you decide to go this way and I will post pictures of how to get the k-frame to line up when you lower the body back on.

Using the above method I can fit the k-frame with the LS2, headers and transmission in under 30 minutes.

Well, we've got the diff in, brakes all bled a bit too easy. Fuel tank in & got some 16x7 commodore rims to roll it around on, or so we thought, as the r/h rear tyre rubs & the l/h is clear by about 10mm.......

Have you checked the backspace is the same on all your commodore rims?

[lx308]

Have you checked the backspace is the same on all your commodore rims?

Andy,
The rims were all off the same car so I'm assuming they are the same. There is bugger all room there for these rims anyhow & it could only be 5mm out either side to cause this. Just to have to make sure when Stan measures it we go on the right hand side

Looking at these pics...your clutch master is WAY too low...no way in the world it will clear the rockers/engine in any way

And right you were Rory

Lets hope the new under dash setup works....

Also,
Is there different height MSD Dissy's available? Mine sits in the wrong place. I told Bob it was going in Rana & space was limited so we used the smallet cap but, sheesh, the dissy is tall

[lx308]

The clutch master problem should be rectified. Under dash master cylinder from Mal Wood.

[lx308]

Some more movement!!!
Finally, after xmas, school holidays, building a shed down the coast, trying build a house, running & trying to sell our business - I have got something done on the Torrie. Got some small flexible brake lines with banjo fittings made & joined them up to the hard brake lines. Took 3 goes to get the double flare right. I was running out of line on the rear!. The missus has also got good at bleeding the brakes.
Sorted out the under dash master & lines. Should have enough room there now!



A pic of the shed...


Will try to get the motor back in soon, but the bloody block we want to build the house on needs slashing again

[355LX]

Mate I have the same underdash master from Mal Wood as you. Did you find you had to modify the pedal at all to make it clear the steering column when you attemp to depress the pedal to the floor?

Mine gets about 2 inches from the floor before hitting it, so I'm having to cut it and reweld it myself.

Dave

[lx308]

Nah. It seems ok. It does just touch the column.

[lx308]

Well, the sparky has been & done what wiring he can. We are trying take 2 of the engine/box install on Saturday . Can't believe it's been six bloody months since we found what would fit & what wouldn't. When we get the engine in the sparky will come back to finsh it off.

Roll on Sat!

[lx308]

Well, it's in!


Found the MSD dissy is too tall.... What have other people found here?


Looks like the rear on the engine needs to go down a bit more, but it can't. I can't come forward any either. It needs a shorter dissy. Do MSD make shorter shaft dissies?

[lx308]

The missus also fitted the fuel filler neck, number plate bracket & tail lights. Went to check out the new rear side trims we got to find that they appear to be made 25mm too short!!



Looks like we need to talk to boomfunk. At least he knows what Torries are supposed to have in them. We should've been talking to him from the start.

[76lxhatch]

Looking at the gearbox angle you probably want the rear to come up a bit to get the driveshaft angle right. I noticed that the MSD dizzy is very tall when I compared it to the Accel one I bought - just removed the internal module and run the MSD 6A straight from the magnetic trigger. Maybe its so tall to clear bigger manifolds...?

[76lxhatch]

Actually if you bring the rear of the engine up, won't the dizzy clear the lip forward?

[lx308]

There isn't enough room in the tunnel to get the 12mm spacers onto the g/box mount that came with the box. I was wondering if the engine was too high but if we turn the engine mount brackets around then I reckon the HE sump will hit the steering rack.

We are supposed to have a MSD 8589 dissy but the picture below shows that the 8589 only has about 50mm fom the mount to bottom of cap, ours has 110.


If the engine could come down, we could fit the spacers & bring the rear up.

[lx308]

Are you suffering from HQ engine mount-itis?

Might be. Here's 1 of my mounts.

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[76lxhatch]

Those are HQ mounts, but don't they sit the engine the lowest which is what you want?