Thread: Holden engine conversion kits?

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what mounts do you have on motor :-

round?

square?

height?

on gearbox :-

round?

square?

height?

do you want to go up or down

at motor ?

at gearbox ?

come on man, spill them beans [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] so many questions!!!!!

simple solution, just put a jack under the motor and when it's level just weld some reo rod in place ,never have to worry about broken mounts again!!!!!!!
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although i have done it once on a demo derby vehicle , talk about reverberations!!!! 8O [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Ok, more details then.

It appears that the front mounts are too high up. Of course it may be that the rear ones are too low, but that is unlikely.

The result is that the engine has a nose up tilt, and the driveshaft is VERY close to the chassis where it goes through that hole. In fact, when braking downhill when empty it rubs on the bottom, well it used to, the plate that it rubbed on is mostly gone now, although I have been driving more gently.

The mounts themselves look like cast pieces (not welded), not sure about what material, maybe steel or aluminium. Then the usual rubbers between the mount and the engine etc. I considered replacing the rubbers with thinner ones, but I was worried about cracking the mounts.

but what shape and height mount rubbers do you already have where?

Umm, they are round ones between the mount and the engine, about err not sure about the dimensions, i'll grab a measuring tape in my lunch break and check it out. I'll get back to you then, I might even get some pics over the weekend.

Phoenix
from memory there are three good adaptor manufacturers in Oz, again I think all three were in Queensland, they are Dellows, Hadfields and Marks adaptors. I dont have any phone numbers any more but they would be who I would try first.

hope that is a help.

Cheers

Blitz

Saw this on autotrader.com.au if any of you series fellas are interested.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Holden motor, with conversion kit to suit series 1 to 3, $150 KOTARA SOUTH 02-4943 3552[/b][/quote]

I've now idea where Kotara South is, obvisously NSW somewhere!


Paul

Ok, the engine mounts themselves are of a 'T' shape in section. One is bare metal (indicating that it is an aloy due to the lack or rust, and the other was once painted blue, but is a bit chipped now. THe engine itself is tilted up at the front by about 4 degrees max. I don't know about the rear mounts as I was in a suit, and the ground under Grover is red, dusty gravel.

The rubber bases between the mounts and the chassis are 4 cm (1 1/2 inches) thick.

I guess that I have a couple of options.

Replace the rubbers with thinner ones.
Replace the mounts with different ones.
Get the chassis modified so that the attachment is lowwer ( I don't know if this has already been don, but i'm inclined to not play with the chassis if I can avoid it )