d.p.n.s 1970 mk2 cortina 1G GTE

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Started on the gearbox tunnel today...

I wanted to keep as much rooms s possible and its a pretty big arse box..

So I started with some 25mm bix section and cut it down to angle. Then just cut and twisted it into the shape I wanted.

Then started on the panel

Might get some more done tomorrow

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Been a wee bit slow at work so I took the manifold and a spear head to work to finished some things.

Finally finished turning the manifold into divided pulse to match the turbo.

Bought a new waste gate and mounted it in pretty much the only place I could.

Now just need to make a small pipe from the waste gate to the dump pipe.......thinks are getting tight now.

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Radiator turned up yesterday so I got it mounted

70mm rotary radiator should help keep things cool

Pretty full now

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Special tool #37 ..this little brace it what you need when you make your own crossmember to mount the engine and then make everything else of the position of the engine ........only to find out you fucked the crossmember up!!!! .so special tool #37 it there to hopefully keep the engine in place while you remove and make another crossmember and engine mounts. . And just because I know the fucking thing will drop at some point I made captive nuts and bolts that will allow me to lift it 2" . On a side note my cube racing shifter turned up....

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Sooooooooooo

I went into the garage today to make a start on the new cross member and engine mounts.

Well it was nice to see the jig I made work as I removed the old cross member not even once did the engine fall on my face and kill me......it did drop all of 2mm so I'll be able to get that back with winding up the adjustment bolts I put in the jig.

I tryed the new cross member in place but as I thought the sump was in the way .

So I will have to cut and weld some of the sump.

I removed the sump and bolted the cross member in place and as you can see its a wee bit close to the oil pick up but I think I can work around that.

As for engine mounts ....some of you know there are NA ,turbo and SC versions of the 1G and they came in tons of different Toyotas......... So not only are there a few types of engine mounts there are also 2 post ions you can joint the joints to the motor.

So with the cortina cross member in place and the alloy mounts I used on the last setup it looks like this.

But by using another set of mounts and moving them to the forward mounting position ....this happened

And I can still get the oil return in with a wee trim and if I use the factory mounts from the 1g I'm pretty sure it will all work nicly

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Fucking boom.

Added 20hp by fitting a roof rack

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Oooooooook.

1ggte cortina cross member ....take 2

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The brace I made to hold the motor in 1 place worked very well

And the new cross member works well and uses all of the shelf Toyota mounts.

Also a plus to see everything else fits back on.

I bolted a set of leave spring back in and mounted the difg and it 2 fits....just need some long u blots now so I can make the blocks once its all back together.

Slapped a 10" wide steelie on but it wouldnd clear the calipers but I think with the right size offset I will be able to get a 10" under the rear gaudes.

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Sump cut and welded.

Shit photos but clears nicely.

Will just have to move the oil pick up over a wee bit with a hammer

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i put the front back together so i can make it a roller again.

thought it might be time to see if a bonnet fits as well.

 

what 6 cylinder turbo!!

fuck me it fits and the bonnet is perfect just as it is and matches the passenger side gaurd

 

and the front back on the ground

 

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back on her wheels for the 1st time since Jan 2015

 

well thats it till next year now boys and girls..........thanks for watching

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just a quick one.

rims of the future ....turbos..

14x7 so they clear the rear discs nicly

 

thanks to the man that kindly sold them to me.........you know who you are.

 

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parts still turn up from time to time.

 

if only it was as easy as just slapping the bugger on top there........will take a wee bit of brain power to get it all under the hood.

but i have a few ideas.........

 

have talked about compound charging for a long time now on and off and if i can get that fucker to fit under the bonnet   .....it will happen

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sooooo i pulled the inlet off to see if i can get the SC in there ....i was thinking in on its side and relocate the oil filter and shit.

but fuck me!!!! tons of room

 

even some room to play under it for a inlet manifold and some sort of intercooleing  ....me thinking water to air

 

was kinda thinking cut a section from an old cheap intercooler and make end tanks to flow in and flow out the front and pump cold water threw where the charge air would normaly blow and then the charged air from the SC threw where the out side air would blow.......if you know what i mean.

 

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well its been pretty slow at the moment so i took some parts in to build a long block and started looking at making the supercharger side of the motor.

so i made a bracket that i could sit the SC on and it would keep the whole unit level with the engine/crank and still be able to slide it back and forth ....mainly just to see what pulley on the crack i want to use.

 

so made sure i clear the fuel rail and also have access to all the injector plugs....and cut an old manifold down to start looking at the manifold

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well its been about 15 mouths since i actually worked on this (not just fucking around with it.) ..we said we would have an awesome holiday last xmas  as it will be the last for a while

so stopped working on it and saved .,took 5 weeks of work over xmas and we took the kids on a road trip around NZ......

during this time the wife and i decided it might be time to bite the bullet and buy a house.so we decided that what we would do this year ...so once again i put the old girl on hold till we had our own home.

we we finally managed to buy a house .....so our gilrs have a place to call home and so do my projects.(twice as big as the last garage)

i had done 2 trips to the new house and i could kinda see the mk2 in the old garage.

and the 1st time she has been out side in a while.

and after move all my shit  i have come to the conclusion the old garage was the fucking tardis as i have no idea how it all fitted...

as its fulled the new garage.

 

so once i get all of this sorted i will be back into it......normally i would have sold this off agers ago but i love it to bits and i bought the mk5 after xmas to keep me amused ..

also bought a mk3 last week so i will see what thats like when i get around to picking it up.

cheers

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started looking into the old girl again now the new house and garage are sorted.

i wanted a frame to make it easy to roll around the garage to work on...to be able to get the motor and box out as well as the back end.

i also wanted to bolted through the jacking points

 

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had planes to convert the mk5 to 5 speed this weekend but managed to partially de-glove my fun finger on Wednesday at work  so was going to make it hard to do...even got a cheeky look at the bone just sitting there as they peel the flap back.

 

so thought i would start making a template for the  caliper mount on the old mk2 rear end.

even tho i am pretty much make everything again i am going to try and get it cert approved the 1st time.

asking checking the hobby car manual and asking on our tech page i have decided to go 10mm plate , 1 piece ,   flat with no offset. and bolt on via all 4 bolts that hold the axle to the diff housing..so just need to make 2 brackets.

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new well for me ... steering rack turned its from an avenger and i really want to say thank you very much to @The Dude for going above and beyond for me.

you sir are a legend and they should be bottling your sperm/DNA/blood just in case the world goes to shit and they need to repopulate