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Thought i should update the thread as i was here, yes the rover is still alive. went drag racing last December and was very surprised with the go of it. however i feel the 300,000K 3.9L maybe not so happy given he noticeably tap noise from the lifters. however rn i'm replacing the start solinoid because the one in the motor is hashed and i've found that the motor on the engine doesn't exist.. and the p6 one has one too little teeth... nope i have no idea what the flywheel is made from.
so if i'm rebuilding the motor i feel i should you know... make it faster, i feel 11:1 pistons and a roller cam may help it go more.
good news though the T5 box is still alive
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sorry no photos,
Right so not been around for a while. but not been doing nothing. been thinking about the v6 and trying to avoid an ecu, bit different and run a carb.
However how to run the ignition was my first challenge... Mitsubishi never made a carburated v6, what they did make however was a carburated 4 cylinder van... that shares a bolt paturn.
the L300 2000 up year model to be exact... this got gutted and then was the hunt for a v6 cap that would not foul the fire wall... mazda had the solution and it was a mitsubishi part too so maybe it would share a roter shape?... nope slightly smaller rotor fitting nothing a file could not fix though.
so now i have a huge cap, a rotor that firs the cap and now the shaft all i needed was a adapter and a reluctor... in comes the 3d printer.
the base adapter took 5 attempts to get right for both hole placement and to aline evrything to keep it stright.
the reluctor was a bit of a chalange seeing as i needed to add some metal for the pick up in the distributor to sence. took me 5 attempts to get the roller bearings (out of a nackered UJ)to be pick up (and not hit the internals).
however its done... and tested. god damn works...on the bench using a honda civic coil
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don't know what they are called but I believe Mitsubishi use them? so scrap yard hunt if all else fails?
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I may have one in storage... along with my 2 spare cars. sadly the current daily maybe parted out as the rust has got to that level
so one from that and let me know if you need anything else
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What shape grill? Eb2 or eb3?
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So whats the next stage... well firstly, i need to actualy get the engine/ box to the GTO (ive been moking this up on a spair celeste shell).
i know i need to at least notch the xmember to clear the sump.
sadly will need to cut the tunnel a little to make way for the new 6speed but thats all part of the fun of this kind of swap, and before you all explode at me no this is not a perfect and clean GTO is been messed around with, arches on the back and fiber glass front wings. looks mean but needs to sound it too... and yes this is the first photo of the gto on this form
Like i said she is not a looker but being solid and had a lot of rust repairs already done will help.
as for interior I finally managed to track down all the little and odd parts I was missing, from one guy
Quick question, dose anyone here know or can help ether track down a fiberglass bonnet or another original one as i now know the carbs wont fit below and i dont want to cut up the only one i have ... just in case
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right long time no update but got some stuff sorted.
firstly mounts, one side is done the other needs a new motor side plate making but will be done soon.
secondly, the fueling system finaly showed up... need to make it fit now
thirdly i did find a gearbox... I don't know if it will survive yet but its a 6 speed twin overdrive out of a Great wall v200
so i got it for a good price then found it takes a nissan clutch that is the same diameter as the original (if by original i mean pajero 3L) cover and matches the flywheel
after that it was road trip to my good engineer friend with an old pajero bell housing and the gearbox to get the joined (this time it was not a 40mm spacer refer to rover page if you want to know).
As a side note for anyone with the same forethought and planing as me.. put the gearbox next to the original just once before this much work.... yes its huge but i will make it fit (and yes, that really was said to my girlfriend).
and this is what it looks like all bolted together
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just got orders from up high. got to do extra hours
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On 10/09/2018 at 13:22, rich1179 said:
Ok first Question, what gearbox to use,
got 3 options,
Mitsubishi R5M31 (Rare and expensive)
Holden T5 (cheep but big and bulky)
Toyota W57/58 (expensive but quite compacted)
swaying towards the Toyota as they are just known but open to comments
And plans changed... plan er D2 (yes there have been that many) is to look at using a great wall gearbox as they are a toyota copy so lets see if china can make a good copy found one at this stage that is a 6 speed. I believe its a double over drive unit but will find out when i go look at it this weekend
side note motor now has mounts( that are too wide), exhaust headers (that are too long) , a flywheel (bolts are too short) and a bellhousing (With the stater on the wrong side).
Yep lots of plans but have found its smidge shorter and the same width as a 4g63 with turbo so looks like it will fit nicely in the hole. (I don't even have the GTO in Auckland)
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What to bring tonight? guess it will be civic or the ute as nothing else works/ is in Auckland
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11 hours ago, Snoozin said:
Someone remind me, I keep forgetting.
food tomorrow.. good reminder?
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Question for the GTO people, just installed he door rubbers on the green GTO and it seems the glass is too low in the fram by about 10mm to properly seal up to them? but ive tryed adjusting the glass up but still seems too low, can i slot the wholes in the door or is there another adjustment i'm missing. door are alined on the car within 2mm.