Jesse's winning liteace discussion

[ThePog]

This is of great interest to me, my townace has a wheezy old 2y, so if a 4age is a reasonable swap ( I'm hoping that's where things are heading), then I shall follow with excitement....

@dspec_tt131

[kyteler]

I've been peeping this on insta for a wee while.  Such a good wee van, so clean. 

[Jeffs_Emporium]

Which townace model do you have? Admittedly it is all theory untill I actually pull the 5k and try fit it but I have seen photos of them fitted.

The hardest part at the moment is biting the bullet on the $850 niteparts bellhousing to mate the g52 to the 4age 

[cletus]

Cool work van! 

Max points for using something older with some character instead of just ticking up a rangluxeradovara 

[ThePog]

16 minutes ago, dspec_tt131 said:

Which townace model do you have? Admittedly it is all theory untill I actually pull the 5k and try fit it but I have seen photos of them fitted.

The hardest part at the moment is biting the bullet on the $850 niteparts bellhousing to mate the g52 to the 4age 

Ym65, 5 on the tree, 4x4

 

[Dudley]

When you yank the 5k out I’ll be interested in purchasing the engine.

rad van too

[piazzanoob]

I take it that haul of parts were from trademe?

also are you willing to sell some of your spare engine bits? 

[Jeffs_Emporium]

8 hours ago, piazzanoob said:

I take it that haul of parts were from trademe?

also are you willing to sell some of your spare engine bits? 

All of the spares have been sold already sorry 

[GMH63]

man that's a sweet van. reminds me of the good old days of borrowing my mates dads old one for piss trips. 

[bigmatt4]

1 use the gze clutch and pressure plate on mine running w55 gearbox. you will have to clearance the bellhousing for the gze setup to work as you can see in this pic

[bigmatt4]

[GARDRB]

On 28/02/2021 at 10:55, ThePog said:

Ym65, 5 on the tree, 4x4

 

This needs a @kpr 4agte setup

[tortron]

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In a minor model change in August 1988, the front and rear of the van/wagon were redesigned, increasing the body length by 75 mm (3.0 in). 

maybe a swb and lwb?

[Jeffs_Emporium]

Could be, looks like I can use 4speed crossmember on 5 speed anyhow and shorten one of the driveshafts to suit if I can't track down the correct one 

[BlownCorona]

please report back on how that fuel pump goes. ive got a flueflo elec pump on my twin 40s now, but would happily spend 100 bucks on something i know is suited. 

[bigfoot]

There is a gmb electric pump on rock auto that seems to work ok, I had one on my sigma wagon for a while. Alot cheaper than the carter one, I'l see if I can find the part number

[DAD]

This thing is mega! Re the Carter fuel pump; I can't speak for use with carbs but I used one on my 4age starlet to bring fuel from main tank to a remote surge tank and it was faultless and pretty quiet (much quieter than Facet-type ones I've used). 

Keep up the good work!

[kseries.rookie]

+1 for wanting to know about fuel pump.
Putting a 32/36 on a 5k and was wondering what i'll need to do for fuel delivery..

[Nominal]

I've been running one of those Carter fuel pumps on my Mercury for a few years now. It's located under the car buy the fuel tank. I don't here it when the car is running, but it is fairly noticeable when its on without the engine going.

It's been fine. After getting it new I picked up a spare for $20 at a swap meet to keep in the trunk, but I haven't needed it yet.

[scanner]

https://www.allports.nz/product-group/48361-malpassi-fuel-filter-regulator-for-carburetor-engines/product

Looking at doing 40dcoes on my BMW2002 and getting one of these to be sure of correct fuel pressure just to be sure, however I used to have a starlet running a 5k and a 28/36 Weber and the standard mechanical pump was fine without a regulator, the mechanical pumps run low pressure