Tacked another bit onto the Spit's chassis :)

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 04/11/2015 at 18:56 • Filed to: Spit6

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Brackets for the oil cooler :) Tucked neatly behind the front crossmember away from stones, but the speed-holes I drilled should provide a decent amount of airflow once I've added in some screens to direct airflow :)

BaconSandwich is tasty. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/11/2015 at 19:02

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Just out of curiosity, are you using the original engine, or swapping it for something else?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/11/2015 at 19:22

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I'm swapping out the 1.3l I4 for the injected 2.5l I6 from a TR6 (with some porting and a trick manifold) :) fits in with GT6 mounts and some massaging of a GT6 crank.

You can run 2.5ls through a GT6 gearbox, but that can't cope with the torque of a tuned engine so I've welded on some mounts for a beefier TR gearbox :)

Should be great fun when it's done :)

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/11/2015 at 19:43

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What tool do you use to roll the edge of the holes like that? I've been trying to figure that out for my Datsun for a while now and cant find anything other than the flange tools, which don't really do the same thing.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/11/2015 at 20:38

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You might know, is the Isuzu diesel swap kit for the Range Rover Classic pretty simple to do? The kit is from the UK.

http://www.mdengineering.co.uk/index.php?act=…

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/12/2015 at 05:04

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Alas it's not something i have any experience in..

I'd hazard a guess that as there's a kit it's fairly straightforward, but any engine swap will be a decent amount if work...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner 04/12/2015 at 05:08

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It's called a swage dimple tool :) you can get little hole cutting tools that punch a hole, and then these clamp on and press the flange in :) i got a set of both cheaply off ebay :)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/12/2015 at 12:52

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Yeah, I would think that too, just thought maybe you knew someone who might have done it :P