Reply With QuoteKE70 engine crossmember with the mounts cut off neatly, and mounts from a T18 crossmember.
Series 2 T18 lights should go straight in with a little sheetmetal spacer for the parker screws from what I understand. Those parkers wrap around further and have a different shape ^
Last edited by stahlz_ae86; 30th March 2016 at 07:38 PM.
KE70 engine crossmember with the mounts cut off neatly, and mounts from a T18 crossmember.
Last edited by stahlz_ae86; 22nd August 2016 at 10:09 PM.
Engine crossmember prep sorted and back from the sandblaster all blasted and etch primed. Stay tuned, good things coming soon
Made a new engine mount attachment for the crossmember jig to suit T18 mounts before hacking up the T18 engine crossmember which I sacrificed for its mounts.
Test fitted the crossmember Friday night at my cousins factory. As suspected from experience gained with the TA22 conversion there was sfa clearance between the drivers side gearbox stay and the uni joint that comes into the rack. Had to cut the tacks off the mounts and shift the motor towards the passenger side a smidgeon. All welded up and ready to go
Looks the dogs now. Love this car
All aligned now and feeling great to drive. Just need to source an MA70 intermediate shaft to improve the last step of the rack and pinion swap. AE71 column intermediate shaft is only just long enough to consider as "safe". It's doing the job for now but I'll be happy when it's mated home, through the whole length of the spline where it goes onto the uni connecting to the rack. Looking forward to going back to one key for the whole car too. Sydney WTAC show 'n' shine here we come.
MA70 intermediate shaft purchased, club permit renewed for a fresh 90 days. Car stored back at mums again while I'm flat out with work and trying to find time to change the wheels on my Civic of all the possible car related things I could be doing. Haven't had a "daily driver" since my Subaru carked it about two years ago now. Looking at keeping the WRX and using it as a weekender / toy once I do a couple more mods, an AWD tune and put rego on it again. Looking at buying another Datsun 620 kingcab in driveable condition as the project one I bought after a 4 year search isn't a runner, is a major fix up project. Toying with the idea of selling TE71, don't know what to do...
Reading back through thread, feeling nostalgicsomebody talk me out of my current train of thought.
Don't sell it Paul, too hard to ever find another as nice as yours. What's going wrong with the WRX?
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