Locost 7 Site

Ah my lovely wreck.  My wife doesn't understand the attraction of a wrecked car and the magical Duratec just sitting there without a scratch.

It's just about ready to Pluck the motor out.  Thanks heaps for Deans help who had the wreck moved to his house and did heaps of preparation work before I arrived to strip the big bits out.  Thanks heaps mate your help was absolutely invaluable.

Dean is also Making a FMS clubbie with a Duratec, however he has decided to incorporated a Silvia LSD IRS.  hmmmmm :-) IRS.

When friction is your friend.  The wife is less than half the weight of the motor and gearbox, and I was needed to guide the motor down the ramp and into the shed.  Also being on the alert if it decided to do anything it wasn't supposed to. 

Ah look at that.  The duratec can't wait to jump into the front of the Clubbie.

I saved the tyres from the wreck as well.  They had only done 12500 Km so are OK for my first rego.  Lots of other bits were also salvaged.  Some things like the struts, power steering rack, electric power steering motor and pump etc. will be "Swapped" for bits that i need from the wreckers.  That's the theory anyway.

This was in the top of the gear box.  Don't know what this does yet. 

Motor speed sensor.

Don't need it.

The one down the front was connected to the Gear selector.  Thus it's going to send info to the ECU about the gear selection, starting in neutral or Park and not allowing starting in 1,2 or Drive. 

Don't plug it in, you don't want to send any info to the ECU about the Gear Box.

Mystery #3
Now if you have a look at the top there is another plug.

Don't plug it in, you don't want to send any info to the ECU about the Gear Box.

OK this one I think is the speed sensor to feed the vehicle speed back to the ECU and then the Dash.

Yes it's the speed sensor.  Runs off a 26 tooth sprocket.

Here is some information about the size of the duratec.

Mackay mounts and 3mm wall with 25 X 50 RHS.  Motor is very firm when all welded up.

Passengers side misses by at least 1mm after I rerouted the dipstick.

Making the Engine Mounts

I don’t have drawings however I’ll go through the process I used.

Making the 6mm flat plate Engine mounts.
Take the dip stick out of the engine block
I used paper over the bolt holes and a pencil and did a rubbing over the actual positions of the bolt holes.  Like you did as a kid with a coin under paper to get the etching of the coin on the paper.
This gives you an exact representation of the bolt holes positions.
Then I drew a shape around them that looked as though it would work ensuring It would leave enough material for the diameter of the bolts plus approx 6-10mm more.  (Technical Hay)  J
At this point I fiddled with the Position of the dip stick tube and “made my template work around it”.

RHS
The RHS is 50 * 25 * 4 wall to memory.  It is think walled anyway.

Mackey Mounts.
The Mackey mounts are used by many and readily available at any “Blackwoods” or similar shop.
I simply turned the round steel to a size that it would both          
-Suit the Mackey Mount
-Suit the 25mm width and allow for the weld.

Putting It Together
OK now I put the motor and box in the chassis in position.
Bolted the engine plates into position.
Put the Mackey mounts and round steel and bolts on the chassis mounting plates.
Did a few length calculations and Angle calculations.
Cut the RHS, and ground to suit
Stuffed one side and repeated process

Welding
Tack welded “IN THE CAR”
Removed and welded it completely.

It's only 25L to keep the weight down and eliminate Fuel Surge.  May have a problem with the Targa Tasmania or the 12 hour Bathurst races.  Ah well what's the likely hood of that really being a problem anyway.   :-)

What a pain in the but.  I have to dodge the Panhard Rod. get the angles correct and allow for the Focus Fuel pump that is approximately 150mm at the top.

Yes it looks bent and it is.

Your friend and mine the grinder with the aluminium cutting blade.

20psi. plus.
5% expansion allowed.
Tig Welded.

And the steering as well.

Dellow

Supra is a reality

You can also see the charcoal canister and the fuel tank in the back ground.

From Brisbane.

The original sender won't fit.  Just pop down to supercheap and grab one off the shelf.  I went to Enzed to get the plug for the other hole.  Perhaps later, it will go to a sender for a oil pressure gauge.

Oil filters are any that take a 20mm thread.

Everything is also sealed up for good.