Bigj66

Some more photos, still experimenting with posting pictures 🙄 Not sure how to resize them to make them fit the screen. First two were attached direct from my iPad. These are done via post image.

This is the engine I have planned for the conversion. It’s out of a 1965 P5 auto and more or less complete but will require a full strip down and rebuild. Torque converter needs to come off and the dyno replaced with an alternator. Convert the dizzy to points free operation and hopefully the angle of the exhaust manifold should allow a relatively easy adaptation to the existing down pipe.

Looks like it’s been overheating at some point going by the staining around the radiator cap.

Cheers Jeremy. Those photos make things much clearer. If you didn’t use the mechanical fan do you think you might avoid the need to remove some of the radiator surround? Does the crank pulley or sump come close to any fixtures or the crossmember?

The engine mounts on the six cylinder engine seem to be about 6” further forward of those on the four cylinder block. Is the depth of the six cylinder bell housing the same as the four cylinder one in which case would it just be a matter of moving the existing mounts 6” further toward the front of the chassis? If so then that would put the new engine mount where that bracing is to the left of the bolt. 🤨 If the six cylinder bell housing was not as deep as the four cylinder one then that would help as there’s still a bit of room at the back of the engine bay for the six cylinder to sit closer to the bulkhead.

Cheers for the info. I’m hoping to retain a full synchro box but it sounds like I need to source a complete S3 6 cylinder box rather than just bolt a 6 cylinder bell housing to my existing 2.25 box which I thought I could do originally.

Cheers, always good to get real world feedback.

They sure do Mr Freezer, thank you very much 👍. My engine is the 3.0 out of a P4 Rover but hopefully the 2.6 bell housing, flywheel and clutch will bolt straight on. I notice the gearbox numbers are different though. Are the 4&6 cylinder boxes interchangeable or do they have different ratios?

The Matt black looks good.

I didn’t realise there was a Weber conversion available, do you have any further details please?

Another gearbox query if anyone can help, are the six and four cylinder boxes the same except for the bell housing and if so are the bell housings interchangeable? Same question for the flywheel.

I know there are a number of good suppliers out there but can anyone recommend one in particular especially for quality and perhaps the ability to adapt the design slightly to the users requirements? I’m thinking that if I fit the 6 pot to mine then the air cleaner position is different to that on the four pot next to the battery tray so I would like to have that done first rather than cut and reweld afterwards.

Agreed. Stick a battery jump lead between the battery -ive and the starter mounting bolt. If cranking improves you know you’re looking in the right area.