Shane will be relieved when he finally gets his bus back this week. I have finished photos to come although here are a couple of all right ones..
Wiring panel
Exhaust
Radiator shroud, boxed chassis rails.
intake box
Short sump
Custom notched tank
Still to come..
Engine brace, full engine bay pics, intercooler intake, fitted exhaust and a host of other goodies we made for our first splitty conversion.
oh yes, as the dead-Kev sed - Im excited. Good find....you watching Pete?
Euro_67 ·
Here you go, you can see them all at once now, great work too.
Wayne.
fozee ·
Good work on the air intake!
It looks really tidy.
boof2332 ·
Its got one of those d-zeus fasteners holding it on, so you can just turn the fastener and pull off the end panel.
The bus is running...sounds fat.
We are going to street tune it with the laptop and the wideband sensor and then it will be ready to go.. I will post all the final pics in the next couple of days.
Matt
reub ·
WHOO HOO!
sounds great dude....
subaruboxer ·
Hi Matt,
well done!! Great jab with attention to detail!!
But I would never use those connectors in a car, they might cause problems sooner or later!
[ Edited on 26-8-2006 by subaruboxer ]
boof2332 ·
Loads of people use the double sided screw connectors here. I have cable tied every wire on the panel so it cannot move and since sat all of them on a strip of rubber. It makes for easy diagnosis for faults. I only used them because a mate who was is an auto electrician advised me of there advantages...didnt mention cons.
Matt
pete wood ·
crewcabconnection wrote:oh yes, as the dead-Kev sed - Im excited. Good find....you watching Pete?
whachew takin bout willis!!:o
I was out there on friday pervin at the bus in question. A great conversion. The stock intercooler is even in the factory spot. This is class, pure class.
Now, you old woman, when are you gonna give fighting it and come to the wet side of the force? 😉
:vader
boof2332 ·
Just popped into my uncles house to pick up some exhaust fans and he gave me his Triumph spitfire mk2, complete, last on the road 15 years ago, he took it off the road to do body resto for his son, who hates cars...take it he says.
Now..what motor do I squeeze into this little puppy?
Matt
pete wood ·
SR20DET!!!!!! 🤘
At last a triumph gets a real motor!!!:bounce
pete wood ·
hold on, are they a 6?
then RB25DET!!! 👍
malcolm ·
like pete said SR20DET :thumb or RB26DET
Doug Sweetman ·
Triumph Spitfire - werent they a small bent 8 ?
1UZFE baby....... or if you need a six, get one with class, 2JZ 🙂
squizy ·
Nah Spitfires were a twin stromberg 4 I think. Similar to the Dolomite motor.
boof2332 ·
I am pretty sure this little puppy has a 1200 twin su's with a single a webber upgrade. The later model was a 1500. It looks like this... i was thinlking a fj20t...I do not know how strong the box is. We could always do like the tiger, and bash the tunnel with a hammer till the top loader fits, then put a 260(most were swapped for 289's) v8 in the front...or that twin turbo lexus v8 i keep bringing up. http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/cars/dcullinson.jpg
Same colour.
Matt
[ Edited on 28-8-06 by boof2332 ]
thereandthen ·
hi, neat radiator. I have an EJ22 in a split and the only thing i'm not happy with is the rad scoop. I like the look of what you've done there as my rad is in that same place. What is it made of and how did you do it?
boof2332 ·
I made it out of small steel tube as a frame and then welded sheet to it to make the shroud. The rad sits at an angle (low at the back) and has twin thermos on the topside. It is a commodore radiator.