Doing a few things in the background in preparation to begin the engine work. I've never been happy with the Dellow Toyota W50 5 speed conversion as it never really worked correctly in the previous car (mated to a Pinto) as the clutch could never be adjusted correctly. It either slipped or would never "de-clutch" sufficiently to engage gears at standstill (reverse / 1st etc). I feel this was due to not having sufficient room to allow for the clutch and release bearing stack height which would have the clutch release bearing pre-engaged with the clutch the entire time. Add to this the miss-matched geometry of the Ford release lever and the Toyota box which never really had adequate travel to fully de-clutch. Obviously doing all the math I have confirmed that this is in fact the case now using the Zetec and I need to either change or modify the current arrangement.
Hence I'm looking at going to a concentric hydraulic release bearing arrangement as this has far more scope for modification to suit my combination as I'm not bound by the mechanical clutch cable. Adding to this the pedal height can be lowered to match the brake and accelerator positions and still have adequate travel to operate the slave through it's effective range.
So, that means I need another outlet from my pedal box through the bulkhead - good thing I planned ahead 
I have a bracket ready to mount to the chassis to secure the flexible hose from the slave which I will the connect the hardline (once I figure out the correct length and flare it).

lee_doidge
That was my understanding as well. You have to meet the emissions of the engine you are using not the car.
That said so many of the rules seem to be open to interpretation. For my exhaust I had a catalytic converter
added as the Zetec had one from factory. Whether anyone took any notice of it or not can't say.

Hi Lee
If you look at the updated SA Gov website they have added a heap of PDF documents interpreting the Codes of Practice regarding vehicle modifications. From what I see the current view of the authorities is that any car pre Jan '86 only has to pass the basic emissions test - post Jan '86 is where it gets harder!
https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving-and-transport/vehicles/vehicle-standards-and-modifications/engine-and-exhaust-modifications
 

Celica box, ah yes... Mine has molested starter threads in the housing and hard to get to with zetec in place, it'll be coming out for helicoils . With the clutch throw business, I think I machined up a longer sleeve on mine and that rubbish spigot bush I got (also one for you back then) disintegrated while sliding the box up to the motor so I machined a new steel one... Not sure how long it will last when operational but better than Dellow ...

That spigot bush is not giving me any confidence!

Found a pic after mine obliterated it's self, I made a steel one, whether it works or not...

I ended up buying a sleeve to go over the end of the Supra (same as Celica) shaft and glued it on with locktight.  The measurements are IR12x15x22.5 this will allow you to use the original ford spigot bearing.  Not sure if it'll be same for Zetec but suspect it will
 
The dellow bearing doesn't sit far enough in the crank hence the issue above but using this sleeve will fix this problem

Cheers

Matt
 

Thanks guys - food for thought once I get to that bridge.
Doing a little on the new dash cluster as I didn't want to destroy my RS dash to run a digital speedo.
Pix of the dash facia all finished and with the gauges fitted along with the warning lights.
At least doing this I can incorporated the "Brake Warning" and "Park Brake" lamps into the dash and remove the tacked on under dash unit. Plus added a Check Engine light so I can have any ECU faults or engine alarms indicated on the dash.

Needs more numbers on that Speedo 😎.... Zetec can top 200kmh in 4th !
Or convert to mph lol, but seriously those clocks look sweet 👍

Thanks Marty. I’m happy to do the speed limit at this stage

martymexico
Needs more numbers on that Speedo 😎.... Zetec can top 200kmh in 4th !
Or convert to mph lol, but seriously those clocks look sweet 👍

200 in 4th... That is good to know. Apparently I have been driving mine like a big girly-girl..