this is what was done to the tunnel

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This it the differance between a manual and auto tunnel



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there is heaps of room for the supra box


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Now to fit it in place.

Geez, no mucking about Dave! Straight back into it!!! Good to see, look forward to seeing it at SFS next year....

I have had this week off sofar but im back to work tomorrow[8~2][8~2]
What can i say, i have been insired by SFS, to get this thing going ASAP as it will be something very different. I am even thinking about going dry sump with the motor, but i need to do a little bit of reserch on that first. once i get the fire wall and tunnel in, then i can fit the motor properly and get on and do all the fiddly bits. This auto tunnel will make it much easier and i will make up a cross member to use the orignal gearbox mounts.[:x)]

well here it is so far.[:u] bit late to stop now[:p][:p]


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I have removed the old floor pan from the auto tunnel ready to be re-welded into my shell.
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new tunnel sitting in place


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new firewall sitting in place

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Well i just need to fit in, the fire wall and auto tunnel. once this is done, It will be upto welding it all in and using "stikerflex" around all the joins to seal them up, just like from the factory.[%]

great job with the fab work on the firewall.
looks good and should be awesome!
keep the pics coming
cheers
Matt

Luv ya work as always darnold. Can you explain a little more about the firewall. Was it a necessity to the conversion, or something you descided to do while you were in there?

Originaly i was trying to get the motor back as far as i could so i could use a machanical water pump but in the end i will have to go for an electric one anyway. The drivers side was ok but the pasenger side needed moving back to allow room for the head as it is back furter on that side. I will still be retaining my heater fan thou. the fire wall change has ment i can fit the motor about 40mm further back which will help with keeping the weight off the front axel a little also. once i fit my blower belt, alternator/power steering belt, 4 core radiator and intercooler there is no room left infront of the motor. I am hoping that i can fit 2 puller fans on the radiator and one pusher on the inter cooler. you wont see the one on the intercooler as it will be up in behind the nose cone.[%]

Well i have got the steering rack mounts tacked on to the crossmember and fitted into the shell, motor and gearbox sitting back in, so i can get the new tunnel lined up and inplace.
Once i get the tunnel tacked in, i can make up my gearbox crossmember so it bolts up to the auto mounts. Its all comming along nicely now. [:x)][:x)]Another couple of months and it should be getting close[}:)]

Sounds good darnoldrs

Just out of curiousity, how do you know at what angle the gearbox sits to the diff.( if you know what i mean), cause i want to do a crossmember for my car but im unsure of the angle to the gearbox.

I have very limited room to make everything fit into so it is just where it fits. I have kept the back of the box up as much as posible to keep as much ground clearance as i can.[xx(]
As for the angle of the uni's, I havnt worried to much as i can corect it a little with the angle of the diff pinion but once again, It will just end up being on what ever angle it has to be on to make it all fit. I may just have to replaice my uni's a little more regulary, but i am hoping it all lines up faily close.[x2x]