I like the clutch cable idea proey.. certainly makes things easier.

how is the clutch converted to run a cable proey? cheers

Hi guys I’ve had this motor in and out about a 100 times in the last 3 years and I always forget to take some pictures of the clutch fork. From memory I modded and extended the nissan one using some 25 x 3 flat bar and the end of an escort one. A pivot point is bolted to the belhousing for the arm to pivot on. I just copied an escort setup. I was a bit of mucking about but it works quite well. I didn't want to have to put in a hyd clutch at the time so I did this. Also I run a 7 1/4 inch twin plate clutch which is quite light to press. I don't know how the bell housing would go with some of the heavier clutches that some people like to use. It is quite thin where the pivot is bolted to.

As for fitting it in a manual tunnel. The bracing in my tunnel was already cut out from the sierra 5 speed. I made and fitted a 20mm short shifter kit so that moved the shifter plate up so I had to make a cover for that. Under that there are two nuts either side of the box that the tunnel will need to be widened for. About an inch down the tunnel is where it seems to be the worst. The gaps get quite small. Down to a 5mm. I did do quite a bit of massaging with a FGH around this area. With some more massaging I'm sure it could be widened. It has not been a problem so I haven't bothered. The firewall lip has been hammered down flat. If u want a perfect looking tunnel then go for an auto or custom one.

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Originally posted by 510pom

is that the standed escort mounts ??? and how much of a angle is the motor on 1 due to your drive line angles and 2 when you go up steep hills its angle will be a fair amount.

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Yep. I've added I a bit of extra support to the cup. Drive line angles are pretty good. Hard to show with a picture. But 3 years of circuit racing and hillclimbs and all good.

And here a day later. Not so good. I need a new cross member now! The chasis was push over but all pulled back out now.

http://www.rsmotorsport.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2002&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

Sorry I should have been a bit clearer. The mounts I was talking about were the black bits of rubber. the cross member has been cut at the required angle and 6mm plate welded to it. What I did was put the motor in the bay roughly where I wanted it with the escort rubber mounts bolted to the nissan brackets and then marked the angle on the escort cross member. I then measured the plates required. Once the cross member was cut I welded the plates to it. Sounds simple but lots of double checking and I got it wrong as I need a 6mm spacer on one side and a 10mm on the other.

As for the shifter location its about 20-30mm back further than a sierra 5 speed. I modded the nissan shifter as the original is bent from memory.

Hey Shea hows the project going??

Pictures of the crossmember.