Aladin Sane
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For some time I had been casually looking for a series 5 to do a v6 conversion on. I was looking about on ebay recently and saw a 5 that someone had started a v8 conversion on. The firewall and trans tunnel work looked OK in the pics I got so I put in a low bid and won the auction. Now I need to transport the car from Virginia to Iowa and see what I have actually gotten. Wish me luck. Oh, and I will never try to pass this of as a Tiger.
Yesterday, I pulled the dash out along with most of the under dash wiring. As expected, all that 50 year old wiring was rock hard. I am leaning toward all new gauges. I think it will save me a bunch of headaches.
Gusset needs to be longer do it lays on the tab by the bolt!So I cut out the first gusset from 1/8th inch plate and welded it in. And I know my welding is far from pretty.
Your right there's a shadow in the pic. Your trying to tie the tab to the rest of the s..t.It must be the angle of the pic, I laid the gusset up close to the bolt head just leaving enough room to get a wrench on it.
I had a look at the steering arms while I was under the car today. I did not try to swap sides and install the ball joints from the top, but just looking at it, I am not confident it can be done. I think the shoulder of the ball joint would be into the rim of the wheel if it was on top of the steering arm, even if the arm does dip down a little bit.Aladin, Have you had a chance to switch and flip the steering arms to see if the geometry is better.
One of the reasons it's on the bottom, alternative, don't know what kind of rack you have you can shim up /down to change the bump steer if that's what your looking for?I had a look at the steering arms while I was under the car today. I did not try to swap sides and install the ball joints from the top, but just looking at it, I am not confident it can be done. I think the shoulder of the ball joint would be into the rim of the wheel if it was on top of the steering arm, even if the arm does dip down a little bit.