Recent content by GavinT

Hi Ian will see if ive got some if not ill take some this weekend. The mounts I have came with the engine, they had been made up buy some1 so they went straight onto the original 2a engine mounts. Tell your mate its alot of hastle but well worth it in the end. Major grin factor!(when he fits...

pockets get 1 fitted back in, ive just finished my conversion just got to tweek carbs....

Need help from anyone with a v8. Just fitted on in my series, there was a problem with the distributor so we ended up robbing one off my dads v8 disco. hey presto mine now runs sweet as a nut.:D Problem we have though is the one we took out of the disco was a 2 pin plug one, and the...

all right smart alec....like they said buy 1 then y u even askin for advice. Was just tryin 2 be helpful.

Just split it down into sections....i.e indicators then side lights so on and so forth (only ones that you need uprated wire for is head lights and alternator), make sure u get an eleci tester and u'll av it done in no time. Put in a decent fuse box aswell. If u've any probs, give us a shout...

Well on a good note my v8 is fitted and running sweet as a nut...........:D Bad news it that when I first fit the engine there was a problem with spark......turned out to be the dissy.........so we ended up butchering my dads disco v8 by stripping his dissy off and fitting it to mine. Hey...

Well it was fitted this weekend.............god how heavy are those 2 n 1/4 engines..........V8 weighed half its weight. Will Be faster just on the fact ive swaped engine for lighter 1....heheheheh Still havin some teathin problems, think its missin on 1 cyl. Dodgy lead I think. Heavens...

V8 fitted..................hurray............still havin some teathing problems though..... :-(

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made it myself got picture of one off internet advertised at 250.00 n replicated it. still got to finish it off yet. Ill dig out the pics l8r, best advice I can give you is save your money, buy a welder and practice

30 - 40 amp wire min.....

Looks like Teflon has sorted u out..........Good info.

I'm bout put a v8 in mine n have a 2 1/4 petrol will I have to get a 6 pot box to fit my adaptor plate????

Your mate out of some sticky situation....a caravan.....a car........nope I'll be towing this when its finished.:D Latest project....... First pic is as it currently is second is when I bought it.