Jag V6 3.0 Into My 2B

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Seems a shame to break it in some ways.

[Guest david_l_perry]

Progress report.....

 

took the big angry grinder to the Shaguar over the weekend, removed lots of bits that I probably don't need....probably...and then with the aid of my brother we wrestled out the beast of a V6 engine and gearbox.

Fortunately it was snowing, raining and really really cold all weekend whilst I was lying underneath the car on the driveway. But its ok, Mrs P and the monkeys kept smiling at me through the window with nods and winks.....Pretty sure they were not mocking me....

 

And here is the proof :-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to need a bigger hammer.....

 

 

 

Pair of nice shiny exhaust cans.....

 

 

 

 

Also got a few other parts for the conversion that I need from the Mondeo ST220 to go on my engine.

 

Its the same basic lump, but you replace the Sump and inlet manifold from the mondeo as they allow the engine to fit in the kit....

 

 

This weekend will see my cleaning and stripping off the engine parts, and wiring loom and other bits I don't need, such as Air con and powers steering pumps...

Lots and lots of work to do

Edited January 20, 2015 by david_l_perry

[Guest 2b cruising]

Don't dispair David. Just think of the end product.

[Guest david_l_perry]

_{Oh, I'm note remotely feeling any despair !}

 

_{on the contrary, I'm really looking forward to getting all the other bits on the go !}

 

_{Just going through all the bits I will need to keep for the Emerald ECU side of things}

 

_{This weekend will have me stripping and cleaning the engine....what's not to like about the prospect of getting oily n dirty on an engine}

Edited January 20, 2015 by david_l_perry

[Guest 2b cruising]

Worked in it all my life. Even in the army. Don't like getting to dirty myself now. If I have to I do but not for long.

[Guest david_l_perry]

Dead pleased with this weekends work on the kit car engine swap

 

First thing was to prep the engine for the install trial run

 

The Jag Stype needs the Sump changing for the Mondeo ST220 sump, along with the driver side Exhaust manifold and cleaned off most of the gunk

 

 

 

 

 

 

New sump fitted here without the silly front sticky out bit

 

 

 

 

Only issue I have is that I also need to change or adjust the Oil pickup pipe as its in a different location. you can see the hole in the sumps are totally different.

Hopefully I can find a Mondeo oil pick up on evil bay or a breakers. Failing that its off to local fabricators

 

 

 

 

Today was the first lift in.....

Going to be a tight fit and had to remove the exhaust manifolds and belt pulley to get it in....

 

 

 

And here it is in its full , albeit temporary glory. Seriously chuffed with how easy an operation it was.

 

 

 

 

And does the bonnet close....yes...yes it does with a little bit of clearance, and the sump does not extend below the frame lower hoop.

 

 

Happy days

Edited January 25, 2015 by david_l_perry

[Bob Tucker]

Thats a cosy fit.....

Lots & lots of fun soon...

[Guest david_l_perry]

Got the Mondeo oil pick up pipe on its way from the breakers and new smaller Idler pulley.

 

I already have a compact alternator from the previous engine that I will transfer, just need to change over the belt wheels to match.

 

Struggling to work out what connections I do and don't need on the air intake manifold, hoping to see Alex's 2B Jag Engine fit again and see exactly what he did to his.

 

 

Lots of chin stroking last night in the garage......

[fry61]

Essential garage equipment ---- a pondering chair -- preferably with a mug of tea/coffee in reach.

[Guest david_l_perry]

More fun this weekend.....

 

Got my new welder powered up and after an hours practice, then cracked on and made the new frame from my firewall / brake pedal box support. Dead chuffed

 

 

 

 

 

Then got the new brake box assembly mounted after several dry runs.

 

 

Also re-fitted the engine back in place, but this time with the gearbox attached so I could final position the engine mounts and try and work out what I am going to do with the gearbox mount

 

Another small job was to adjust the bracket for one of the idler pulleys to allow the steering shaft to pass through.

 

 

Another great weekend, with loads done and lots more worked out.

[Dean Roberts]

Looking forward to the next instalment

 

Very inspiring work and makes me want to start saving for a v6 or v8 conversion

[Guest 2b cruising]

Good work and very interesting well put together blog. Well done on all points. Keep it coming.

[Guest david_l_perry]

More fun making stuff this weekend.....

 

 

More adventures with welding, and this almost looks like a real weld - Its a new bracket for my steering shaft bearing

 

 

Had to re do the steering shaft bearing and joints as the new Engine fouled the original shaft location, just another minor modification to add to the long list....

Any how, couple of hours work and it was all done...

 

 

Next job was to remove this moulding sticking up to the front corner of the sump...it got in the way of the lower engine protective hoop and stopped me getting the engine centred....

Its just a solid bit of the casting, nothing in it, no hole, no nothing, no idea what it would have been originally for....so out with the angry grinder.

 

 

It was a solid mass of the casting, no idea at all what it would have been for, but its doing bugger all now and gave me the clearance I needed to sit the engine in place correctly.

This is the casting with the knob removed

 

 

The new rubber engine mounts just about sit in place on the original chassis plates, but I am not happy with them being just on.....The original mount plates are at an angle and again, don't really suit the new V6 mounts.

I am going to replace the original chassis plate mounts with new ones

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last bit of work for the weekend was to remove the Exhaust manifold and grind off some of the original bolt locations for the heat shields that I wont be using and grind off the cast moulding lines...I plan on getting them polished and ceramic coated.

 

 

 

Actually, I then went back in the garage last night and removed the whole engine and gearbox assembly again so I could sort out the mounts for the Alternator and belt routing.

I'm getting good at removing the engine.....

 

 

...forgot this other bit of work I did..

The Original Jag gear selector support needs shortening to suit the new gear stick location on the kit car, so measured and cut the unit and need to get it dropped off at a welders that can deal with Aluminium - that's a step beyond me at this time !

 

Edited February 9, 2015 by david_l_perry

[Guest 2b cruising]

Looks good to me. It might be worth sleeving the gear change, just to give it a little extra strength.

All brill work though. Whole job won't take you long at this rate.

[Guest david_l_perry]

Had that very discussion with the welder today about the gear change arm when I dropped it off.