Eddie,
Check out the photo's of my car here
http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/featurecars/jakeFJ/jake.html
My FJ is from the Skyline and sits as far back as it could go and still run
a modified factory egr tube behind the cylinder head. Due to my turbo
sitting further back it also required a slight cut and shut where the
passenger side footwell joins the tunnel moving the angled section of the
firewall back to clear the turbo dump pipe. I have about 20 - 25mm clearance
between the sump and crossmember. The sump looks fairly vulnerable but I
have never hit it running 1 inch lowered springs. It is very hard to
remove/replace the gearbox whilst the engine is in the car, it is possible,
but I normally lower the engine crossmember as well. There is more detail on
the Ozdat site or feel free to email me direct on [EMAIL PROTECTED] if
you have any other questions.
Jake
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> > I dropped my FJ into my 510 today (at last) and it's currently sat on
>the
> > stock 510 mounts but obviously this is too high up. Those of you running
> > FJs... what height does your engine sit at? I want to get it low for
> > handling but don't want the sump exposed too bad. Do you have the sump
>lower
> > than the crossmember? I figure on cutting the mount brackets on the
>block
> > and re-welding them. Also it looks as though it could go back a little
>as
> > the front pulley is only about 6mm from the front chassis member at the
> > bottom of the radiator panel.
> >
> > Things are looking up too. A guy is selling me all the parts from an old
> > Datsun works rally 510 (not sure which one but it ran in the Safari
>Rally...
> > he has all the papers for it still) I just scored a pair of Bilstein
>front
> > struts, a pair of works struts, springs, two LSDs (ratio unknown) rear
> > crossmember and arms. etc etc etc Hehe apparently he still has the
>Safari
> > fuel tank .... great for long journeys, mind you... I couldn't afford to
> > fill it here!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eddie
> > England
> > 510, KP710, B10, KB110,
> > B110, B120, J710, H230,
> > G620, P330, SRL311, C30,
> > VBF10, E10, S12, 910SSS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > pics at www.ratdat.com
> > website at www.ratdat.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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